frenotomy (toungue-tied)

GabbyG

Anyone's baby get a frenotomy? (This is when a baby is "toungue-tied" and their tight frenulum is clipped.)

I would love to hear your experiences.  Also, what age was your baby? Thanks for ANY info you can provide.

My LO is almost a year old and I really wish we'd have done this when he was a newborn- it would have been so much easier. Many Drs want to put babies this age under general anesthesia for this procedure, but I am not OK with that at all. My lactation MD does them for babies this old and says it is a simple clip - the problem is it's hard to hold them down when they're this old. 

megs042107

C was a week old when we did it. ?I would not recommend putting under, perhaps your H can go with you. ?It is a simple snip and takes like 30 seconds to do (and that's an exaggeration). ?You can PM me with any questions you might have.

sarahleigh23

We have an appointment in November to have this done.. 2 different doctors here didn't want to do it when he was young. They also say it's just a simple snip with no anesthesia. Good Luck and let us know how he does!

Love his name by the way!!

NY-allie

DS had it done in the hospital when he was 1 day old.  It was painless at that age.  It definitely improved his latch immediately.  We had it done then because it was covered by our insurance in full and we knew we'd eventually want it done.