Some mothers find that their babies snore when they sleep. Many mothers think it's because their babies are tired during the day. In fact, a large part of the baby's sleep snoring is related to sleeping posture and pillow. Sometimes it is also a disease. Let's have a look.
What is the cause of baby snoring
1. Sleeping posture. If the baby often sleeps on his back, it is easy to cause the back of the tongue, narrow the pharyngeal cavity and snore.
Suggestion: the sleeping position is mainly side lying position. Compared with supine position, side sleeping can reduce the fall of tongue root and reduce snoring symptoms. The mother can sew a soft elastic ball on the back of the baby's pajamas, which is good for controlling the sleeping posture and reducing the chance of sleeping on her back. In addition, snoring babies are generally sensitive to environmental stimuli, so we should create a good sleep environment to avoid external stimuli.
2. Pillow height. Pillow height is not appropriate, will also make the neck too bent, resulting in blocked airway.
Suggestion: the 3-month-old baby starts to learn to raise his head, and the spine also starts to bend forward naturally. At the same time, with the development of the body, the shoulder gradually widens. In order to make the body position suitable for sleeping, the baby can start to use the pillow after 3 months, with the height generally 4 cm. As you get older, gradually increase the height of your pillow.
3. Disease. Adenoids and tonsils develop rapidly in early childhood. Adenoid hypertrophy and tonsil hypertrophy are special diseases in childhood. When the air temperature changes, malnutrition, resistance drops or upper respiratory tract infection, the inflammation involves tonsil and adenoid body and causes further swelling, blocks the posterior nostril and oropharynx, leading to airway obstruction and snoring.
Suggestion: Generally speaking, if snoring is caused by tonsil or adenoid hypertrophy, resection is the main treatment.
4. Swallow. When the baby is not fully swallowed or fed, the mother immediately puts the baby down to sleep, which may cause the milk block in the baby's mouth to deposit and block the throat, causing snoring.
Suggestion: after feeding, pat the baby's back, promote swallowing, and then feed some water to avoid milk clots in the mouth. If the baby has nasal congestion symptoms, it can be sprayed with nasal spray containing physiological saline.
5. Obesity. Baby's oropharyngeal fat pad is thickened. Due to the effect of gravity, the space behind the larynx and tongue is narrowed during sleep. The accumulation of fat pad aggravates the narrowing of airway space, which is easy to cause snoring.
Suggestion: obesity is not only easy to cause snoring, but also aggravate the burden on the heart and affect the development of genitals. Research shows that if obese children can reduce to the standard weight, it can improve the state of hypoxia in sleep and reduce the occurrence of sleep apnea.
The harm of baby snoring
Regular snoring will not only affect the sleep quality of the baby, but also may cause a lot of harm. Snoring is often accompanied by apnea, which can cause anoxia at night. If the attack is frequent or lasts for a long time, it will affect the heart function, may also change the peak of growth hormone secretion, affect the development of the baby's brain and body, and also affect the baby's temperament, making him irritable. In addition, long-term airway obstruction can cause chest deformation, or even "funnel-shaped", resulting in maxillofacial bone development disorders, maxillofacial lengthening, palatal high arch, irregular dentition, upper incisor protrusion, lip thickness and other facial changes.
If the baby is found to snore for a long time, breathe unevenly, open mouth to breathe, accompanied by apnea, molars, restless sleep, sweating, dreamtalk, etc., he should be treated in time.