What are the factors that affect bone development?

Children will always encounter various problems in the process of growing up. As they grow older, parents will be surprised to find that some children are very tall and some are very short. In addition to genetic factors, there are many other factors that affect bone development. So what are the factors that affect children's bone development? What are the things to pay attention to regarding children’s bone development?

Factor 1: The mattress does not provide support:

The large parts of a child's skeleton are most likely to deform during their development. This is just like the technicians at the ECUS headquarters in Spain used to make a vivid metaphor: "That's how Chinese bonsai are made. That's when the plant is young and tender, and iron wire is used to fix its shape. We can't let our children be fixed like a bonsai for 8-12 hours a day!" In order to prevent our children's spine from growing like a bonsai, choosing a small mattress that grows with the child and has support is the real solution.

Factor 2: Sleeping in the same bed affects the bone development of young children:

If things go on like this for a long time, sleeping in the same bed will cause the child's head and face to habitually tilt to one side, forming habitual or postural torticollis (one side of the face is larger than the other side), commonly known as crooked neck. Postural torticollis is usually caused by poor sleeping posture, cuddling habits, or some eye abnormalities. In general, the symptoms can be relieved by alternating between breastfeeding on the left and right sides or sleeping in a supine position. However, if you find that your baby's head and face are always tilted toward one side of the neck about two weeks after birth, you need to be alert to whether there is a lump on one side of the baby's neck. Once there is a hard lump that can be felt, you need to go to the hospital for treatment in time, as this is most likely congenital muscular torticollis.

Factor 3: Walking hand in hand affects children's bone development:

The bones of infants and young children have poor hardness and high elasticity. Especially for children under two years old who have just learned to walk, if parents pull them one-sidedly and upward for a long time, the child's center of gravity may shift easily, which is not good for bone development. In addition, because the annular ligament of the radial head at the child's elbow is weak, the radial head subluxation is also prone to occur. If the child suddenly falls while being led, dislocation may also occur. When walking hand in hand, you should pay attention to switching hands and gently lead the child's hand.

Factor 4: The baby's early walking affects the child's bone development:

Because children's bones are in the development period when they are born and are not fully calcified, there is a circle of cartilage surrounding the bones. Children learn to walk within one year old. Due to unstable standing, they will exert force inward or outward, resulting in unbalanced development of the cartilage on both sides. Over time, it is easy to affect the development of the leg bones and cause knee valgum or knee valgum, which are the common O-shaped legs and X-shaped legs.

Factor 5: Incorrect sitting and standing posture affects the bone development of young children:

In early childhood, the cartilage between the two vertebrae of the spine is particularly developed, the physiological curvature has not yet been fixed, and the bones of young children are relatively soft and elastic, and are easily deformed. Help your child maintain correct sitting, standing and walking posture. Do not let your child maintain a certain posture for a long time to avoid bone deformation. Keep your child’s chest and head up when walking to prevent your child from developing a hunchback. When the baby sits down, there will be a small bulge on the back. Many parents go to the doctor for treatment because of this, thinking that something has grown on the spine. In fact, this is a normal spinous process of the vertebra, which is more obvious in thinner children. Infants under one year old have just learned to sit, and their back muscles are not yet developed, so it is easy for them to hunch over and hunch back when sitting up. When they bend over, there will be bulges on the back of the vertebrae. These are all normal phenomena of bone development. As the child grows older and the spine develops, these manifestations will gradually disappear.

When the child is in the growth period, be sure to equip the child with a better mattress that is suitable for the child's growth. Also, do not let the child walk too early. If the child walks too little, it will cause problems with the child's bone development. Parents have an unshirkable responsibility to let the child develop a good sitting and standing posture. In addition, during the child's growth period, it is necessary to ensure that the child's nutrition is comprehensive.