Mputh Breathing - Can this be corrected???

[rookie]

Two of my dc are mouth breathers and it is interfering with their speech and eating. I thought we had taken care of it with the eldest (13) but she has really just become awesome at doing it so quickly it is hard to tell. DS8 sounds like he's gulping air all of the time. I cannot keep pointing it out to them because it is not helping and they are getting super aggravated.

 

Is there a way to correct this? If so, how? Speech therapist? Dentist? ENT? Other med? A combo?

 

Please help!

[Parrothead]

I'd try an ENT. I'm a mostly mouth breather. I can't imagine how a speech therapist would help me.

[In The Great White North]

. I thought we had taken care of it with the eldest (13)

 

What did you try?

[mama23]

I would say ENT. I am a mouth breather as well, and have been to an ENT. I was told I need extensive surgery to correct it and I have choose to just deal with it.

[Ottakee]

I would say ENT. Often it is overly large tonsils/adenoid that makes breathing through their nose hard.

[rookie]

we did tonsils and adenoids but it did not work.

[Quad Shot Academy]

we did tonsils and adenoids but it did not work.

 

That is surprising! Did it work for a while? I have known kids that had their adenoids grow back after several years and had to have the surgery again.

[Mommyof4ks]

I would say ENT. Often it is overly large tonsils/adenoid that makes breathing through their nose hard.

 

This is my problem too. I am a baby when it comes to surgery, so I just live with it. An ENT could remove those and fix the problem easily though.

[rookie]

That is surprising! Did it work for a while? I have known kids that had their adenoids grow back after several years and had to have the surgery again.

 

I am really not sure how long. I feel like I have been asleep on this one. I suddenly woke up and realized I have two dc with this problem! Yikes. I am getting an appointment with an ENT pronto.

 

Thanks.

[Quad Shot Academy]

I am really not sure how long. I feel like I have been asleep on this one. I suddenly woke up and realized I have two dc with this problem! Yikes. I am getting an appointment with an ENT pronto.

 

Thanks.

 

:grouphug:

[KidsHappen]

Several of my brothers, my children and myself are mouth breathers. In all of our cases, it is due to allergies. When you can't breathe through your nose half the time, it just becomes habit to breathe out of your mouth as it is more reliable.

[Beth in SW WA]

Ds just had a turbinate reduction surgery and adenoidectomy. He will have a septoplasty in a year or 2. We haven't had a post-op check-up yet. We'll know in about 4 more weeks if it worked.