What factors affect the baby's height?

As the saying goes, "If the father is short, the whole family will be short", so many short mothers are very worried that their height will affect their children? Does the baby's height have a greater influence from the father or the mother? Mothers all want their babies to grow tall, but some children's height gives parents a headache, so parents should understand clearly what affects the baby's height. So, do parents know what factors affect their children’s height? Let us introduce the details to you below.

Steps/Methods

1. Familial short stature (i.e. parents are short);

2. Babies born with intrauterine growth retardation or premature birth are shorter than normal newborns, and 10% to 15% of them cannot catch up to the normal height curve after two years old;

3. Before puberty, the height growth is less than 5 cm per year;

4. Shorter height than children of the same age;

5. Premature or delayed sexual development;

6. Obese children;

7. Patients with a history of breech presentation, dystocia, birth asphyxia, brain trauma, etc. and also with slow growth;

8. Children who have taken or have taken for a long time some Chinese medicines for increasing height, enhancing immunity, glucocorticoids or nourishing the kidney and replenishing qi may have complications such as rapid sexual development and premature growth spurt.

9. Children with hypothyroidism. Some children with congenital hypothyroidism develop the disease before the age of 2. If not treated, it will cause mental retardation. However, children who develop the disease after the age of 2 usually show symptoms such as growth disorders, constipation, anemia, lack of activity, and loss of appetite.

The problem of children's height often troubles parents. Some parents even take some inappropriate treatment measures, causing their children to miss the opportunity to grow taller. Therefore, during the baby's growth process, parents must not allow these factors to occur and not let the baby's height be affected.