Answer: I worked for an ENT who specializes in Sleep Apnea. He is not a Pediatric ENT but very smart. Sleep Apnea is usually caused by a blockage either in the nose, nasopharynx(palate),or the pharynx (throat). It has been my experience working with an ENT, that surgery is the best treatment in MOST cases. In children the major cause I have seen is enlarged, engorged tonsils, and usually a T&A(Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy) cures the apnea. The infant apnea is what I am not sure about. Play a game with your child and look in his throat to see if the tonsils are enlarged. Does he snore? Does he have trouble swallowing? Does he have allergies, Asthma, runny nose all the time, ear infections? The answer to the questions may give you clues to where the cause of the apnea is