Is it normal for a one-year-old baby to snore when sleeping?

During the growth period of one-year-old babies, many parents will encounter the situation that their babies snore when sleeping. Snoring of a one-year-old baby may be a manifestation of some disease. Parents need to observe the changes of their children in time. In general, snoring of a one-year-old baby may be due to swelling of the tonsils, which leads to obstruction of the root of the tongue and makes snoring more likely. You can go to the hospital for detailed examination and treatment.

Many parents believe that their baby’s snoring is a sign of a good sleep. In fact, snoring is the sound produced by the soft tissues in the pharynx and tongue root vibrating with the airflow of breathing. It should be said that snoring is a pathological manifestation. So, what harm does snoring do to children's health? The harm caused by baby snoring is more serious than that caused by adult snoring. Babies who snore will feel sleepy and irritable during the day. Snoring will affect the baby's sleep quality. In mild cases, it can lead to developmental problems such as inattention and poor memory, hindering the baby's normal physical and mental growth and development. In severe cases, it can cause respiratory arrest in the baby.

When parents find that their baby snores frequently, they should first take the baby to the ENT department to check whether the tonsils are enlarged. One type of enlarged tonsils is physiological and will gradually become smaller as the baby grows. If snoring is caused by enlarged tonsils, the snoring will gradually decrease as the baby grows older. Tonsils are recognized as immune organs that can resist invasion by bacteria and viruses, so they should not be removed hastily because of snoring.

For babies who snore, you should let them drink some water after drinking milk before going to bed at night to clean their mouths and nasal secretions. Generally, they can choose to sleep on their side, do not press their hands on their chests, cover themselves with a light quilt, and keep the temperature in the room appropriate. If the mother finds that the baby is snoring, she can turn the baby's body and change the sleeping position, which can sometimes relieve the snoring.

Generally speaking, most babies’ snoring will show obvious improvement after 6 months, but there are some babies who continue to have snoring until about one and a half years old. In addition, babies over 2 years old will snore due to glandular underdevelopment. Baby's snoring can be divided into continuous and non-continuous. If a turning over movement can stop the baby's snoring, it is non-continuous and is a normal phenomenon. However, if the baby's snoring is difficult to stop and lasts for a long time, it is considered continuous snoring. To ensure the baby's health, parents need to take the baby to the hospital for relevant examinations in time.

Reasons why babies snore when they sleep

Poor breathing airflow will result in insufficient oxygen entering the baby's body, thereby reducing the amount of oxygen in the blood. When this happens repeatedly, the baby will enter a state of discontinuous sleep. When this condition often recurs, the baby may snore when sleeping. Inheritance: This phenomenon may also be related to the parents' congenital inheritance. For example, the mother's jaw is not normal and the airway is not smooth, which will generally be passed on to her children, causing the children to have breathing problems when sleeping, thus causing the baby to snore when sleeping.