Baby's Tongue Tie?

Question

This is not so much a question as it is a request for other parents to share their experience on the tongue tied issue.

The first time I heard of it was moments after the birth of my son. Turns out my father-in-law had one too but his was cut soon after birth. The pediatrician, the lactic aid nurse and my GP all felt that our son's tongue tie wasn't severe enough to cut despite our concern.

After 3 months of ongoing problems nursing, our GP sent us to a Toronto doctor specializing in breast feeding. It was his opinion to cut the tongue tie - no matter how slight as it may hinder speech, eating and teeth cleaning. He did the procedure on the spot with a scalpel and no anesthetic. A moment on the breast and no blood or crying.

If I knew it was so simple I would have done it sooner --- maybe I would have stood a chance with the whole nursing thing.

What has your experience been?

Answer 1

Good PSA!

I never knew what tongue tie was until my daughter was 7 YEARS-old. The dentist asked if we wanted it snipped, but she has no speech problems, so I let her decide. She did have a terrible latch though. I nursed her for 40 months with a ring of teeth marks all around my nipple. She never bit, but she latched with her gums, them teeth because her tongue didn't cover the bottom teeth all the way like it was supposed to.

So, after my son was born i had him checked. They thought he was a little tongue tied, but sometimes they can stretch and work themselves out. Well, at my 6 week appointment i had our naturopath check again and it was still tied and he had a pretty painful latch too. (hooray for nipples of steel;-) She simply laid him on the exam tables, got a pair of sterilized scissors, then gently put two fingers in his mouth, lifted up his tongue and made a little snip. She kept eye contact with him the whole time, he was so calm. He didn't cry and when he latched on right after it was like nursing a different baby!
He is 22 months and still nursing!

Answer 2

One of my twins has a tongue-tie, heis now nearly 16 months old. My midwife pointed it out when he was a week old, there is no history in either family. I had been unable to breast feed either of the boys and I had no idea why, but this could have been the reason. He seemed to find bottle feeding difficult until I switched to using podee bottles http://www.podeebottles.co.uk. It is frowned upon to have it snipped here (UK) and until he starts to talk I have no idea if it will effect his speech and I will decide then whether I feel it needs doing and then find out whether I will be allowed to have it done. My neighbour is a dentist and has advised me to make him rinse his mouth after mals to try to get the food out of his teeth that he will not be able to remove with his tongue and to be extra vigilant when brushing his teeth

Answer 3

Mine are/have been the two tongue tied and in no way touched a drop of formula. With my son I had him evaluated at our 6 week verify up and that they snipped the frenulum precise then. It made a worldwide of distinction and he latched extra suitable precise away. there have been 2 drops of blood and he in basic terms stared on the wellbeing practitioner and did no longer cry slightly. i might incredibly propose getting the tongue tie fixed and ditching the pretend milk. Supplementing with formula is a slippery slope and can wreck your grant and supply him a preferance for synthetic nipples. in case you will possibly desire to offer pretend nipples, in straightforward terms YOUR milk might desire to be in them, yet be careful.

Answer 4

I knew a couple whose baby had that problem. I am not sure how much time passed before the tongue was cut but it quickly resolved the problem. The baby wasn't able to suck enough milk and was constantly hungry and crying.