Tongue tie snip

PeachLove25 · February 2014

Anna is latching like a champ and doing wonderful with BF overall.

The LCs say her tongue could use a little snip which might prevent future problems. It's on the fence but "couldn't hurt."

Has anyone had this done? Is it really as quick and painless as they say?

The on-call oral surgeon is an old man set in his ways and doesn't do them. I'd have to take her somewhere later in the week though we are still in the hospital. Annoyed.

a4smith · February 2014

My first had it done with an ENT specialist. It was super easy..bled for a few minutes and that was that! We were in and out of the office in less than 30 minutes. If they recommend doing it I certainly would do it to prevent any issues with speech in the future.

ndtrojan · February 2014

Also FTM who has no experience with newborn snips, but my husband and most of his family have had this condition, and none of them had it done. My husband just recently had it done as an adult because it has bugged him his entire life, and he has started a job where he has to use Spanish more, and being tongue-tied has severely limited him. Its notable that his younger brother has severe speech problems, for which being tongue-tied probably hasn't helped.

At the end of the day, personal decision for you to make. There's no guarantee that there will be speech problems down the line, but something to consider.

slwprincess · February 2014

DS had to have his done. The LC discovered it while he was in the NICU and said it was one of the most severe she had ever seen. They would not do it while he was in the hospital- said it had to be an outpatient procedure. The NICU called a local ENT and got us an appointment for the day that he was discharged. So we left the NICU and went straight to the ENT office. They were waiting for us and escorted us straight back to a room so he wasn't exposed to any germies in the waiting area. The doc came in and did it right there while he was still sleeping in the carseat. DS never even woke up! There was no blood or anything. We still had to use the nipple shield for a few weeks while he trained those muscles but I have no regrets.

sdlaura · February 2014

We had DS's snipped a week ago by our pediatrician. He did it at the regular first appointment. It took all of 2 minutes and didn't seem to bother him much. His latch improved and supposedly it could help prevent a lisp when he starts talking.

AKAP2010 · February 2014

Totally easy! DS was serverly tongue tied and would even latch. We had it snipped and he was completely fine.

clozgoblu · February 2014

FTM, but one of my younger brother's had it done as an infant. Some blood and a short bout of crying and it was over. Didn't seem bothered by it afterwards.

marriott09 · February 2014

I have no experience as I'm a FTM, but they suggested I have it done also as my son is "tounge tied" so I will be following to see what the responses are!

funchicken · February 2014

Yep, I had DD2's clipped by an ENT when she was a month old. No regrets. The ENT said it probably would have affected speech, too.

iverske9 · February 2014

My son had problems latching and we noticed that his tongue was tied. He got it snipped, and BAM able to latch and I breastfed for 10 months. He has no problems after and was sleeping when they brought him back. For us I am glad we did it since he was having major issues latching.

Nijay714 · February 2014

Hello! I'm Lurking from April '14.. My 6 yrs old son was born with this as well, he was able to latch on and he was fine with it. I didn't get his tongue clipped until he was a little older, I think around 14 months.. If your LO is doing fine right now latching on then you don't have to be in a rush to clip it. My main reason for clipping it was to prevent any future speech impediments, but as far as BFing, and eating went it never seemed to bother him.

ziggy903 · February 2014

BlondeMum said:
FTM so I have no experience with this from a parents standpoint. But DH is tongue tied and it was never snipped, and he always says he wishes it had done. Just to give you a perspective of a grown up with the condition. It's obviously a personal choice though.

My DH is pretty severely tied and wishes he had been snipped as well.
If it's not bothering her bfing, it can wait a bit but IMO you should get it done.

ziggy903 · February 2014

@bribbon he actually can't stick out his tongue at all! If he tries, it really does look like it's tied to the bottom of his mouth. As far as I can tell, he eats and drinks normally (or has figured out how to make it look normal) and doesn't have a lisp. We know his mother did not bf him, but we never asked why. I assume the tongue tie had something to do with it, but we don't know for sure.

I think it's mostly him knowing he's not "normal" and wanting to be. It doesn't come up often, but I know he does wish he had it done.

PeachLove25 · February 2014

Thank you all so much. Feeling better about the decision already. Appointment is Thursday. I'll update!

funchicken · February 2014

ziggy903 said:

@bribbon he actually can't stick out his tongue at all! If he tries, it really does look like it's tied to the bottom of his mouth. As far as I can tell, he eats and drinks normally (or has figured out how to make it look normal) and doesn't have a lisp. We know his mother did not bf him, but we never asked why. I assume the tongue tie had something to do with it, but we don't know for sure. I think it's mostly him knowing he's not "normal" and wanting to be. It doesn't come up often, but I know he does wish he had it done.

