Tongue Tie?

Mrs.Jay-Mac · September 2011

Does your LO have a tongue tie? If so, will you/did you get it clipped? We've seen three lactation consultants (our hospital provided one in labor & delivery for the first feed, another one visited before we were discharged the next day and we saw another one a week later to check in on progress. All three are from the hospital practice and all three have recommended we clip her tongue tie. Our pediatrician doesn't think we should do it, she believes Kaydee may out grow it or it may stretch as she gets older. We are EBF and I have to use a nipple shield (after the first feed at the hospital that resulted in bleeding the LC gave me a shield). The LCs think that if we clip the tie, BF would be much easier and we wouldn't need the shield after a few days. I'd rather not have to use the shield for the next 6 months to a year so I'm interested in anyone else's experience. We have an appt with a pediatric ENT this Thursday to discuss.

TIA

AKBrideinMD · September 2011

very similar story as you - we got dd's clipped after seeing an ent. we are still using the shield 98% if the time but only b/c dd is so used to it, she can latch w/o it, she just needs to be fully weaned from it. no regrets on clipping it, in fact, i dont think she was getting enough milk before we did (5 days old) even w/ the shield. the np at our old pedi's office (we switched, hated her) told us she disagreed and that tongue ties were rare...not according to lcs, ents, and friends. good luck whatever you decide.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · September 2011

Both my DD's had theirs clipped, too. It was a hindrance on BFing. With DD2, the Dr did it even before we were wheeled out of L&D.

rowanleaves · September 2011

My son was mildly tongue tied, and we used the nipple shield for a week, but we opted out of clipping his frenulum, and it stretched. He is doing great now, and nurses great.

krissywags · September 2011

I haven't had this issue but my SIL got both of her daughters tongue tie clipped while they were in the hospital yet. A friend of ours didn't have her son's done until they were 7 and 5... it was a lot more difficult for the kids as they were older than it could have been when they were young.

As said, I haven't had this happen but just from what I have seen if I have a child with a tongue tie I think I would have it clipped early.

BabyQuizzle · September 2011

We clipped LOs frenulum in the hospital the day after she was born I think. (Days are kind of a blur) But she didn't even cry when it happened and there was only a little bit of blood. It was more traumatic for me to watch than for the baby I think. Her nursing took off and my milk came in once it was done. I don't think she was sucking effectively before having it clipped. I would do it younger rather than waiting just so the child won't remember it and react as much as an older child.

Oh it took less than 5 seconds for the whole thing to be over, so I think it was totally worth it

jaylahsmommy · September 2011

My dd was clipped at 13 mths, so far her speech is fine. My sister didnt get hers clipped until after 6 when they noticed a horrible speech problem. She went thru a lot of therapy and still has somewhat of a speech problem. So i would highly suggest clipping it.

klynn185 · September 2011

I've never posted, I just stumbled upon the boards recently and have been kind of lurking, but I had to comment on this. Not sure if you have made your decision yet, but I highly recommend getting it clipped, regardless of your pediatricians thoughts on it. I know a lot of pediatricians hesitate to clip it, but find one who doesn't!

My LO is almost seven weeks and just got his clipped yesterday, although at this point I think it is too late to help with his BFing issues. At his two week check up, our pediatrician told us it would stretch on it it's own and it wouldn't be an issue with BF. Unfortunately, that wasn't true. I had sooo many issues BFing and my little guy would constantly get frustrated and angry because he couldn't quite latch on properly, even though I had been told in the hospital he was latching on great. We even tried a nipple shield, which did not work at all for him. I had to start pumping exclusively and then had some supply issues. I called my pediatricians office in tears one day and was told everything was fine and to not give up BFing. Needless to say I felt like a huge failure, and I honestly got pretty depressed about it. After two rounds of horrible mastitis which left me feeling like crap, I finally found a LC who told me that not only did his tongue tie need to get clipped ASAP, but even she admitted she would have given up BFing by this point!

Anyways, at this point I am so burnt out and frustrated, not to mention that my little guy is now refusing my breast milk most of the time (most likely due to the mastitis) and actually seems to prefer formula, so I am now going to switch to FF and I am heartbroken over it. I am convinced had he had it clipped in the beginning we would not have had such issues. By the way, I have a tongue tie, and my mom chose to not get it clipped, as I was FF from day one. They do not always stretch out or "go away on their own", as I was told. It's too bad that so many pediatricians are clueless about tongue ties. Anyways, sorry for rambling, and hopefully everything goes better for you!

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