A lot of parents think, “My loved one and I are both not tall, so our kids certainly won’t grow either.” That’s right. Scientific studies have shown that 60-80% of height is determined by genes. But don’t forget, there is another possibility – if you are a parent and you are not tall, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have the genes for height, but it may be due to the limited conditions of your family when you were young and your nutrition didn’t keep up with your body when you were growing up. So don’t be discouraged, who knows that the genes that didn’t play out in you won’t shine through in your child? The three deadly sins of short children A large part of the shortness of children is due to the lack of knowledge of parents, which directly or indirectly affects the child’s growth. The lack of bone age monitoring, precocious puberty, sleep late and eat enough to become a child short of three sins. 1, bone age monitoring from birth to adulthood In foreign countries, especially in Western Europe, parents often take their children to see a doctor for height; can be rare in the country, almost no parents know that children need to be born bone age monitoring, should be monitored 1 to 2 times a year, and continue to adulthood. Through the bone age monitoring, once found that the child’s growth curve downward, we should find the reason in time. Several nodes and periods are particularly important. The first node is when the child is 2 years old, because this is when the first growth spurt ends, and the second node is before the start of puberty, because the body is about to have a second growth spurt and must be monitored for bone age. At the same time, the two stages of infancy (before 2 years of age) and puberty (10 to 15 years of age) are the fastest growing periods, with about 30 to 40 centimeters of growth before 2 years of age and 25 to 30 centimeters during puberty, and it is important to maintain bone age monitoring during these two periods. Finally, parents must pay attention to their child’s growth curve from birth to adulthood. The child is constantly growing taller, and if growth is stagnant, or if the annual gain is less than 4 centimeters, or if it suddenly accelerates in a particularly rapid manner, the cause must be found. In short, regular monitoring of bone age, timely detection of problems and timely solution, is the most important. 2, to grow taller must also prevent the emergence of precocious puberty Where the signs of youth appeared before the age of 7, or menarche appeared before the age of 10 is considered to be precocious puberty. A direct consequence of precocious puberty is the early maturation of bone age. Medically, the monitoring of bone age is also used to determine whether or not there is precocious puberty. Therefore, in order for children to grow taller, it is important to prevent precocious puberty from occurring. And precocious puberty has a masked, often precocious children than the same age children are taller, but the growth period must end early, and when parents find that the child does not grow, the child’s bone age has matured, it is too late to increase height. Therefore, it is best to check the bone age of the child once a year, once found that the bone age growth is too fast, we must find the reason. At present, China has a better control of precocious puberty drugs, the problem is that precocious puberty is usually very late to be discovered by parents, when the child’s bone age is basically mature, to grow taller has been very difficult. Therefore, once the child’s precocious puberty is recognized through bone age monitoring, medical intervention must be carried out in a timely manner to slow down the maturation of bone age and ensure that the child continues to grow. Child shortness is a medical condition, to increase the height of the relevant technology must be mastered by a professional doctor or expert for proper diagnosis and treatment, otherwise it is better to listen to nature. 3, the child sleeps late and eats a lot of growth children’s height and sleep is also directly related to the human body at 23:00 to 1:00 a.m. by the pituitary secretion of growth hormone, but if the human body at this time in a state of wakefulness, the growth hormone will stop the secretion of the child is best to go to bed at 10:00 p.m. before. In this way, 1 hour after going to sleep just in time to catch the growth hormone secretion peak. It is worth mentioning that many parents will generally make the mistake of always letting the child eat enough, which will directly affect the child’s growth, because people in the low blood sugar, that is, the state of starvation, will objectively promote the pituitary gland more secretion of growth hormone, to stimulate the child’s bone growth. Therefore, the child has eaten a meal, do not feed snacks, especially those junk food, not only to prevent the secretion of growth hormone in the state of hunger, but also to cause precocious