Mouth Breathing

[Early Kids]

Just getting some thoughts after Brendan's speechie raised some concern over him mouth breathing at his last appt. He's now 3yr7m old and does not breathe using his nose, I was told earlier (during first 12m) that it was normal for prems due to having tubes down there for so long. But the speechie had never heard of that reasoning before?

Should I maybe get that checked out? He is on the wait list for ENT for hearing/ear health/glue ear issues anyway.

I'm not concerned, but after the speechies reaction I wondered if maybe I should be??

Thanks x

[Early Kids]

Anyone???

I've done a little research and the thing that comes up the most is adenoids. Anyone had any experience there?

[Beach Mama]

Not too sure hun sorry but I do know that a girl at MG has a little boy who will have to get his tonsils out soon as he is having some problems and I am pretty sure one thing he does is mouth breath alot as well, particularly at night. xoxo

[Early Kids]

Thank you for replying xx

Brendan is shocking at night, is breathing is raspy and noisy and he does snore sometimes too (but not all the time)

[Beach Mama]

Might be worth checking if it is that noisy, I know with my gf that they said it could be affecting his behaviour as well, because he isn't able to get a decent nights sleep. The tonsils are too big for his throat and they are in most kids but for him it affects his breathing at night, and he drools quite a bit too considering he is 3.5. Good luck with it all, hopefully you can eliminate some things and get some answers.

[Early Kids]

Hmm, Brendan drools too! His sleep is affected by his sensory issues anyway, but if we can get the breathing right we might be lucky to see some change of behaviour!

Thanks so much for replying xx