Is it normal for a toddler to snore loudly?

[MuffinMclay]

I've become aware recently that ds1 (2 years) snores very loudly (joys of sharing a room with him at MIL's house). He doesn't have a cold atm.

my dd does and always has, she's now nearly 5 and its hysterical!

ds2 always has, little old man
he has glue ear, something to watch out for, not serious but i believe snoring is related in some way

It may be a sign of adenoid or tonsil problems so is worth getting checked out. Especially if he wakes up tired.

He is waking up stupidly early (5.30 am, and sometimes in the night too), when a few months ago he slept soundly until 7am. He seems to need more sleep as he is falling asleep in the car and/or grumpy by 9am. I'm wondering if these facts are related or the sleeping thing is just an annoying aspect of toddlerdom.

Get him to open mouth wide and check out his tonsils. DS's are like mini-sprouts at the moment, no other real symptoms, but he is snoring like a baby hippo!
Apparently dh used to get this a child too.

Does he breathe ok during the day or is that loud and snore-y as well?

Snoring may be a sign of adenoids, as Melanieo said. But I think if he had an adenoid problem, there would be other symptoms as well.

If he is particularly tired during the day and his sleep patterns have changed, it may be worth mentioning it to your HV and asking her advice, if you have a good one.

Daytime breathing is a bit heavy, I think. I notice it when we're in the car.

Think I'll get him checked out, but don't want to look like a paranoid mother. HV is lovely but ultimately useless with health matters; she'll just tell me to see the gp.

Are adenoid problems hereditary? I had terrible problems with mine as a child until I had them removed.

I don't know. My bro had adenoid problems, and I wondered about a hereditory link when dd2 was suffering.

But... I asked my mum and she's useless, can't remember a thing!

I think that they are common enough that it is not unlikely that two or three members of the same family will have problems, without it being hereditary tbh.