Every child is the embodiment of an angel, and children always bring different joys and laughter to people, bringing a colorful life to a family. However, all of these are based on the premise that the child has a healthy body. Recently, there have been many moms around me discussing a topic, which is how to deal with calcium deficiency in children? And what are the signs of calcium deficiency in children? Today, I will explain these issues to everyone.
Symptoms of calcium deficiency in babies
1. Difficulty falling asleep, and even more difficult to enter a deep sleep state.
2. Sweating, crying, and easily waking up after falling asleep.
3. Irritability and restlessness during the day.
4. Delayed teething or irregular arrangement of teeth.
5. Late in learning to walk.
6. Intermittent abdominal pain, but no parasites, no digestive problems, or intestinal inflammation, etc.
7. Picky eating or loss of appetite.
8. Enlarged finger joints, weak and thin finger joints.
9. Frequent seizures.
10. Grayish-white or white streaks on the nails.
How to deal with calcium deficiency in babies
Best method: Sunbathing
While giving your child calcium supplements, it is important to let your child get plenty of sunlight, as it can enhance the effects of calcium supplementation.
"Nowadays, children spend most of their time in kindergarten or school during the day, and most of the time they are locked in classrooms. Some schools lack outdoor spaces, and even if they go to the playground outside, the city's tall buildings prevent much sunlight from reaching our children. I think sunbathing is a luxury for modern people," said Professor Cheng. Activities such as riding a bicycle in mild sunlight or sitting in a sunny yard and daydreaming are ways to maintain good health through sun exposure.
Dietary calcium supplementation, eat more fish, shrimp, and drink milk
During childhood, as bones grow, the demand for calcium also increases. Generally, children aged 1 to 10 need 1 gram of calcium per day, and those aged 10 to 15 need 1.2 to 1.5 grams. Statistics show that the highest amount of calcium increase in boys is around 15 to 16 years old, and in girls it is around 13 to 15 years old.
A large amount of research work has shown that supplementing calcium in children and adolescents can increase bone density and slow down the rate of bone loss. The simplest way to supplement calcium is to eat more calcium-rich foods such as fish, shrimp, pork ribs, eggs, and milk. Among them, milk is an excellent source of natural calcium because it not only contains rich high-quality protein and vitamins but also has a high utilization rate of calcium.
At the same time, legumes and seed foods can also provide abundant calcium, such as soybeans, sesame seeds, lotus seeds, jujubes, raisins, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, pistachios, etc. Legumes are traditional Chinese foods that contain large amounts of high-quality protein, unsaturated fatty acids, calcium, and vitamins B1, B2, and niacin.
Calcium deficiency in babies is an urgent matter for mothers, so it must be taken seriously by every mother.
