Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Options
anyone's LO tongue tied?
My DS has a short frenulum, and the pedi said it wasn't a concern. The LC and the nurses in the NICU said that it was something we would want to get clipped to prevent speech problems in the future. I have been researching it on google, and it sounds like it it may be something that we need to wait and see if it becomes a problem in the future. Those of u that have LOs that are tongue tied, have/will u clip it?
This discussion has been closed.
Re: anyone's LO tongue tied?
DD#2 is tounge tied and we were advised to wait to see if there is an issue. It seems as though it will not be one since she can stick her tounge out past her lips and she has thrived very well at breastfeeding (an indicator of the elasticity).
Many children are tounge tied, but do not need to have it clipped.
My son was also had a short frenulum and the lactation consultant said that was likely the reason why he had so much trouble latching on. Nobody said anything to be about having to do anything to correct the problem.
"When it comes to sleeping, whatever your baby does is normal. If one thing has damaged parents enjoyment of their babies, it's rigid expectations about how and when the baby should sleep." ~ James McKenna, Ph.D., Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Center, University of Notre Dame
yes, our son was tongue tied. ?we had major issues with BF'ing since DS could not extend his tongue past his gums. ?we had it clipped when he was a week old and tried to BF, but didn't have much luck with it. ?it was a very simple, quick procedure.
my H and FIL are also tongue tied and have no speech problems whatsoever. ?my mother is a speech pathologist and her fear was that DS would have speech impediments when he got older. ?the only reason i wanted to clip our son's frenulum was so that we could hopefully BF.?
DS was and we had it clipped at 3 months (when it was diagnosed). He didn't figure out how to latch well for quite awhile, so my milk never came in enough to support him without supplementing formula. His tongue tie was a "posterior" tie, so the pedi and LC didn't find it until we went to a specialist. His latch looked fine from the outside, but he never gained much above the minimum, and the poor guy was hungry a lot -- we thought he was just fussy or colicky. Unfortunately, getting it clipped that late didn't help in terms of breastfeeding because I couldn't get my supply up enough for him at that point.
I had big speech problems as a kid, which is the other reason we had his frenulum clipped. But according to the specialists we saw, it's also not a big deal to have it clipped when they're older and start exhibiting speech problems. Although it will probably be more traumatic to them -- my DS got through it really easily with the help of some children's tylenol and sugar water.
Ditto this exactly.
missfire...I would love to see the presentation you spoke of!
how hard is it to find a pedi to do this? my pedi said she doesn't even know how, and I am not a fan of hers anyway, I wouldn't mind switching pedis.
Sorry! I forgot to paste in the link to the presentation: https://www.brianpalmerdds.com/frenum.htm
We went to a "breastfeeding specialist" (Dr. MaryAnn O'Hara in the Seattle area) who our LC referred us to. Someone at Children's Hospital might also be able to refer you to someone in your area. I don't think most pedis will do it, or at least mine wouldn't.
it shouldn't be too hard. ?our pedi gave us a recommendation for a specialist. ?i would call your hospital and see if they have any idea. ?or if you're looking to switch pedis, you could always ask them if they know of a specialist. ?
even if your pedi didn't know of anyone, the least she could have done was assist you in finding someone! ?:(
GL!?