
16/06/2025
If a child is mouth breathing during the day it may continue through the night.
If mouth breathing is habitual, seek medical advice especially your child’s dentist or an ENT specialist.
Habitual mouth breathing can cause:
➡️ SLEEP AND LEARNING.
Mouth breathing at night is directly connected to altered levels of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen in the blood stream. When less oxygen reaches the brain it may affect learning.
➡️ SLEEP APNEA AND DISRUPTED SLEEP.
Mouth breathing is linked to sleep apnea, which causes children to wake frequently at night and wake up exhausted.
➡️ DISRUPTED SLEEP AND ADHD
Sleep disruptions reduce the time spent in deep restorative sleep and affect the child’s ability to pay attention at school, which may be mistaken for ADHD.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CHILD TO BREATHE THROUGH THE NOSE DAY AND NIGHT?
Use sleepQ+, an adhesive lip-gel, as a training tool to help your child break the habit of mouth breathing during the day.
At night, slowly introduce sleepQ+ to reinforce the habit acquired during the day. Children as young as 7 use this clinically tested gel.