What to do if your child is restless when sleeping and easily startled

Before a child is six months old, many organs of the body have not yet developed and matured, such as the brain's nervous system, the child's control ability is very poor, the child sleeps unsteadily and is easily frightened. The occurrence of this phenomenon is called night terrors. Medically, such symptoms are caused by calcium deficiency, because babies with sufficient calcium rarely experience this phenomenon. So how can we properly supplement calcium for children who are restless and easily frightened when sleeping? Let’s read on.

1: Supplementing calcium in small amounts and multiple times is more effective, as it is better absorbed than supplementing calcium in large amounts at one time. When taking calcium tablets, you can choose small doses of calcium tablets and take them orally two or three times a day. The same 500 ml of milk, if divided into 2 to 3 times to drink, the calcium supplement effect is better than drinking it all at once.

2. Choose the best time to supplement calcium. Calcium is easily combined with oxalic acid, phytic acid, etc., which affects the absorption of calcium. Therefore, the best time to supplement calcium is before going to bed and between meals. Be sure to leave some time before going to bed. It is best to rest for half an hour after dinner, because blood calcium concentration is lowest in the second half of the night and morning, which are the best times for calcium supplementation.

3. Bone soup is not the best way to supplement calcium. Using 1 kg of meat bones to boil soup for 2 hours, the calcium content in the soup is only about 20 mg. Therefore, using meat bone soup to supplement calcium is far from meeting the needs. In addition, the fat content in meat and bone soup is very high, and you will also consume fat while drinking the soup. Pregnant mothers should not use this as the only way to supplement calcium.

4. Supplement calcium and vitamin D in appropriate amounts. Vitamin D can regulate calcium-phosphorus metabolism and promote calcium absorption. In addition to taking vitamin D, it can also be synthesized in the body through sun exposure. You can synthesize enough vitamin D by spending more than half an hour outdoors in sunny conditions every day. If you are taking calcium supplements, it is best to choose a calcium supplement containing VD.

5. Calcium supplementation is not the more the better. Excessive calcium supplementation by pregnant mothers will cause calcium to precipitate in the walls of placental blood vessels, causing placental aging and calcification, reduced amniotic fluid secretion, and a hard fetal head. In this way, the baby cannot get sufficient nutrition and oxygen provided by the mother. The hard head will also prolong the delivery process and threaten the baby's health. Therefore, calcium supplementation should be scientific, and you should never supplement calcium blindly or excessively.

In life, many parents believe that the more calcium a child eats, the better, but they ignore the child's absorption. Some children do not absorb well and will experience such symptoms after calcium supplementation. Therefore, we must take the correct approach to calcium supplementation. At the same time, if a child is restless and easily frightened when sleeping, we must prevent it from being caused by the environment. The child's sleeping environment must be safe, and we must pay attention to accompanying the child when he or she is sleeping.