What if the baby is too thin? Only grow tall, not meat.

Many parents have responded that the child is only tall and not fleshy, too thin, and he has touched a bone. What if the child is too thin and not fleshy? This may make our parents and elders very worried. They will cook all kinds of delicious food for their children. Children eat so much, but they don't gain meat, and they don't know where the food has gone. In fact, as long as children can eat, sleep and love activities, there is no need to care too much about being fat and thin.

Although it is not good for children to be too fat, parents are also worried about getting fat. Many parents say that we have changed the model to match the nutrition of our children. Why is the child still thin after half a year?

Parents don't have to worry too much about preschool children who don't gain weight for a long time. Because every child is different, and children of this age have their own characteristics of height and weight development.

On the Physiological Characteristics of Preschool Children

1. Physique slowed down, but maintained steady growth. Developmental relativity

After the rapid growth in infancy, the physical development of preschool children is relatively slow, but it still keeps steady growth. There is little difference in height and weight between men and women, that is, there is little difference in height and weight between boys and girls of the same age. Children aged 4-6 years old have an average annual growth of about 5-8 cm in height and 2-4 kg in weight.

Tips: It should be noted that the head circumference of preschool children is a very important growth index. /kloc-0 to 2 years old, the average head circumference increased by 5cm, but the growth rate of head circumference of children aged 3-6 years old slowed down, and the average annual increase was less than 1 cm. By the age of 6, the brain mass is more than three times that of birth. Therefore, it is very important for children's intellectual development to get balanced nutrition at this age. Therefore, judging whether a child's growth and development is normal depends not only on whether the changing trend of height and weight is normal, but also on the comprehensive judgment based on these growth indicators of head circumference. Parents are advised to use the growth curve for scientific judgment.

2. The chewing ability of teeth and gastrointestinal digestive function are not perfect.

Children generally enter the tooth changing period at the age of 6, and their deciduous teeth are loose. They will feel some pain when they eat. In addition to eating some "soft" foods, the chewing ability of teeth needs to be properly exercised through some chewy foods. The chewing ability of teeth will also affect the digestion and absorption of food into the stomach. In addition, children's stomach capacity and intestinal digestive function have a certain gap with adults, which is easy to indigestion and affects nutrient absorption.

Tips: Parents should pay special attention to diet when children enter the tooth changing period. Choose ingredients that are easy to burn and cut into small pieces during processing. Don't affect your child's appetite because of the characteristics of ingredients.

3. Fine movements and attention are still developing.

The child's fine movements are still developing, and the tableware is not flexible. This will cause children to eat by themselves for a long time. Children of this age have a short attention span. If they have the habit of eating while playing or watching TV while eating, their attention will be more dispersed when eating. If it is not guided, it will not be conducive to the cultivation of children's good diet and hygiene habits.

Tips: Provide a pleasant dining environment for children. A pleasant dining environment includes warm lighting, delicious food, appropriate encouragement and praise, etc. In this environment, children are more likely to concentrate on eating and digest and absorb better. When eating, parents are advised to turn off the TV and don't watch mobile phones often, so that they can observe their children's eating habits and communicate with them more.

4. Children are active and consume a lot of energy.

Preschool children are lively and active, and the range of activities increases, and the amount of activities increases. When children play too much and the energy consumption is close to the energy obtained from food, fat is not easy to be stored in the body. In fact, this is what we usually call "thin" (no meat).

These physiological characteristics of children will affect nutrient absorption and growth and development. If parents give their children a reasonable nutritional mix and their children get enough exercise and regular work and rest, then even if their children's weight is lower than their peers, as long as the growth trend is normal, parents don't have to worry.

Tips: For the particularly thin children, parents are advised to take them to the hospital to see a specialist clinic, so as to eliminate the influence of some disease factors such as nutritional deficiency, intestinal parasites (ascaris lumbricoides), endocrine and genetic metabolism, and carry out targeted treatment to help the children grow sturdily.

The child is in a period of physical development, with strong digestive ability and active physical exertion, which will affect the child's body's fatness. Therefore, as long as children eat normally, sleep normally and love activities, there is no problem with being thin, but they should pay attention to being fat. If the child has a bad diet and bad taste because of physical discomfort, then parents need to see a doctor. In addition, parents need not worry too much.