Child Sleep Issues: Older Child

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Sleep Apnea in Kids?

My five year old has huge tonsils and snores really bad at night. He is not overweight. He sounds a lot like my brother in law who is very large and uses a machine to breathe at night for his sleep apnea. I have read that sleep apnea in kids can be caused by large tonsils and that removing them can solve the problem. I just wonder if that is necessary or if he is going to grow out of it. I am not a fan of putting a child through surgery if not absolutely needed. I have heard that being put under can be really scary for them and make...

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Preemie Apnea / AOP

Anyone had an experience with this? My daughter was born early @ 35 weeks...