[eccentric]

1982, my year-old son, who later had tubes in his ears, had sleep apnea. His tonsils were so large they actually stopped his breathing for moments. No baby monitors then, docs told me not to worry about it! He survived....

[wisconsinconservative]

We had the same thing with our youngest. Tonsils so large they touched-about the size of very large grapes. He also developed asthma when he was 2 making breathing that much more difficult,especially when he had a cold. His pediatrician was of the wait and see variety so I took him right to a ENT guy who took one look and said those gotta come out. He had them out the day after his 3rd b-day. He weighed 26 lbs before surgery and 2 weeks later he had already gained 8 lbs.

7 years later it looks as though he may be growing out of the asthma!