Jaye,

I had one of those babies who snored, very loudly, while she slept, from 
almost the beginning.  She was so loud that if I was on the phone with my 
mother and nursing at the same time, my mom could tell the precise moment 
she fell asleep.  She was born healthy and gained fine, but woke very 
frequently during the night for a long time, and I would nurse her back to 
sleep (for a 10 month stretch, many nights it was every twenty minutes).  I 
theorized that she woke herself up with her snoring.  One of those sound 
machines helped somewhat, but not enough!  Boy, was I a zombie those days! 
After some poo-pooing by my pediatrician, I took her to a well-respected 
pediatric ENT when she was about 7 months old.  She fell asleep on me while 
we were waiting so he got to hear it for himself.  He was unimpressed.  He 
examined her, ruled out sleep apnea, and told me she had enlarged adenoids. 
He said she would "grow into them."  At age 2.5, she stopped snoring.  Thank 
G-d, she is now a bright, healthy 7.5 year old who breathes loudly while she 
sleeps, and mouth breathes at night, but no longer snores, and sleeps well. 
The only other thing that might be of note is that she was born with mild 
low muscle tone, for which she has had some physical therapy, and has pretty 
much always compensated for.  I always wondered if that was a factor too. 
Hope this mom finds out what's going on with her babe.  And that everyone 
sleeps better soon.

Warmly,
Julie Rosen, LLLL, CD, PCD, LCCE

> Date:    Mon, 7 May 2007 17:59:25 -0700
> From:    "Jaye Simpson, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Baby who snores
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> At my mommy group this morning a new mom came in - nursed the baby who 
> fell
> asleep on the breast - and began to snore - loudly.  Baby is 6 wks old. 
> Dr
> has been concerned about baby's wt gain - Baby born 3-24-07 - birth weight
> 8'5" - 7'13" on day 3 - today 44 days old baby is 9'13 - avg wt gain is
> about .75 oz per day.
>
>
>
> My concern is not the weight gain (which is within normal limits) but the
> loud snoring this baby does.  Mom reports her husband does the same type 
> of
> snoring.  Baby snores almost all the time he sleeps.  Mom reports that the
> divot in his throat just at the top of the chest (tired - don't remember
> what it is called right now) sucks in when he snores.  His rib cage does 
> not
> suck in when he snores.  It sounded to me as if baby was having a 
> difficult
> time breathing.  When mom moved him and put him over her shoulder he 
> quieted
> down.  Her Dr's have said it is no big deal - they are ignoring this.  I
> feel there needs to be immediate investigation.
>
>
>
> I told mom that baby needed to be evaluated - that I could take a look, do 
> a
> suck eval and see what I could feel as there might be a submucosal cleft 
> of
> the soft palate.  Mom reported that baby's dad had been diagnosed with a
> cleft of the soft palate as a baby.
>
>
>
> So - what other issues could cause a baby to snore?  This is the first 
> time
> I have ever seen a baby snore - and this really worried me.  What other
> things should I be looking for, and what other information should I give
> mom?  She was concerned but the Peds blew her off - said as long as he
> wasn't retracting he was fine.  <!!??!!??>  I do NOT agree with that - and
> told her so.  I advised her to push this issue - snoring babies aren't
> normal.
>
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
> TIA!
>
> Jaye
>
>

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