Methods for calcium supplementation for six-month-old babies

Calcium supplementation has always been the most concerned issue for many mothers. Calcium is an indispensable trace element in our human body. When the baby is half a year old, the nutrition in breast milk can no longer meet the baby's absorption. During this period, the baby is in a period of rapid growth. If calcium is lacking, it will affect the baby's development and growth. Therefore, timely supplementation of calcium is very important. Let us learn about the method of calcium supplementation for babies in the second half of the year.

The safety of calcium source is the most important thing for calcium supplement products

In order to supplement calcium for babies, in addition to making sure they drink more milk, eat soy products and other calcium-rich foods, it is also advisable to supplement with calcium supplements from safe sources.

Calcium carbonate is divided into natural mineral calcium, compound calcium, marine calcium and animal bones. Natural mineral calcium comes from natural calcite hidden thousands of meters underground; compound calcium is synthesized by chemical methods; marine calcium is made from shellfish, shrimps, crabs, oysters, sea urchins, shells, pearls, seaweed, etc. as the main raw materials, which are crushed and ground into fine powder, with calcium carbonate as the main chemical component. However, due to serious marine pollution in recent years, a variety of heavy metal ions have been deposited in these organisms to form insoluble deposits, resulting in excessively high heavy metal content. Once these heavy metal ions enter the human body, they will be deposited again in the human bones and are difficult to reverse, causing the heavy metal proportion to exceed the standard. When supplementing calcium for babies, we all pay attention to absorption, but in today's increasingly serious environmental pollution, it is relatively safer to choose refined calcium carbonate with minerals as the calcium source.

Symptoms of calcium deficiency in six-month-old babies

It is not difficult to find out when a baby is calcium deficient in six months. Babies with calcium deficiency have difficulty falling asleep, and cannot sleep soundly. They often wake up suddenly at night and cry incessantly. They are not interested in the surrounding environment, have a strange temper, and are not as lively as before. Even if the weather is not too hot and they don't wear many clothes, they will sweat a lot. Especially after falling asleep, the head is stimulated by sweat, and the baby constantly rubs the pillow when lying down. After a long time, a bald circle will appear on the back of the head.

Babies with severe calcium deficiency may also suffer from convulsions, delayed teething, decreased immunity, frequent colds, fevers, diarrhea, etc. It will also affect the baby's normal physical development, causing symptoms such as pigeon chest, hunchback, bow legs, and loose and weak muscles.

Methods for calcium supplementation for six-month-old babies:

Bone mineral testing is an ideal indicator for diagnosing calcium deficiency. For mothers, even if their babies show symptoms of calcium deficiency, they dare not start calcium supplements for their babies. Nowadays, hospitals and community health service centers generally have trace element testing, bone density testing and other projects to determine whether the baby is calcium deficient. Are these testing items reliable?

Measuring the blood calcium content of trace elements cannot truly reflect whether there is calcium deficiency or not. As long as a child's compensatory ability is normal, calcium in the bones will be converted into blood calcium to maintain normal blood calcium. If the blood calcium concentration cannot remain stable, children will suffer from VD deficiency convulsions, and in severe cases, they will suffer from convulsions. Therefore, it is not recommended to determine whether there is calcium deficiency by measuring trace elements.

Get more sun

In addition to dietary supplements, exposing the skin to sunlight is also a good way to absorb calcium. Now is late spring and early summer, and the sunlight is getting stronger. You can let your baby bask in the sun for 2 hours a day, but don't expose him directly to strong sunlight or through glass, because ultraviolet rays cannot penetrate glass. If your baby sweats while basking in the sun, wipe it off with a towel and then give him boiled water to replenish water. The best time for babies to bask in the sun is between 9 and 10 in the morning and around 4 in the afternoon.

It is the common wish of all parents that every baby can grow up healthily. By understanding the methods of calcium supplementation for six-month-old babies, try to choose some natural methods when supplementing calcium for babies, such as getting more sun exposure. At the same time, six-month-old babies can also supplement calcium by adding high-calcium complementary foods, such as eating some egg yolks, which are all beneficial for babies to absorb more calcium. In the process of calcium supplementation for babies, mothers must pay attention to not give babies too much calcium supplementation, as excessive calcium supplementation will also affect the baby's growth.