Is your child’s sleep affecting their school year?
Snoring, mouth breathing and teeth grinding are common in children. Emily explains why they are worth mentioning, and what to look out for at night.
Transcript
It’s almost back to school time, and as parents, we’re thinking about getting our children back to a good routine, so getting them to bed on time so that they can get up, wake up feeling refreshed, ready to learn for school again. But are you thinking about the quality of that sleep and actually how they sleep? So even if you are getting your child off to bed at a reasonable hour, perhaps they’re still waking unrefreshed. Perhaps they’re waking in the night.
Perhaps they are snoring, sleeping with their mouth open, or even grinding their teeth. Perhaps there’s even more going on. Perhaps they are suffering with sleep apnea. These things aren’t normal, and they are unfortunately very common.
And of course, they do affect how your child can learn and grow in quite a big, impactful way. So if you’re thinking that your child is possibly falling into this category, I urge you to come and book in for a myofunctional assessment to work out exactly what’s going on with their airway so that we can begin to help them. And if you’re not there yet, we have some on-demand webinars that you can dip your toe into to try and figure out a few things that might help your child to sleep better and breathe better, which will help them to function in their new school year.