Tongue tie
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Go with pediatrician. I had a LC tell me to do it and her ped said NO. If weight gain is fine don't is what I was told. It could backfire. If you need it later for speech that's different.
So my daughter and husband have a tongue tie. We’ve decided not to correct our daughters based off my husband’s experience and her not having any symptoms. We agreed to revisit it if it cause issues with speech, but other than that we are leaving it. (Pediatrician also thought this was the best plan, so we aren’t doing unnecessary things) My husband’s is fully tied and he has no issue with it.
As a mom who’s been called a little “crunchy” - I’m pretty sure my son has a tongue tie, but I also have one lol, he’s BF great, had a little bit of open mouth breathing when he was first born but I closed his mouth to a proper tongue posture every time and now he sleeps with a closed mouth. Unfortunately I feel like doctors get kick backs for referrals and stuff, at the end of the day, if your baby is eating and gaining weight and you don’t wanna do it, don’t do it!
Our daughter had a lip and tongue tie. We had a consultation with a pediatric dentist who does laser correction, much quicker and easier than the cutting. It has helped our daughter tremendously with her discomfort during feedings, her colic, and her gassiness. She also DID NOT have any issues with weight gain. But we could tell she was fighting her bottles and struggling to latch and feed properly. I can’t produce any breast milk, so breastfeeding was off the table anyway.
My 3 year old has a tongue and lip tie. I never cut it despite a doc rec.. she speaks in full intelligible sentences able to pronounce every letter of the alphabet correctly. Never had an issue breast feeding. Doesn’t have any oral motor issues. My 4 month old also has tongue/lip tie - breastfeeds fine and I’m not going to cut it. If your child is feeding and gaining weight there is no reason to cut the tongue or lip tie.
I swear they tell everyone their baby has a tongue tie. The only person I would consult if feeding isn’t the issue is a speech and language pathologist. They’re able to tell if it will affect the baby in the future as well.
my baby has a minor tongue tie. no one told me at the hospital after birth, and the pediatrician didn’t say anything at the first few appointments. my family friend who’s a family doctor with a more alternative style pointed it out almost immediately when she came and visited me and baby at home. she said she could tell right away and to get it corrected. i did breastfeeding but it was a rough time and baby didn’t quite latch properly and there were some other signs. we took him to a consult with an oralyntologist who specializes in tongue tie and she said she noticed 2 parts where it was tied but it wasn’t severe so she basically said not to do it. i ended up stopping breastfeeding bc it was too complicated for baby and for myself and i think if we had gotten it released earlier i may have avoided these issues. that being said, i had a lactation consultant come today and she did another oral check and said she sees where there’s some minor issues and she gave me oral exercises to do
with baby where i’m encouraging him to move his tongue more and get better range of motion and control. i asked her if with these exercises if i continue them will it “fix” the tongue tie and she said it’ll probably help a lot since its minor. so i think its a super tough decision bc if it is affecting his eating which you say its not then maybe you don’t wanna do it, but also waiting till he develops speech can also be tricky bc then he’s struggling with certain words or sounds, if you do it then he’s older and has to be put under anesthesia and if you don’t do it at all you may need speech therapy which is a whole lot of work in itself. i get where you’re tossed and you know best as mama but just wanted to share my experience.
it’s like you don’t wanna put baby through something if he won’t essentially “need” it but you also may not want to wait for there to be issues. but its totally up to you- if he’s not having issues feeding or breathing or sleeping then that would ease my mind and i guess in that situation maybe i would hold off.
sorry that was so long lol
*her (i wrote it as if i was referring to a boy baby)
@Lle that’s really encouraging to hear. I don’t want to do anything unnecessarily
@Mia Tongue tie is a huge controversy it seems like it’s best I trust my gut and don’t do it.
@Taylor how were the bottle feeds after doing the laser treatment?
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@Alyssa It seems that these days it is a huge controversy
@Stephanie everyone I talk to has been told their baby has a tongue tie. Idk how every baby could have a tongue tie? I was told it too, but the pediatrician in the hospital said she wouldn’t do anything for it. I also have had lactation consultants say that unless it is affecting feeding not to do anything because it could affect feeding since they’ve already learned how to deal with it. We have done nothing for it and don’t plan to. He’s fine. Listen to your gut mama!
@Stephanie they improved substantially once we got through the 3 week healing process! She completely stopped fighting her bottles and fussing with her feedings
Hey there! My newborn had tounge tie. And doctor recommended to get it fixed asap because my baby wont drink milk properly, however its not a life threatening situation but it is recommended to get cut as it would affect the way they speak or chew when they grow up. Since my baby got it resolved he is doing good. I'd say go to baby pediatrician and rule it out and go from there.