My 29 Month Old Is Getting Her Toncils and Adnoids Takin Out Bc of Sleep Apnia

My DD had hers out at 3 b/c of sleep apnea too. Having a child who stops breathing several times a night is NOT an option in my book. She was speech delay due to her lack of deep sleep. Unless you have been there, holding your child while she stops breathing in your arms, don't judge. My daughter did this when my husband was out of town. It was the scariest thing I have ever been through. I did not sleep for weeks more than 3 hrs at a time and with her in my bed.

The most difficult time of recovery is the first few hours when they wake up from surgery, not really aware but scared. The next challenge was keeping her fed. I fed her baby food to keep her tummy full.

Best part? No more sleep apnea. She sleeps all night long and is caught up in speech. DD is 5 now and sings all day. :)

My friends little 2 year old just had the surgery a couple months ago. She will do fine! Just make sure you bring her her blankie or whatever makes her comfy. Story books and just your company will do fine!
Good luck and hope she feels better soon!

Our daughter had hers out at 2 years old and did fine.. she was tired , groggy and wanted to be held, but did great..

On the second day she was almost back to normal..

I do not know why he says she is young for this. Our daughter is now 20 and 18 years ago all of the children we saw going in for this surgery that day were her age..

My youngest brother had both his tonsils and adnoids taken out when he was 18 months and he is now 15, almost 16 and is doing great. I remember him being more sleepy and grumpy a few days after his surgery but after a couple weeks he was back to his old happy self.

My daughter had her adenoids removed when she was 2.5 y/o... said they were 'infected' and encroached on her breathing and voice. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. She STILL mouth breathes, voice is still the same... nothing changed except now she's missing a large chunk of her immunity fighters. I would research into that a bit more, seems that many surgeries on tots tend to be TREND driven rather than medically necessary.