puberty, so that the child completely become a short person. The child grows regularly The child’s height is determined by the growth and development of the bones. In the two ends of the long bones, there is a kind of epiphyseal cartilage that specializes in bone growth. The epiphyseal cartilage continues to proliferate when you’re a minor and your bones continue to grow; it stops proliferating when you’re an adult and you don’t grow any more. For parents, understanding the pattern of height growth of their children will help them to detect any abnormalities in their children’s height at an early stage, so that they can take appropriate treatment or intervention measures earlier. Bone age Bone age is an indicator of development that determines a child’s final height. If the age is greater than the bone age, it suggests that the child’s growth is delayed; if the age is less than the bone age, it suggests that the child has precocious puberty. Therefore, if you want to know your child’s growth and development, you should go to a regular hospital to take a bone age film. The doctor will judge the growth potential of the child according to the epiphyseal closure shown on the bone age film. Height growth pattern 1, 1-3 years old average annual growth of about 8-10 centimeters, to 1 year old height of about 75 centimeters, 2 years old about 85 centimeters, 3 years old about 95 centimeters; 2, 3 years of age after the gradual decline in the growth rate, the annual growth of about 5-7 centimeters; 3, into puberty, boys can be 20-30 centimeters, the girls grow 15-25 centimeters; 4, puberty after the gradual slowdown of growth to stop. After puberty, height growth gradually slows down and stops. Seasonal changes Children’s growth rate in the four seasons is not the same, the fastest growth is in May, an average of 7.3 millimeters, October growth is the slowest, an average of only 3.3 millimeters. Therefore, April and May are the best times of the year for children to grow taller. Mastering the child’s growth 1, childhood: 5-7 centimeters per year In childhood, after the age of 3, the child can grow 5-7 centimeters per year, in the end it is 5 centimeters or 7 centimeters depends on a combination of factors such as genetics, the environment, nutrition and so on. Therefore, in this “smooth” growth period, parents should pay attention to the child’s height each year and measure it. Countermeasures: (1) 3-6 months to measure the height of a person’s growth rate is not balanced, everyone has their own characteristics, so too frequent measurements is not a scientific attitude, some parents to measure the height of their children, this month grew 0.5 cm, the next month is only 0.3 cm, it is anxious to find a doctor. In fact, as long as 3-6 months to measure once a year, 5-7 centimeters taller “up to standard”. (2) Precocious puberty should see a pediatric endocrinologist Individual precocious puberty and the group’s developmental advancement should not be confused. Therefore, parents should not think that their children’s growth and development has advanced, so they think that their children’s early development does not matter. If a girl has any one or more of the secondary sexual characteristics such as breast enlargement, pubic hair, axillary hair growth, etc. before the age of 8, or the first menstruation before the age of 10; a boy has penis and testicles enlargement, pubic hair growth before the age of 9, and voice change before the age of 10, etc., then it is precocious puberty, and then you need to seek timely consultation with a pediatric endocrinologist. 2, puberty: after the development of a sudden increase in height during puberty due to the catalytic effect of growth hormone and sex hormones, girls can grow an average of 25 centimeters, boys 30 centimeters. Parents should pay attention to the fact that if the height of girls is not satisfactory after menarche and boys after two years of voice change, it is unlikely that intervention at this time will be effective. Countermeasures: (1) Focus on height surges after development Height growth accelerates about a year after breast development in girls and before voice change in boys. At its fastest, girls can grow 8 centimeters per year and boys 11 centimeters per year. On average, girls can grow another 5 centimeters after menarche, and boys can grow another 5-10 centimeters after they change their voices. So throughout puberty, girls can grow an average of 25 centimeters and boys 30 centimeters. This growth pattern should be understood by parents. (2) Sleep, exercise can help grow taller During puberty, adequate sleep contributes to high-speed growth during puberty; exercise, especially jumping rope, can significantly increase a child’s growth rate (even after menarche occurs), while also increasing the duration of the height surge. Therefore, it is especially important to pay attention to sleep and exercise during puberty, which will be important for height in adulthood.