Im posting this on behalf of a close friend who is worrying herself sick about her 4 week old DD who has stopped breathing on 2 separate occassions.

She has one of those monitors that has an alarm go off when it doesn't detect movement after 20 seconds. The first time it happened was last Wednesday night and it happened again last night.

The paediatrician has told her that her DD has reflux, which she's now on medication for, and that that's why she has stopped breathing. She also had a viral infection which could have contributed to it as well. If it happens again, she has to go into hospital for monitoring.

My DS had reflux since he was 1 month old but like i said to my friend, if he had stopped breathing from it at any stage, i wouldn't have known as i dont have one of those monitors. But because he slept with me on really bad nights, i did notice a couple of times that he held his breath, but only realised he had been doing so when he exhaled again. I also said its quite common for them to have irregular breathing, ie rapid one minute and then slows back down again the next.

Any advice , suggestions or similar stories that i can pass onto her to help ease her mind would be greatly appreciated. She told me today that her main priority is making sure her little girl doesn't stop breathing again and that if it does happens again, she's going to wind up making herself crazy.