I have had professional experience with this as a paed nurse.  Laryngomalacia is where the area in the throat, around the larnynx is a bit floppy, when it should be rigid.  There is also tracheomalacia where the trachea has the same problem.  this floppyness causes noisy breathing which can sound wheezy or like stridor.  The airway collapses to some extent during breathing in and out.

This is definately something for your paediatrician to diagnose.  It will require an bronchoscopy (telescope down the throat to the lungs, under general anaesthetic).  other conditions will also have to be ruled out.

The good news is that most children grow out of this condition as the airways become stronger.

hey raz i havent heard of that before but i have done some reasearch for ya i hope this helps in explaining it

there is also another name for it and it is called stridor connor , patrick and raymond had it as babies and they grew out of it without any help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laryngomalacia

sometimes a ventilin or ventilator can help

My son made weird breathing noises, i heard them in his throat and in his nose. Mostly while feeding or seeping. I was told it was beacsue of his stomach, he had colic. Then i was  told it was an after effect of bronchilitis. Once I put my son onto solids, that was 3 and a half months, the noise went away and so did the colic.

The only way to know if your son has a condition is to have any tests that are offered to diagnose.

I hope everything works out well.

I have never heard of it before but I did some searching and found this site , it might help you.

http://www.childrensspecialists.com/body.cfm?id=464

xoxo