My 5-year old son snores, and loud.  We never really saw an issue with it until recently when he spent the better part of several nights in our bed.  He was restless, always kicking, pushing and turning.  He snored and snorted and sucked air in through both his mouth and nose, sometimes sounding as if he was gasping for air.  We started to become a bit concerned about it.  After all, how could he actually be sleeping well?

I started to Google “children snoring” and found so much information about it, but one particular article caught my eye.  It was called “Sleep Apnea as a Cause of Bed Wetting?” Coincidentally, our son also wets his bed quite frequently.  Wow…is it possible they could be related?  Along with that, it also attributes hyperactivity to sleep apnea in some cases.  Guess what…my son borders on hyperactive as well, along with having a lack of focus sometimes in school.

The main culprit appears to be the adenoids.  If the adenoids are enlarged, it can cause sleeping issues including apnea.  Sleep apnea, according to Wikipedia, is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep.  Each episode, called an apnea lasts long enough so that one or more breaths are missed, and such episodes occur repeatedly throughout sleep.  The standard definition of any apneic event includes a minimum 10 second interval between breaths.

If your child is exhibiting these symptoms, iVillage obviously recommends having your child evaluated by their physician.  I know I will be doing that now.

To read the full iVillage article, just visit www.iVillage.com or go directly to the article here… iVillage.com article.

Sleep Well!

raelynn @ Kidz Comfort

Rae Lynn Glispin is owner of Kidz Comfort, offering great sleep solutions for children and encouraging a calm and soothing bedtime routine. First to create the Bed Bumper for Big Kids, she expanded her product line to include comforting and stylish items for every child. Visit http://www.kidzcomfort.com for more information.