What are the symptoms of calcium deficiency in a 4-month-old baby?

Are you an expectant mother or father? Or are you already a mother or father? Do you want to know about your baby's condition? Do you know what calcium deficiency is? Do you know what the symptoms of calcium deficiency are? Do you want to know? Yes, you heard it right, the editor has finally brought you here. You guys are right to come. This article is to introduce the symptoms of calcium deficiency in babies. As parents, you all hope that your baby can grow up healthily. So, do you want to know what the symptoms of calcium deficiency are for babies at 4 months? Let's take a look with the editor.

The symptoms of calcium deficiency in 4-month-old babies must be taken seriously.

1. Newborns or infants under 3 months old are easily frightened, cry incessantly or cry weakly, and have difficulty sleeping.

2. Feeding difficulties are manifested by weak feeding, refusal to feed or crying while eating, difficulty swallowing and chewing, and choking while eating, which leads to slow weight gain.

3. When hearing noises or changes in body position, they are prone to being startled and crying.

4. Infants between 4 and 6 weeks old react poorly to external stimuli, have a dull expression, few spontaneous movements, or make involuntary "grimaces".

A 5.3-month-old baby shows no signs of standing with legs straight when supported under the armpits; and cannot lift his head when lying prone.

6. At 4 to 5 months, the baby can still hold the head upright and cannot follow objects. The thumb is still adducted and the hand is clenched into a fist; the baby cannot reach out to grasp objects. The body is soft and cannot maintain a certain position within 4 months after birth; the baby cannot roll over, and has reduced or abnormal spontaneous movements, such as rolling over prematurely; the limbs are stiff, and the toes are visible on the ground when standing with support under the armpits; the baby has difficulty in taking care of urination and defecation (limited thigh abduction when cleaning after defecation and changing diapers), etc.

7. Still cannot sit alone at 6 to 8 months.

8. Still no awareness or movement of crawling after 8 months.

The main reason for calcium deficiency in the baby's body is the lack of vitamin D, which can promote the absorption and utilization of calcium. When the baby's body does not have enough vitamin D, the absorption of calcium will be reduced. The baby's bone growth and development are affected, resulting in "rickets", which is commonly known as "calcium deficiency". To determine whether your baby is calcium deficient, you can observe the following aspects:

Sweating

Lack of vitamin D can cause babies to sweat excessively, which is unrelated to room temperature or season. Sweating often occurs in the second half of the night after falling asleep, mostly on the head. The baby's head is itchy due to excessive sweating, and he likes to rub his head to relieve the itching when lying down. Over time, the hair on the back of the head is rubbed off, forming a bald circle on the back of the head (medically known as annular alopecia).

Mental irritability

The baby is irritable, disobedient, crying, not interested in the surroundings, not as lively as before, and has a strange temper.

disturbed sleep

The baby has difficulty falling asleep and is easily startled, has night terrors, wakes up early, and has difficulty stopping crying after waking up.

Late teething

Normal babies start to grow teeth at 4 to 8 months old, but some "calcium-deficient" babies still have not grown teeth until they are 1 and a half years old.

Delayed closure of anterior fontanelle

The anterior fontanelle of a normal baby will close at the age of one and a half, while the anterior fontanelle of a baby with "calcium deficiency" will be wide and close late.

Other skeletal abnormalities

Square head; rib margins turned outward; there are abacus-like bulges on the chest ribs, which are medically called "rib beads"; the sternum is protruding forward or the lower edge is sunken, which are medically called "pigeon chest" and "funnel chest"; when the baby stands or walks, because the bones are soft, the gravity of the body causes the baby's legs to turn inward or outward, which are called "X" shaped legs or "O" shaped legs.

Poor immune function

Babies are prone to upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, diarrhea and other diseases.

If parents observe that their baby has 2 to 3 or more of the above symptoms, they should take the baby to the hospital to find out whether the baby has rickets so that timely treatment can be given.

A four-month-old baby should take calcium supplements, and he should also take AD pills, which is cod liver oil, to promote calcium absorption. Take your children outside more often and let them bask in the sun.

How about it? After reading the above detailed introduction to this issue, I believe everyone has clearly understood the symptoms of calcium deficiency in babies aged 4 months and some issues that should be paid attention to. Babies are the apple of their parents' eyes, so moms and dads will take good care of their babies. Babies are not good at speaking when they are very young, so as parents, you should pay more attention to your baby. I wish you a happy family.