My 2.5 year old seems to struggle to breathe through is nose at night. He wakes up at least once or more. I took him to his doctor and he said he had a slight ear infection and generous tonsils. He said that if it didn t clear up in 2 weeks to call for a referral to an ENT. However, he was breathing like this for about 1.5 weeks before I called the doctor, he s been on amoxicillan for 8 days with NO change. He continues to struggle to breathe through his nose. Here I am at close to midnight, so concerned... he doesn t sound right. There were a few times I thought he stopped breathing but the doctor said he s not going to stop breathing but I swear he does and then wakes up. He has never been the best sleeper since about 1.5 years old.. wakes up quite a bit, at least once a night
Disturbed sleep and breathing problem during sleep are being increasingly recognized as caused due to sleep disordered breathing seven in child Chat Doctor.  The airway obstructions cause by enlarged tonsils and adenoids may have an added effect on breathing and sleeping. In such cases it's a wise idea to take a consultation with and ENT specialist and Pediatric sleep specialist