snoring children causes
My two year old snores, is this a cause for concern?
My two year old is a heavy sleeper. She does not wake up throughout the night, but she snores very loudly. She has rather large tonsils like I did as a child. Could this be affecting her breathing. She also breathes with her mouth open, but only at night. It doesn’t wake her, and she doesn’t seem to bother her. I haven’t noticed anything else odd about it that would suggest sleep apnea. Ive sat and watched her for a good few hours before to see how she sleeps. Is this still cause for concern?
If she’s able to eat fine, and doesn’t get lots of tonsil infections, and you’ve observed her and she doesn’t have sleep apnea, I wouldn’t worry about it. My daughter had very enlarged tonsils and had to have them out. Here were her symptoms: LOUD snoring (you could hear it through 2 closed doors), apnea (she would stop breathing for about 10 seconds at a time, then startle herself awake many, many times a night), problems eating (she wasn’t even on the growth charts and gagged on her food), and HUGE behavioral problems during the day due to not sleeping well at night. Most children will grow into their tonsil size, according to our doctor, but our daughter had lots of other symptoms as well, so we had them removed, and 9 months later she has grown tremendously, doesn’t snore, and her behavior and ability to focus has improved greatly. So I guess in summary, I wouldn’t have them taken out just b/c she snores, but if you’re in doubt and she has other things going on, have her checked by an ENT. Hope this helps! 
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