Our airway and pattern of breathing start developing from the moment we are born. This radical change of our skull and jaw structure in just the past hundred years can be attributed to how we’ve changed what and how we feed our infants, babies, and toddlers.
We used to breastfeed our babies for three years. As we’ve moved away from breastfeeding and toward bottles, pacifiers, and finger-sucking, it’s changed the swallow pattern and how the face develops. Instead of growing out and forward giving the tongue plenty of space, it becomes more narrow and set back causing obstruction of the airway.