my boys tongue tie is affecting his speech

Alyssa - posted on 03/16/2011 ( 2 moms have responded )

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my two and a half yr old boy is having alot of speech difficulties and his child health nurse is sure that it is related to his tongue tie but every time i take him to the doctors to get it snipped they wont do it and now he is being referred to a speech therapist.. so i am wandering if any one else has had any proiblems similar to this and if so how did u get ur doctors to snip their toungue tie

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Kathy - posted on 03/29/2011

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If it isn't bad enough they won't snip it. The things is you might want to try having another Dr look at him. Most speech therapy isn't covered by insurance and at about $100 a session..... Good luck and go with your gut with what you think needs to be done. Do your research so you are comfortable with your decision.

Nicole - posted on 03/24/2011

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I'd wait until he sees the speech therapist. Really they will be the ones best able to tell you if it's a problem with his tongue and whether it's because he needs to work on the correct positioning of it or whether it's the tongue itself.