If the baby is breathing through the mouth, sleeping with his mouth open, his lips are not closed, and the language is always between the teeth is except the habit, perhaps for some health trouble (enlarged adenoids, choanal atresia, and macroglossia et al.).
Bad habits of sucking hinder proper growth and development of the jaws, which subsequently can lead to severe malocclusions requiring orthodontic care. Excessive secretion of saliva sucking irritates the baby's skin, bringing him discomfort.
Breathing through the mouth does not moisturizes and warms the air, the result is frequent colds.
Prevention of bad habits
• Particular attention should be paid to the prevention of harmful habits, signs of which appear as early as infancy.
• The most effective preventive measure is to limit the pacifier, fingers before going to bed. For children with increased excitability can be given a pacifier before going to sleep, but after the onset of sleep pacifier should be carefully removed from the mouth. It is impossible that the child was walking on the street or sleeping with a pacifier in her mouth. Should discourage thumb sucking, miscellaneous items. For this purpose, it is necessary to remove the baby's hand, distracting its various positive stimuli.
• Use undershirts with sleeves sewn, special orthodontic teats and dummies.
• Encourage your baby receive food from a spoon, poite his cup.
• Consult with a pediatrician, ENT physician possibly under the guise of a bad habit, which you can not handle, hidden disease.
