4 yr old grinding teeth in sleep - coughing and snoring too. Coincidence?

[PrincessGoodLife]

DS fell asleep in our bed last night and I noticed a horrible amount of teeth grinding and crunching going on. This is new. He's had a little cold lately and has been coughing a lot at night - dry cough. Also he has been snoring a lot over the past few months, getting progressively worse.

Anyone think the teeth grinding is related to the snoring and coughing? It seemed to coincide with him sort of 'pausing' for breath.

I know that it probably sounded a lot worse than it was but I really got scared (in that middle-of-the-night-irrational-mummy way ) that he was grinding hard enough to crack a tooth, swallow it and choke.

Sigh. Doesn't being a mother make you fret!

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tumbleweed

anyone?

My ds1 used to grind his teeth horribly whenever he had a cough. Goodness knows how he slept through it - I certainly couldn't! He even chipped a couple of teeth. I think he stopped when he was 6 or 7. Not sure there's anything you can do about it.

Thanks for the reply tooticky
So it does coincide with a cold IYE then. Bit scary that he chipped a tooth. Did you ever go to the doc's about it? think I'd be ok with lettin him grow out of it since it isn't actually disturbing his sleep... as long as it is safe and not unusual.

I can't remember if we mentioned it to a doctor. Yes, I think they justy have to grow out of it in their own time. Good luck.

thanks for the reassurance