Breathing Hard While Running Around in a 7 Year Old

I think kids are just like grown ups. They are all in different levels of being in shape. I also live in a cold weather climate, and I realize that in the beginning of summer, the kids are more breathless and after we've been physically active for a while they build up their endurance for physical activity, just like grown ups.

Don't ignore it if you feel like there is a physical issue - like he wasn't breathless and now he is, for instance, but also realize it's a couple months into a cold weather season and not as much running around is being done.

If the doctor says it's ok, maybe enroll him in some indoor sports for the winter season.

Is he in shape? My kids are 11 and 12 and aren't in any "program" for conditioning and they would be huffing and puffing too. See if you can do something with him, some sort of ongoing thing so you can observe him over a period of time. It's probably fine. I've been running with my boys lately (they're not overly active) and in the short time, 2 weeks, I've noticed an improvement in all of our stamina.

I think I'd ask for the doctor to check his heart and make sure that it's okay. I wouldn't want to take any chances on that.

Good luck,
Dawn

Mention it to his doctor. My youngest grandson does that, he'll be 4 in April, and was diagnosed with asthma in late November.

It could be if your son's not used to a lot of physical exercize or something we're not aware of, so let his doctor figure it out :)

I'm not seeing the problem.

You say he's not breathing hard while sitting and playing quietly. That's normal. So is breathing hard after running around and being bouncy.

In fact, I've never known anyone, adult or child, who wasn't breathing at an escalated rate after physical work of any kind. Running, flutter kicks, tag, hide and seek, bed bouncing, two mile runs, etc.

Increased activity equates increased heart rate which means you breathe harder to bring in oxygen. Pretty standard really.