"And in the adult, the baby's 'bad mood', often manifested in the physical." According to experts, winter outdoor activities as a small child, receive less sunlight stimulus, is likely to cause seasonal depression. "Children incidence of depression is higher in the winter." It is understood that changes in the weather can cause mood swings. Insufficient in light of depressive symptoms induced in psychology to be called "winter depression in children." "This is because there is a body called the 'pineal' gland, when the light is very strong, the pineal gland to be inhibited, the secretion of substances reduced; when the light is dim or cloudy days, the pineal gland to secrete hormones increased, while relatively lower concentrations of thyroid hormone, making the cells become extremely active, leading to dull, weak. "
"In addition to seasonal factors, family environment also contribute to children's causes an important factor in depression. Therefore, the winter they have to first of all parents concerned about their mental health." The United States Mental Health Association of the new study shows that depression is 2.5% of U.S. children. In every 150 American children, there is one affected by depression problems. As more and more patients with depression baby, infant mental health has become the current American psychiatry has become increasingly important area of a branch.
Winter is also happy baby
Experts remind parents, prevention and treatment of the baby's "winter depression", you need to make greater efforts from the following aspects:
More than the sun: winter try to make the baby more in well-lit environment activities. From a health perspective, the infant baptism is most people need the sun. The sun as a "doping", light body will telangiectasia, accelerate blood circulation.
Diet: the diet, the baby animals and more to add liver, fish, shrimp, soy, eggs, blood and other health foods. In addition, banana, chocolate, walnuts and other foods, to improve or adjust the depression help.
Create a festive family atmosphere: the living environment of a significant effect on the baby's mood. If parents have a close harmony, mutual respect and love, it will make the child feel warm and pleasant, cheerful mood has also come. Example of the parents is also important. Ideally, parents should set the children calm, confident image, must often sighed, resignedly.
Widespread interest among children: the child's interest in diverse, listening to stories, playing games, singing, dancing, etc., can become the important activities of the winter. Play is the child's nature, parents and children together to "move up" on off "winter depression" is very good.
Make more children: For the baby, making friends is a happy happy thing itself, contribute to physical and mental health. If the fear of children in the winter cold and the baby, "aloof, reclusive," easily lead to the baby unsociable.
New stimuli in the environment: the child's sensory stimulation for the most sensitive to new things. Zoo's panda, tigers, the countryside of woods, streams, the lantern festival, fireworks, the big things people take for granted, there is a strange thing for the child's appeal. Therefore, the holidays, it should always walk out with children, which is good for cultivating children's sentiment.
Remind
Excess calcium can lead to depression
Doctors advise parents: winter excess calcium may also lead to the child "bad mood." "Most of the current market of calcium with vitamin D, because the child is slow metabolism, easily accumulate in the body, many parents let their children take a variety of blindly calcium, vitamin D intoxication could easily lead to the early lead to loss of appetite, fever, irritability , crying, weight loss, movement disorders, depression, long-term can lead to chronic poisoning, the impact of physical intellectual development, and even cause convulsions, coma, renal failure. "
Experts remind that the majority of parents, do not blindly give children calcium supplements, but not excessive, should be under the guidance of a doctor, according to the child's physical characteristics and demand of calcium the right combination of factors such as calcium. Calcium at the same time, the proposed increase in complementary food supplements of vitamin C, and let the kids have more exposure to sunlight and calcium absorption.
Researchers in Canada and the United Kingdom recently announced research report: low birth weight children more likely to grow up to depression and anxiety, "fat baby may be happier."
University of Alberta, Canada, Professor Coleman said: "We found that those with mild or moderate depression or anxiety disorders than the mental health of people who lean at birth. If the low birth weight, grow up, mood disorders more likely the case. "In addition, the study also found that children of lower mental state mental health than those who arrived later growth nodes, such as for the first time to stand and walk.
"Baby weight reflects the size of the uterus in the pressure." Studies show that: the adverse intrauterine environment can affect fetal body growth may also result in different fetal brain. "If pregnant women depressed, then the blood flow to the uterus is restricted, then the corresponding reduction in fetal nutrition received, resulting in low birth weight. In addition, stress hormones will be transported through the placenta to the fetus, the mother when pressure may affect fetal neurological development and stress responses, the result that poor child's psychological development. "
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