Question 1: Is spring the prime season for growth?
Answer: Yes. Spring is a time of high metabolism, which creates “golden conditions” for children in the middle of their growth spurt. In addition, spring has the highest level of ultraviolet rays in the sun, which are beneficial to bone growth and development.
Question 2: How can I seize this time to help my child grow?
Answer: The most effective way is to start with diet, sleep and exercise.
Balanced diet: Specifically, a reasonable mix of rice, meat, dairy, eggs, beans and various fresh vegetables and fruits, and a variety of daily diets.
Adequate sleep: Generally speaking, 10 hours of sleep is very beneficial to ensure the normal growth of elementary school students. Of course, in addition to ensuring sleep time, but also to ensure the quality of sleep, because only in the body into a deep sleep stage, growth hormone secretion. Therefore, it is best to let your child go to bed at around 9:00 each night and fall asleep before 10:00.
Outdoor sports: Outdoor sports can provide sunshine, and at the same time, moderate sports can promote better bone growth. Therefore, even if you have a heavy study load, you should let your child go outdoors for half an hour to an hour every day. Recommended “long” sports: bouncing, jumping rope, running, long jump, can promote bone growth; basketball, volleyball, soccer, badminton, the whole body is conducive to bone stretching and lengthening.
Question 3: Should I help my child to take calcium supplements if he/she is growing fast in spring?
Answer: Calcium supplementation should not be done blindly, and it is only scientific to supplement when there is a shortage. The more calcium you take, the better. Too much calcium can easily cause side effects. If you want to supplement, it is recommended to do a trace element measurement first as a reference. For children, it is best to use dietary supplements, drink more milk (it is recommended that children drink about 400-500ml of milk every day), eat more shrimp, soy products, drink more bone broth, etc.
Question 4: Is it growing pains that my child has been having leg pains lately? Where do growing pains usually occur?
Answer: Growing pains are a physiological phenomenon that is unique to children during their growth and development. In addition, growing pains are intermittent and are usually more pronounced at night or when there is a lot of exercise.
Question 5: What can I do to relieve growing pains when they occur?
Answer: Generally, children during the growing period, especially adolescents, are at the peak of growth and development and can easily develop growing pains, so parents should not worry too much.
Parents can take some measures to help their children relieve the growing pains. For example, when your child’s legs hurt, pay attention to let him rest more, relax the muscles and do not engage in strenuous activities. You can also use a hot towel to give your child a compress for the painful area, massage it, and pay attention to massage and knead gently. If the pain is severe, it is recommended to take the child to the hospital for a checkup to see if there is a deficiency of trace elements.
Question 6: Can I give my child some vitamin tablets for spring growth?
Answer: As with calcium supplementation, it is not recommended to routinely take vitamin tablets and only supplement when there is a deficiency. In addition, the doctor’s advice is always “food is better than medicine” for nutrient supplementation. Of course, if the situation is more serious, you can follow the doctor’s advice to use the medication.