3mo old stops breathing

[mrsm2007]

Maybe someone can shed light because the pediatrician won't listen! Semi-long explanation but I need answers!
We bought a baby monitor that detects baby's breathing; if they stop breathing for 20+ seconds an alarm sounds. All was well until our son turned 11 weeks old. He eats @8am & put back to bed after about an hour & sleeps until his next feeding @11am or so. One morning after putting him down I heard the monitor click on, waited to hear crying or something & heard nothing. We have it set so it's not constant white noise from being on but "clicks on" when sound is made. Minutes later it happened again. I started watching the monitor & noticed the pendulum that swings back & forth indicating movement/breathing was not moving. A few seconds later it began to move again. It happened several more times & finally the beep. Our monitor beeps once when the breathing/movement ceases followed by a 10 second delay before an alarm sounds in case the breathing picks up again on its own. I checked him & he was sleeping & breathing. The next day the same thing happened, although this time the alarm went off after several occurences of it just beeping the once. When I got to his room he was fine & breathing. We decided to see if it happened again & it didn't, until the next week. The same thing happened, several occurences of the one beep, followed by an episode of the alarm sounding. This time I went in to find him wide eyed & looking scared, when he saw me he begun to cry. I immediately called the pediatrician and they wanted to see him. However when I met w/ the doctor, he told me to get rid of the monitor! I'm sorry but SOMETHING is wrong w/ my child & I'd much rather be safe than sorry when it comes to his life. He didn't take me seriously & made me feel crazy for having the monitor. The one beep scenario just happened again & it's never just once :(  I won't bother calling doc but don't know what to do. It's always around 10-11am, just coincidence? Help!

[grishamashley]

my son is 10 months old an something is not right. I need and want the same answers as u do. my son will stop breathing turn blueish, his eyes will roll to the back of his head and he will get stiffer than a board. His pediatrition said he just has temper tantrums. My reaction to that was this lady is nuts and shouldn't be treating my baby. my 2 yr. old has temper tantrums an this aint even close to it not even in the same vocabulary. His doc. told me that the next tym he has this occur lay him on the floor stand close by and wait 4 about 1 min. if he doesn't start breathing try to resesitate him an if thats not working call 911. BS, im not going to let my son lay there and basically wish him luck, no way. And what happens is 911 dont respond in tym, my son life would end because some lady who thought she was a doc. told me to wait 1 min. i need some answers

[Steven Y Park, MD]

I'm not familiar with the accuracy of the monitors that you're describing. The only way to check officially is to undergo a formal sleep study. If you or your spouse snores, are tired no matter how long you sleep, or can't sleep the back position, then even more reason to have your child checked by a sleep physician.