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always has tongue out

silvie25marsilvie25mar member
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Dd is 9 mos and has always stuck out her tongue. Mostly when she smiles. Will this go away? I get paro about a speech impediment. No teeth yet
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  • chicsahmchicsahm member
    My DS did the same thing.... almost EVERY pic through that phase has his tongue out! Lol, It's fine.... just a cute thing ... enjoy it and get lots of pics because it will go away. DS is now 11 mo and hardly does it anymore
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  • storybooklovestorybooklove member
    It could mean she has low tone. My ds always had his tounge out like that. At 9mo he was evaluated bc he would not eat much pure or bottles. He now has a therapist once a week and no more tounge issues.
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  • Mama2TwoBoysMama2TwoBoys

    imagestorybooklove:
    It could mean she has low tone. My ds always had his tounge out like that. At 9mo he was evaluated bc he would not eat much pure or bottles. He now has a therapist once a week and no more tounge issues.

    Interesting...

    DS loves to have his tongue out too, I thought it was more playing with is new teeth. But now that you mention a therapist, I wonder if it has to do with his eating problems - he gags on anything textured, the instant it hits his tongue.

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  • abadababadab
    My daughter has been like this since birth (she is 10 months now).  At her 6 month appointment I asked the doctor about it.  His response:  "She'll stop sticking it out eventually.  When she's 3 and some kid says 'why is your tongue out all the time?' she'll stop."
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    imageMama2TwoBoys:

    imagestorybooklove:
    It could mean she has low tone. My ds always had his tounge out like that. At 9mo he was evaluated bc he would not eat much pure or bottles. He now has a therapist once a week and no more tounge issues.

    Interesting...

    DS loves to have his tongue out too, I thought it was more playing with is new teeth. But now that you mention a therapist, I wonder if it has to do with his eating problems - he gags on anything textured, the instant it hits his tongue.


    I'm not trying to worry you my pedi never noticed it but sent us to be evaluated by early intervention bc he wasn't eating things he should and wasn't gaining weight. As soon as the therapy team saw a photo of him they knew he had low tone. You can build your muscles up so you over come the issue...3 months of therapy once a week and he is a new boy.
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