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Infant Snoring - does your baby snore?

June 10th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Infant snoring may be caused by several factors.  Because infants do not breathe through their mouth, if they have any nasal congestion they will tend to snore.  Nasal congestion can be caused by allergies or colds.  Some studies have shown that if the parents snore the infant is likely to snore as well.  This may be related to familial allergies or inherited facial and throat structure.  Determining the cause of the infant snoring can help the parents intervene appropriately.

Basic treatments - suction bulb and saline spray

One of the first things a parent can do to determine if the infant snoring is a serious problem is to begin by some basic treatments.  Most parents are familiar with suction bulbs but do not use them enough.  Using a suction bulb before bed or nap time may clear the nasal passageway enough to allow quiet breathing. 

Another simple remedy for nasal congestion is saline spray.  Many pediatricians recommend a basic saline spray to help clear the nasal cavity.  These sprays can be bought over-the-counter is the local drug store. Parents just need to be cautious to by only a saline spray and not a nasal spray with medication unless advised by their physician.  Another easy home remedy is using a humidifier in the baby’s room.  Humidified air can help keep the nasal discharge moist so it is more easily moved through the nasal passageways.

If the infant snoring is not easily cured by basic home remedies it is best for the parents to consult the pediatrician.  If the infant has sleep apnea or structural obstructions which prevent adequate oxygen intake it is very important that medical intervention takes place.  The infant may need to wear a breathing mask when sleeping or have supplemental oxygen. 

In some rare cases surgical intervention may be required to remove obstructions in the throat or nasal cavity which are causing the infant snoring.  While this may sound harsh some simple surgeries may be a great advantage to the infant for its whole life.  Good oxygen intake while sleeping will enable an infant to grow, develop, and learn to its full potential.

Easy Home Remedies For Snoring

May 30th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

The good news is that home remedies for snoring do exist and for some can prove to be quite helpful, the problem is finding the one that works best for you and your snoring partner. A simple commitment to trial and error should provide you with the opportunities to experiment with different home remedies for snoring until you determine the one that works best for you.

Tennis ball

An immediate home remedy for snoring is the modification of the snoring individuals sleeping position. If your partner snores less when sleeping on their side, consider implementing a sleeping idea that keeps your partner asleep and still keeps them on their side. Purchase a tennis ball and sew it into the back of the pajamas that your partner wears to bed. The tennis ball provides a discomfort when the snoring partner rolls over onto their back, thus forcing them to return to their side and maintains a snore free position. This home remedy for snoring does not work for everyone but it is a good place to start. The use of the tennis ball is to modify the sleeping style and pattern of the snoring individual. The idea is that the ball will reduce the habit of sleeping on the back and increase the desired behavior of side sleeping. It is believed that the tennis ball will provide the stimulus to create and modify the unwanted behavior and soon the tennis ball will no longer be necessary once the habit is changed.

Remove pillows

Science has determined that for a person that suffers from snoring, pillows only further enhance the problem. Anything that actively places a kink in the neck while sleeping can cause an individual to snore.

For someone that is prone to snoring, this is a combination that will most definitely lead to a noisy and disruptive night. So, a quick home remedy for snoring might be to get rid of the pillows all together and thus prevent that initial kink in the neck and the subsequent struggle over pillow comfort and snore volume.

Elevate bed head

Another idea in home remedies for snoring is to simply elevate the head of the bed. Increasing the height of the head of the bed, by placing the two feet of the bed on bricks or another supportive product can reduce often reduce the snoring of the person sleeping in the bed. As a home remedy for snoring, this one is also beneficial for those that become congested during the night or are suffering from a cold or intense allergies. It is by elevating the upper torso that it is possible to prevent the nasal passages from becoming congested and forcing the snoring individual to sleep with their mouth open and thereby increase the sound and amount of snoring that occurs.

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