Is Your Little’s Tongue Position the Missing Piece to Their Disrupted Sleep With Dr. Alison Sigal

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of tongue position on children's sleep and overall airway health with Dr. Alison Sigal.

What does your baby’s tongue position have to do with their sleep? Actually, quite a bit. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Alison Sigal, a pediatric dentist and airway specialist, for a conversation about airway health and sleep. I find this to be a really important and under talked about reason for frequent waking, feeding challenges, and unsettled behavior. We discuss: Why tongue ties matter.What is good resting oral posture?Why is good resting oral posture important?How does mouth ...

People in this episode

Host: Kimberly Hawley

Guest: Dr. Alison Sigal

Topics covered

• tongue position
• sleep health
• airway health
• pediatric dentistry
• feeding challenges
• oral posture

Keywords

• tongue position
• sleep disruption
• airway health
• pediatric dentist
• oral posture
• feeding challenges
• sleep behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: pediatric dentist, airway specialist

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