Replied by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 01/08/2016
Dear Maquee,
My heart goes out to you with your daughter's stopping breathing in the night. I have been there many times. Two of my children had their tonsils and adenoids out as toddlers for this very thing. Yes, it is hard to sleep when they stop breathing so often. One of my children had a sleep study done and she had breathing pauses 45 times in 5 hours. This was ten years ago and now I would have more things to try if I had a toddler dealing with this again. Here is what I would try if my toddler had sleep apnea from enlarged adenoids:
1 teaspoon of extra virgin coconut oil once or twice a day, on toast or in oatmeal or with vegetables. (in case the adenoids are enlarged due to infection.)
1/8 teaspoon of turmeric twice a day (because it is an anti-inflammatory)
10 drops of colloidal silver in the nose (while child is laying down with head tilted back - she probably won't like this) to address any infection that may be in the nose, causing the adenoids to be enlarged.
A vitamin C supplement.
Milk kefir, 1/4 cup once or twice a day. (You could add the turmeric to this perhaps. You could sweeten with a bit of honey or blackstrap molasses.)
Limit sugar and processed foods.
I think sleeping on the side is better than on the back for snoring. At least, it is for adults.
Please let me know how it goes. I am hopeful your daughter can just be cured and not have to endure apnea (stop breathing episodes) for years and then surgery. That is very hard on mom, too!
~Mama to Many~
