Slow development in boys

There are many reasons for boys' developmental delay, such as genetic factors. Boys' physical and intellectual development is often influenced by their parents. After birth, a boy's physical and intellectual development is also related to his hormone secretion. For example, if growth hormone is secreted too little, it will also lead to boys' slow development in all aspects of the body. Due to gender differences, boys and girls develop at different rates. The following is a detailed introduction to the possible reasons for developmental delay in boys.

Developmental delay means that a baby grows slower than other children of the same age or has abnormal growth and development. So why do children have developmental delays? What are the symptoms? What are the indicators of children’s physical development? How to treat a baby’s physical developmental delay?

Growth retardation means that a child grows slower than other children of the same age or the growth and development sequence is abnormal. The average risk of a child suffering from this disease is between 6% and 8%. Under normal circumstances, the baby can develop normally. However, we should also pay attention to some factors that are not conducive to the baby's growth and development, which will have varying degrees of impact on the baby's development and may even cause developmental delay in the child.

Causes of developmental delay

There are many factors that cause children to grow slowly. Some are due to natural slow growth, some are due to genetics, and some are due to certain diseases. About 80 to 90 percent of these cases are variations in the normal growth process, such as short stature running in a family. These are related to congenital genetic reasons or poor development in the uterus. As long as the growth rate is normal, no special treatment is required.

1. Genetic causes

Children's growth and development characteristics, physical constitution, etc. will be affected by their parents' genetic factors, such as skin and hair color. For this type of children, parents still need to create good external conditions for their children to best realize their growth potential.

2. Regulation of growth hormone

Children's growth and development generally require the regulation of multiple hormones. Among these hormones, growth hormone and sex hormones are the most important. Generally, when children lack growth hormone, they will have the characteristics of short stature; and the lack of sex hormones will cause the child's bones to heal prematurely, affecting the child's normal growth and development. Therefore, some teenagers enter puberty early, which restricts their final height.

3. Gender differences

Due to the different growth and development conditions of boys and girls, girls are generally taller and heavier than boys. Girls enter puberty two years earlier than boys. In the early stages of this stage, girls generally grow and develop faster than boys, but boys' puberty is generally longer, so boys' final height is generally taller than girls. Therefore, in order to understand the child's growth and development, it is also necessary to analyze it according to his or her gender.

4. Nerve or organ damage

If a child develops language slowly, it may be due to hearing loss or problems with the mouth or throat. If a child has communication problems, it may be due to problems with the central nervous system.

5. Causes

It may be caused by certain diseases, such as Down syndrome, chronic diseases, endocrine or bone diseases. In this regard, parents should take their children to treatment in time.

6. Feeding problems

This is mainly for babies in the infant period.

(1) Feeding is not frequent enough

Newborn babies usually need to be fed about 10-12 times a day. Some babies don't need so many feedings, while some babies need multiple feedings to grow stronger. If a child drinks milk less than ten times a day and gains weight slowly, the frequency of breastfeeding can be increased appropriately. This will allow the baby to get more nutrition and also increase the mother's milk secretion.

(2) Insufficient calorie intake

Some mothers have plenty of milk, but because their babies do not spend much time sucking, their babies do not get the "hind milk" which is high in fat and calories. Although the child urinates normally and develops well, his weight gain is slow.

(3) Low sucking efficiency