I have a 13 week old daughter. She snores qutie loudly. At her two month checkup her pediatrician said she had laryngomalacia or a lazy or underdeveloped larynx. I was told to have her sleep at a 30 to 45 degree angle. We do that and it helps some. I was told she would grow out of it. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Hi B.,
My son, who is now 9 months old, had this also. He didn't snore so much as squeak.... it was pretty obvious that the noise was not coming from his nose. He did grow out of it, and we didn't do anything about it at all. If anything, I kind of liked being able to hear that he was breathing without even getting up to peek at him!
Good luck!
A.
Hi! Our daughter also was diagnosed with laryngomalacia. She is almost 2 and it is almost completely resolved (only when she is upset can you tell it's still there). She was a very noisy breather (especially while sleeping, eating, or if she was upset). It often helped when we held her more upright, but she was never in distress. She has developed perfectly. It mostly made others nervous when they were holding her, but by 3 or 4 months we almost tuned it out. Not sure if that helps, but good luck!
~TJ
Yes, my son also has the condition, as well as Tracheomalacia. He was on oxygen for 18 months, but he also has Down syndrome and was two months premature. In general, children do outgrow the condition. With us, it included severe expiratory stridor (sounds like a loud "goose" gasp for lack of better words). Our son's conditions are indeed getting better, but as he has additional medical concerns, it simply takes longer to dissipate. If you are worried, I'd ask for a sleep study to determine if indeed there is apnea present. Like I mentioned, however, it is generally a condition that goes away with time.
My son had this as well. He is now 2 1/2 and has outgrown it. When I asked our doctor about it I said that it sounds like he will be a snorer when he gets older. He nodded his head and said it is possible. Not sure how much data there is on that but he thought there is a connection.
My son was diagnosed with this also. He would squeak with each inhale, and you could actually see his neck suck in. I'm not sure exactly when he grew out of it, because it wasn't instantaneous--it slowly got better and better and less noisy. But I can tell you, I do not remember him making noise at Christmas or his first birthday party [usually people would ask me "why is he breathing like that?" and no one did at those occasions] so I think he probably grew out of it by 10 or 11 months. Each child is different of course.
Another thing to keep an eye out for is reflux. My son ended up having that as well, and my Doctor told me that reflux often accompanies laryngomalacia.
