What time is the healthiest time to go to bed at night? Does it have such a big impact on a child’s height?

The height of a child is something that parents always worry about. From the time of birth to the closure of the epiphyseal line as adults, we all hope that our children will grow normally and reach the expected height in our minds. Hopes are great, but the upper limit of a child\’s height is actually restricted by various factors. When talking about the factors that affect height, the first thing that cannot be avoided is the internal factors – the influence of genetics on height reaches 60%-70%. We are all familiar with external factors, and parents often start with nutrition. There are endless ways to eat: nutritious meals, milk, bone soup… but everyone seems to ignore the importance of sleep for growing taller. Or, if you know this situation, but your child doesn’t cooperate or his studies don’t allow it, what should you do in these situations? Today I will tell you about the impact of children\’s sleep on their height. Why does sleep affect height? Many parents may wonder: During sleep, there is neither exercise nor intake, so why does it affect height? That’s all thanks to the magic of the human body. The human pituitary gland secretes a substance called growth hormone. This substance will help us grow taller. During infancy, growth hormone is secreted 24 hours a day, so babies before 1 year old grow very fast. But after entering early childhood, growth hormone is secreted very little during the day and is mainly secreted at night. Its secretion is in the shape of a wavy line, with a small peak from 9 pm to 1 pm, and around 6 am. Moreover, the condition for secreting growth hormone is not just falling asleep. The prerequisite for normal secretion of growth hormone is to achieve deep sleep. In other words, in the long run: if the child has not gone to bed by 11:30, and may still make a fuss after going to bed, then the peak period of growth hormone secretion at night cannot be obtained through deep sleep. If the child has to get up at 6 o\’clock the next morning to go to school, the secretion peak in the morning will also be missed. What is frustrating is that the secretion of growth hormone is irreversible. In other words, if you miss it, you miss it. It is not as simple as \”if you miss sleep today, make up for it tomorrow.\” Although modern science can already promote height growth through injection of growth hormone, this scientific method is mainly used for pathological dwarfism. Besides, why do we have to let our baby get an injection when we can do it by sleeping well? Closer to home, due to the mechanism of growth hormone secretion, sleep is as important to height as nutritional intake. How to arrange sleep time. After understanding the importance of sleep, how to let the baby sleep normally has become a problem for us. . Many parents left messages in the background saying: How can it be possible for children nowadays to go to bed at 9 o\’clock? Indeed, raising a baby is not raising a robot, just let it sleep at regular intervals and then go to sleep. One is that our little bears are not willing to go to bed, and the other is that they do have homework that they have to complete. These are also the two big problems that trouble our parents the most. How to solve it? Here are some tips for you! 1. To deal with the four don’ts and three don’ts of babies who won’t sleep, let’s first talk about the “four don’ts” before going to bed: Don’t eat a lot of food and don’t do strenuous exercise 1 hour before going to bed.Do not move, play with electronic products, or have violent mood swings. Eating too much is not conducive to digestion, increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, makes it difficult for children to fall asleep, and is not good for the body. At the same time, strenuous exercise and electronic products will stimulate the excitement of children\’s cerebral cortex, making it not only difficult to fall asleep, but also the degree of falling asleep is relatively shallow. It would be even worse if the parent scolded the child before going to bed. Sleeping with negative emotions is not good. So how to improve sleep quality and let children enter deep sleep quickly? Just remember the following three points: Parents should lead by example. When the time comes, parents should also turn off electronic products with their children and develop good habits. It is unreasonable for parents to watch TV in the living room but ask their children to go to bed. To create an atmosphere for sleeping. When you announce that your child is going to sleep, you should create an atmosphere for your child to fall asleep. After the child takes a bath, light a light that is not that bright and tell a short story. When the child feels sleepy, he can fall asleep obediently. To create a sense of security, remember what I mentioned above about not scolding your children? Not only that, we also need to create a sense of security for our children. Parental company is the best protection for children. In short, when the child has no schoolwork burden, the task of guiding the child to sleep mainly lies on the shoulders of the parents. 2. What to do with children who have heavy academic workload? Many parents wonder: My child comes home very late from self-study, and has to get up early to go to school. He completely misses the peak period of growth hormone. Will he not grow taller? I have also mentioned in the previous article that growth hormone is one of the external factors that affect height. It is genetics that play most of the role, and there is also the synergistic effect of nutrition and other factors. In other words, growth hormone is not the decisive factor, but it is indispensable. Children who sleep well are advantageous in terms of the secretion of growth hormone. For example, there is definitely a difference between carefully combining nutrients every day and eating only rice every day. What parents can do is, first, let their children sleep as much as possible when they can, according to the situation, such as on rest days and holidays. The second is to start from aspects such as nutrition and exercise, and put more effort into other aspects that affect height. I hope that these experiences can give parents some help. Every family and every child\’s situation is different, and parents can flexibly adjust these practices. There is only one purpose: to extend the child\’s deep sleep time.