Here are a few more tips on sleeping with head gear, a difficult thing to get used to!
1. Put chapstick on before you go to sleep. Your lips will get pretty chapped during the night. There is almost nothing worst then waking up with chapped lips.
2. Buy a memory foam pillow. This allows you to sleep on your back easier, which will avoid pushing your headgear in any painful places. If you try to lie on your side it will push your already hurting head gear into a weird position and put more pressure on one side of your jaw. This can possibly screw up your whole procedure so try to lie on your back!
3. Try to breathe out of your nose, that way you won’t wake up with a sore throat. You can even buy those nasal strips to help this.
Hope these new tips help!
-Amanda and Erik
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