5yr old with excess saliva, advice please

[paso]

My dd has complained alot lately that she has to keep swallowing her spital. I have noticed that it seems to build up when shes talking (you know how little girls can chatter away) She says it annoys her at school when she has to sing. She did have a dummy until quite late and i did wonder whether this could had caused either too much saliva to be produced or weakend muscles that help to swallow it regulary??? Any experience /advice would be good. Have looked on internet but it just says its not excess saliva thats the problem its the inability to swallow it, but she does seem to be swallowing alot to me.

ds1 (6) is ultra dribbly when he has a sore throat or mouth ulcer.

My DD6 has this and its due to large adenoids and tonsild which are due to be removed. Can she breathe ok through her mouth? Does she snore?

DD was a dribbler until she was about 5. It was so copious we had permanent bibs on when she was very young. She was referred to a speech therapist who could find nothing wrong.

She spontaneously grew out of it with no medical intervention - I can't remember the exact age, perhaps it just petered out so we didn't notice. Certainly by 5 or 6.

Thanks for those replies; can understand dribbling being caused by a sore throat but this is all the time. Interesting about the large adenoids and tonsils, will bear that in mind. She seems to breath ok through her mouth but will check tomorrow and she does not tend to snore. Good to know your dd did it and grew out of it felicity.

Sorry paso I meant to say through her nose!! As in can she breathe ok through her nose with her mouth closed? My DD cant breathe through her nose at all because her adenoids are that huge and this tends to lead her to dribbling especially when she talks.

My son dribbled loads until he was about 4 or 5. It really worried me at the time. It stopped of its own accord. I think it might have been due to him having a lot of snotty noses.