Patient's question:
Medical Description: A 7-month-old child cries 5 or 6 times at night while sleeping, waking up to drink a little milk, and is fine during the day. There is a bald patch on the top of their head. The doctor said it's due to calcium deficiency.Past Treatment and Effects: The child has taken calcium supplements and cod liver oil. They have finished the course.
Help Needed: Please recommend brands of cod liver oil and calcium supplements. Which brands are good?
In the past few days, the child has occasionally had a cough. Yesterday, they went out when the mother was very hot, and the child was fed milk under these circumstances. Today, the child's bowel movement is a bit loose and dark, which has never happened before. Is it because of the warm milk yesterday?
Doctor's answer:
Dairy productsPeanuts, sesame paste, soy milk, tofu, tofu skin, and other legumes (green beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, mung beans, and chickpeas) mostly contain a significant amount of calcium.
You can consider making your own soy milk by putting soybeans, peanuts, and black sesame seeds into a soy milk machine. In about 20 minutes, you'll have warm and nutritious soy milk. Choose the types of beans you like to vary the flavors.
How children can get enough calcium
Seafood
Shrimp skins, kelp, carrageenan, laver, shrimp, and various types of fish.
Shrimp skins and laver can be used to make soup or as filling for dumplings. Kelp and carrageenan can be eaten cold or stewed. Shrimp and fish can be steamed. Of course, what's introduced here are simple methods that preserve the most nutrients. Parents can cook them however they like, and children will enjoy trying different ways to eat them.