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Your son’s doctor's suggestion that you watch his breathing yourself is a good one. Your observations of his breathing pattern could be very useful. This could strengthen the argument for doing a formal sleep study in a sleep lab.
You can always mount a video camera on a tripod and set the tape on a slow speed. That should last six hours. It will save you from having to sit there and watch.
I had symptoms for a year where I could not sleep for long without waking up gasping for breathBreath alcohol test Breath holding spell Breath odor - it was terrifying. I had a sleep test and that was fine. It was not apnea in my case. I did have excessive post nasal drip - mucous coming down from the sinus. At night this would go down my throat and some reflex would stop me breathing - that would cause the wake-up. After a minute of careful breathing I'd be okay. Very frightening - it feels very life and death at the time even after I realised the cause. I went through lots of checks for allergies and eventually found food allergies that caused the mucous problem. For me avoiding wheat, gluten and soy products stops the muscous problem. Eating any food containg any of these brings it back. Since avoiding them I've been able to sleep properly. After years of trouble it's great. I wonder if your child could have food allergies - I guess he's eating bread and lots of solids. Not sure but doesn't baby formula include soy? Of course there could be other food allergies, or the problem might be quite different. This just my story in case it helps. All the best.
Just a thought....