Open mouth breathing after pacifier

[Babykiki]

My daughter just turned 3 and I was told by a dentist she has an open bite and to get rid of the pacifier immediately. It was heartbreaking but we did it last week and now I watch her sleep with an open mouth every night. I try keeping it closed for her for a little bit and her breathing sounds fine but as soon as I let go it opens again.

I am so worried this will cause tons of health issues. I know I waited too long to get rid of the pacifier... If I'd known it would cause open mouth breathing, I'd taken it away months ago. What do I do now???

Please do NOT follow @sillyonehetpes disturbing and bloody ridiculous suggestion of mouth taping?! You could stop your child from breathing and cause serious harm. Stick with proper medical advice. And read up on open mouth sleeping in children so if you do come across a hesitant/obnoxious doctor, you can inform them with proper research so they take action.

That is proper medical advice, and I also told her to seek medical supervision.

You need to get your child to learn correct tongue position and start breathing correctly through their nose.

Good luck.

Nhs won't help.

Both my kids and partner mouth breathe when asleep. All fine 🤷‍♀️. They can eat and talk clearly.
Google will always bring the worst case scenarios up with anything. Doesn't mean it will happen because they mouth breathe.
Fwiw I don't think the NHS will refer for mouth breathing on its own but would refer to ent if child was snoring, showing signs of sleep apnea I think