Actually, this is a misunderstanding. Baby's soft nails have nothing to do with calcium deficiency.

Because the growth of human nails is formed by cell keratinization, the main component is keratin, not calcium, so nails are soft and thin, doesn't mean they are? Calcium deficiency? .

In addition, many parents will find that after the baby is born, the nails are very soft, even when it reaches 1 year, it is still very soft and not as hard as the nails of adults. This is normal, and novice parents don't have to worry at all.

As the baby grows up, there are more and more keratinocytes, and the nails become thicker and harder.

These kinds of knowledge about nails are also wrong.

Except? Is the nail soft because of calcium deficiency? Understanding is wrong, and some understandings related to baby nails are unscientific, such as:

1, I think it is unhealthy to have small white spots on my baby's nails, probably because there are bugs in my stomach;

2. Do you think there is nothing under the baby's nails? Little crescent moon? It is also an unhealthy performance and may lack protein;

3, think that the baby's nail edge is long barbed, because of lack of vitamins.

Many mothers will find that from a certain period of time, children are particularly fond of eating their hands and biting their nails. When they ask their mothers around or in the circle for help, they are often advised that their children may be short of zinc, check trace elements for their children and supplement some zinc.

Is it really because of zinc deficiency that children love to bite their nails?

Children's love of biting their nails is not necessarily a zinc deficiency, but a psychological problem.

Nail biting is a common bad habit in childhood, which generally starts from 3-6 years old and lasts until adolescence or even life. Many people had the experience of biting their nails when they were young.

American psychologist Frank? Kadler also had the experience of biting nails until 16 years old. He once said that whenever he couldn't help biting his nails, he could feel his intense anxiety.

The occurrence of nail biting is related to psychological tension and emotional instability, which reflects the emotional state of tension, depression, depression, inferiority and hostility. And the root cause may be insufficient attention or lack of security. And some children, because they have been biting their fingernails, will in turn have nervous and anxious emotions and become secondary mental stimulation factors.

Children often have incentives before they start biting their nails, such as disharmony in family atmosphere, tension between parents, frequent quarrels, criticism and reprimand from teachers and parents, etc. By biting their nails, they can relieve their self-tension, and after a long time, they form a habit.

Some children imitate others to bite their nails and form this behavior. There are still some children who are hyperactive, because children are hyperactive and can't calm down. When the hyperactivity of other children is controlled, it will turn into biting nails.

In view of this situation, it is enough to treat children according to the cause and correct this bad habit by removing the inducing factors of children biting their nails.

Create a relaxed living environment and family atmosphere for children, pay more attention to and affirm their benign behavior from the positive side, and don't give them too much pressure.

(2) Give children the opportunity to express their wishes and different opinions on family affairs, especially the opportunity to express negative emotions such as anger, and build self-confidence by releasing negative emotions.

③ Guide children to participate in recreational activities and make more friends. By participating in interesting activities or playing happily with other children, they can divert their attention and reduce the chance of biting their nails.

4 regularly cut your child's nails, don't corporal punishment and loudly reprimand your child, and don't rudely pull your child's fingers out of your mouth. When children's nail biting behavior decreases, or take the initiative to remove their fingers from their teeth, they should be praised in time.