Snoring 2yo - problem?

My friends daughter is only 8 months old, and she snores like her daddie when she's got a cold.

Funny you should post this today Becca, I've just this minute put down the phone from booking Ella's appointment at the ENT specialist ($200, yeouch!)
I mentioned Ella's snoring to our GP last week when we were there for an unrelated thing and she took a look at her adenoids and tonsils then gave us a referral to the specialist.
Apparently children shouldn't snore at all except when it is related to having a cold or similar. Generally snoring is caused by the tonsils and adenoids having swollen and blocking the passages as they sleep, and if this is the cause they need to come out.(about a 5 hour daytime hospital visit with general anesthetic and a weeks recovery time.)
Ella has always snored like a steam engine and is a noisy, blocked sounding mouth breather when she is tired and sleepy.
She doesn't snore every night but after sharing a room with her for 2 weeks on holiday we've realised just how badly she sleeps and how much the heavy breathing and snoring affects her sleep. (and ours!)
So we're going in on the 9th next month to find out what the story is, hopefully nothing serious!
Definitely worth a mention to your GP next time you go   google OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) if you want more info

That's interesting Mel - my FIL has sleep apnea, and has to sleep with a face mask & machine!

James - my friends daughter has inherited her dads allergies too, that might explain the snoring. She's very loud and she's a tiny wee thing.

I would say it would be her adenoids as well. Gia is exactly the same. You can hear her breathing from across the room & she snores as well.

Has Josiah had many colds? When I've asked the Dr about Gia's loud breathing he explained that if the adenoids have been overworked from the child having colds etc they get enlarged (which is what makes their breathing noisy & causes them to snore) & don't always go back to normal size & they may need to be removed.

I've noticed recently she's not breathing so loudly nor snoring, so hoping it means the adenoids have shrunk back.

Ouch $200 for the specialist mine was only $67 last week for Andrew.

Back to the topic - Andrew is getting his tonsillis and adenoids taken out next week as his snoring is really bad (as in I can hear him now in the next room with closed doors) and he has had really bad throat infections. We haven't noticed the apena so don't know if it happens. But our specialist wants them all out.

Mel explained it all for you. But if you want I can tell you all about the op next week - he is going in next Wednesday to have it done and it will involve an overnight stay as he is also have grommets back in (YAY).