There was a post about this on the bfing board once, and one of the women said she had a severe tongue tie that was never corrected, and she couldn't lick ice cream cones or French kiss. Definitely not things I would have ever thought of.

ziggy903 · February 2014

mrszee2b said:

ziggy903 said:

@bribbon he actually can't stick out his tongue at all! If he tries, it really does look like it's tied to the bottom of his mouth. As far as I can tell, he eats and drinks normally (or has figured out how to make it look normal) and doesn't have a lisp. We know his mother did not bf him, but we never asked why. I assume the tongue tie had something to do with it, but we don't know for sure.

I think it's mostly him knowing he's not "normal" and wanting to be. It doesn't come up often, but I know he does wish he had it done.

There was a post about this on the bfing board once, and one of the women said she had a severe tongue tie that was never corrected, and she couldn't lick ice cream cones or French kiss. Definitely not things I would have ever thought of.

Yup! DH can't do either of those. He also can't.... Go spelunking, if you know what I mean.

funchicken · February 2014

ziggy903 said:

ziggy903 said:

@bribbon he actually can't stick out his tongue at all! If he tries, it really does look like it's tied to the bottom of his mouth. As far as I can tell, he eats and drinks normally (or has figured out how to make it look normal) and doesn't have a lisp. We know his mother did not bf him, but we never asked why. I assume the tongue tie had something to do with it, but we don't know for sure. I think it's mostly him knowing he's not "normal" and wanting to be. It doesn't come up often, but I know he does wish he had it done.

There was a post about this on the bfing board once, and one of the women said she had a severe tongue tie that was never corrected, and she couldn't lick ice cream cones or French kiss. Definitely not things I would have ever thought of.
Yup! DH can't do either of those. He also can't.... Go spelunking, if you know what I mean.

Oh wow! I learn so much from the bump.

inluv4life2 · February 2014

Tongue tie runs in my family. I'm not but I do have a short frenulum. I can only stick my tongue out a little ways. My sister was totally tied and was snipped at 5. She wishes she would have been done as a babe because she remembers it.

Scottnsaranhenri · February 2014

My dentist told me that he could snip it if my kids needed it.

PeachLove25 · February 2014

Anna's is on the fence. She can stick her tongue past her lip and she's BFing. One LC said to do it, the other said it wasn't bad and to wait and see if we have issues.

I feel so guilty doing it- ouch.... But I don't want to prolong it if it'll need done later.

BFing is going so good but I'm starting to crack. Not sure if it's related to tongue or just being new/tender and trying to get her mouth to open wider.

Appointment is tomorrow at 9am. ;((

RondackHiker · February 2014

PeachLove25 said:
Anna's is on the fence. She can stick her tongue past her lip and she's BFing. One LC said to do it, the other said it wasn't bad and to wait and see if we have issues.

I feel so guilty doing it- ouch.... But I don't want to prolong it if it'll need done later.

BFing is going so good but I'm starting to crack. Not sure if it's related to tongue or just being new/tender and trying to get her mouth to open wider.

Appointment is tomorrow at 9am. ;((

Do it! Many, many babies don't react at all and all my friends who snipped minor tongue ties said that the nursing pain reduced dramatically.

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PeachLove25 · February 2014

This morning at 9am we arrived to the oral surgeon. I was SO frustrated because her insurance card is obviously not here yet and apparently the mothers only works for the hospital. We had to pay out of pocket and then we will get reimbursed once her card comes: 500.00 ouch. It's also frustrating because the hospital does them, but the old man oral surgeon on call is set in his ways and will only do them if the child can't eat at all: duh.

Anyway- I went back and he explained he was going to snip in two places, that there are no nerves, and that she made bleed for a minute or two. I'm an emotional nightmare: I swaddled her and DH sat in the dental chair, holding steady onto her head. I had to walk out bc I didn't want to see or hear.

They came and got me literally one minute later: the doctor wanted me to BF because of the antibodies in the milk. She was whimpering a little but DH said she had screamed for 15 seconds.

When I started to feed, she didn't latch well at first so I pulled away and there was blood all over my nipple: I was literally bawling. I tried again and ame latched right away. She had been doing well anyway- but my nipples were all cracked and sore.

For the rest of the day she was playing with her tongue and sticking it out like she discovered something new. It's still painful right now but obviously my nipples didn't heal in one day.

We use a cotton swab with water on it and touch under the tongue after each feed for a week. There was no more bleeding once we left the office.

I'm glad it's done. It didn't look like a bad tie, but I'm amazed at the difference in her tongue movement now that it's cut.

Thanks for your help ladies!!

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