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Upper tongue tie question

taryn30taryn30 member
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My boys are seven months old. They has their lower tongue ties snipped. The doctor said they both had a tight upper frenulum but that "in his thirty years, he's never snipped an upper one because he feels it doesn't interfere with feeding or cause speech issues". A friends daughter has speech delays that age believes we're caused by snipping tongue tie too late at age two.
At thus point, I gave noticed sine feeding issues with one if them. He us refusing the bottle and diesnt drain the breast when he feeds. When feeding solids, he is not opening mouth wide and doesn't seem to extend his tongue.
I am wondering if any if you can weigh in with your own experiences. Thanks!
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Re: Upper tongue tie question

  • realisticdreamsrealisticdreams member
    Do you mean that the upper lip is attached to the frenulum?  

    P has this, and she had a whole ton of feeding/sucking issues, and could never BF due to latch and tone issues.  

    I know it's "better" to do it when they are younger bc
    DD1(4):VSD & PFO (Closed!), Prenatal stroke, Mild CP, Delayed pyloric opening/reflux, Brachycephaly & Plagiocephaly, Sacral lipoma, Tethered spinal cord, Compound heterozygous MTHFR, Neurogenic bladder, Urinary retention & dyssynergia, incomplete emptying, enlarged Bladder with Poor Muscle Tone, EDS-Type 3. Mito-Disorder has been mentioned

    DD2(2.5): Late term premie due to PTL, low fluid & IUGR, Reflux, delayed visual maturation, compound heteroygous MTHFR, PFAPA, Bilateral kidney reflux, Transient hypogammaglobulinemia, EDS-Type 3


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  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member
    Ryan had a lower tongue tie that did require surgery at age 2. They clipped as much as they could when he was a baby but he did have feeding and speech issues. It was like magic after his surgery he realized he could talk and he hasn't stopped since. <br
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  • mommytoconnormommytoconnor member
    I am not sure what you mean by upper tongue tie, the frenulum is the piece that attaches the tongue at the bottom side, nothing attaches to the upper side.  My son had a severe tongue tie and had no lateral movement, his was snipped at around 9 month
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  • EastCoastMamaNJEastCoastMamaNJ member
    Are you referring to the upper frenulum?  it sounds like you are since you mentioned the tongue tie, lower frenulum was clipped.   I would get an ENT consult since you are noticing some potential issues in one of your boys.  It's been our e
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