Understand airway health to unlock your child's full potential. Did you know that the way a child breathes will impact every aspect of their development including their sleep quality, learning, behaviour, jaw and facial development, speech, and future health? Common issues children experience such as snoring, disturbed sleep, poor attention and concentration, ADHD-symptoms, difficulties with emotional regulation, recurrent ear infections, speech or feeding concerns, teeth grinding, crooked teeth, and more, can often be symptoms of a bigger, underlying problem. These are all symptoms of dysfunctional breathing and unrestorative sleep. Many health care professionals are not taught to ask about a child’s breathing or sleep quality, and this knowledge deficit leads to the dismissal of a child's problems. We're told "they will grow out of it," but in the case of poor breathing and sleep left untreated, children often grow into different problems, falling short of their full potential all the way into adulthood. Dr Shereen Lim was one of Australia’s first dentists to obtain a qualification in dental sleep medicine. She has a decade of experience in managing snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea and is calling for a reformed approach towards airway health from infancy instead of managing dysfunctional breathing and symptoms. Breathe, Sleep, Thrive will connect the dots to help you identify the important developmental milestones for good airway health development and breathing, the red flags that indicate things are off track, and what can be done about it to help your child not just survive, but thrive. Dr. Shereen Lim has created a groundbreaking and absolutely necessary resource on a relatively unknown but ever-present epidemic affecting our children's breathing and sleep health. She presents an in-depth discussion on airway health - the diagnoses, treatment modalities, and outcomes for specific breathing problems - but more importantly, offers insight on underlying causes of clinical manifestations and how we can more proactively manage our kids' health, growth, and development. Dr. Lim's dental and sleep medicine expertise are evident in her careful explanations of the anatomic, behavioral, and functional factors related to sleep disorders, and I wholeheartedly believe that this book will shape the way we evaluate developmental sleep issues moving forward. If you are a new or experienced parent, a medical professional, or are in any way interested in population health, you owe it to yourself to read this book. Audrey Yoon DDS MS Pediatric Dentist and Orthodontist, Director of the Pacific Dental Sleep Medicine Fellowship and Co-Founding President of the World Dentofacial Sleep Medicine Society The mouth is so important in providing almost all the necessary things our infants need to grow and develop. Breathe, Sleep Thrive is a well written, understandable source of information for new parents and offers them direction when things seem not to be what they feel they should be in their child's health. This book should be required reading not only for all parents of newborns, but all individuals involved in the care of infants. Lawrence Kotlow DDS Pediatric Dentist and author of SOS 4 TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues, Tongue-Ties & Lip Ties Over the course of the last decade, Dr. Shereen Lim has travelled the world to study with experts and researchers in sleep and breathing from various disciplines, theories, backgrounds, and philosophies. Breathe, Sleep, Thrive is a beautifully written, easy to follow, highly up-to-date synopsis of the current best practices and research in our field. This book will be appreciated by patients, parents, and providers alike. I congratulate Dr. Lim on a job well done and thank her for her dedication in making airway health knowledge accessible to all. Soroush Zaghi MD Otolaryngologist- Sleep Surgeon, the Breathe Institute, Los Angeles Often the biggest barriers to truly life changing decisions is lack of even knowing what the choices are. If you've ever found yourself thinking, "If I only knew then what I know now" and you have (or soon will have) children, this book is for you. Dr. Shereen Lim has put together the information you need to pay attention to your child's breathing and what questions you should ask their health care providers. Armed with this in-depth preparation, you will have confidence to help your child achieve their best start in life. Steve Carstensen DDS Consultant to the American Dental Association (ADA) for Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, Chief Dental Editor of Dental Sleep Practice Magazine, and co-author of The Clinician's Handbook for Dental Sleep Medicine It is so exciting to finally have a science-based, patient friendly, comprehensive book covering airway health. Dr Lim does a magnificent job blending stories from her personal life, educational journey, and practice experience to make this an entertaining read. Our offices share a common