What are the growth and development standards for children?

Every parent hopes that their child can grow up healthily, but every child has a growth and development indicator at different ages. However, since many of our parents do not have a particularly good understanding of these, they blindly supplement their children with various nutrients when taking care of them, for fear that their children's growth and development will not be up to standard. In fact, this is a very incorrect idea. In order to enable parents to have a newer understanding of these, let's take a look at the children's growth and development standards.

Children's growth and development standards

The average height of newborn boys is slightly higher than that of girls. According to the early childhood growth and development assessment standards, the standard range of newborn height is 45.2-55.8cm for boys, with an average of 50.4cm, and 44.7-55.0cm for girls, with an average of 49.7cm. As the child grows, due to the influence of nutrition, genetics, environment and other factors, the child's height will show certain differences while growing rapidly. For every month of the child's growth, a standard scale should be prepared for parents to refer to at any time.

Foods that are good for infants and young children to grow taller

Comprehensive and balanced nutrition is beneficial to the baby's physical development, and certain foods are more beneficial to the baby's height growth. for example:

Spinach: Spinach is rich in iron and calcium. Many babies may not like to eat it, so you can try chopping the spinach and adding it to other complementary foods. Spinach contains oxalic acid, which affects the absorption of calcium, so it should be blanched in boiling water before cooking.

Carrots: Rich in vitamin A, which helps protein synthesis. Babies generally don’t like to eat whole carrots, so they can be made into different dishes. For example, if you don’t like carrot juice, you can make juice with apples to neutralize the taste of carrots. In addition, when cooking chicken, pork, or beef, you can cut the carrots into thin strips and stir-fry them together. This not only adds seasoning but also makes it more nutritious.

Eggs: Especially egg whites are rich in protein, which is very beneficial to children's growth. Some mothers worry that the cholesterol in egg yolks is bad for their children, but children in their growing years do not need to worry about cholesterol levels. It is more appropriate to eat one egg a day or one egg every two days.

Black soybeans: Soybeans are recognized as high-protein food, among which black soybeans have a higher protein content and are a good food for growth. You can add it when cooking rice, or grind it into soy milk to drink.

Every child is the hope of the family. The above is an introduction to the child's growth and development standards. After understanding it, we know that in the process of taking care of the baby, we must raise the child scientifically. In addition, do not blindly supplement the baby with various nutrients. We must also pay attention to the nutritional balance of the baby's diet and do not let the baby develop a picky eating habit.