does any body elses baby have tongue tie???????

Tiffany - posted on 01/21/2010

My daughter has a minor one. She wasn't able to breastfeed because of it and there is only one type of bottle she can really suck on...and she can't keep a pacifier in her mouth. They tell me it shouldn't be bad enough to snip...but they also said it wasn't bad enough that it should effect her ability to breastfeed, and it did. As soon as she starts to really talk, I want it gone.

Mell - posted on 01/21/2010

yes they told me to leave it,but one of my other sons has it and they wouldnt do his...but he fed perfectly when he was a baby..and he can hardley stick his tongue out...we are waiting to hear back from a specialised for max so he can have it done...my cousins had it 1 of them had it snipped at birth the other they didnt do because theey had changed it by then and only done it if it affected there speech but he says every now n then it hurts him because it pulls sooooo tight...if it is the case of them not able to do it im goin to go n c if they will do my other sons as well he is only 19months so the sooner the better...when he sticks his tongue out you can see it pulling tight in the middle..

Kerry - posted on 01/20/2010

my lil boy was born april 2009 and the doctors told me 2 leave i as yet we dont no if it would cause speech problems in my eyes that is 2 l8 i wanted it done as soon as he was born but cose they told me 2 leave it u think that u r over reacting. ma friends lil boy had his done when he was bout 3 and about a year l8 it went bk 2 how it was it skin grew bk 2 getha

TIFFANIE - posted on 01/18/2010

My nephew was born with that and they had it snipped, it was a very quick procedure and he was mildly uncomfortable for a day or so but after that it was no problem. I would suggest it, once he had that done he was able to eat much better.

Ellen - posted on 01/18/2010

My son had a tounge tie at birth but they clipped it the next day while we were still in the hospital! It didn't hurt him at all and he has been fine no problems since! If your concerned talk to your ped about getting his tounge clipped all they do is snip a bit of the skin from underneath their tounge to make it easier for them to move it! I do believe they can do it right there in the office!

Jodi - posted on 01/18/2010

LMAO...wish my doctor had told my mom that! And it is the truth! ;)

Rhiannon - posted on 01/18/2010

Lol, Jodie, the doctor said that was the most important reason to get it snipped! That no child should ever go through life without getting to lick an icecream!

Jodi - posted on 01/18/2010

I was born tongue tied! My daughter is as well, but barely, it doesn't affect her eating ability enough for me to be too conerned. But if it's affecting his that severely, I would SERIOUSLY get it snipped! I honestly wish my mother would have had mine snipped when I was a baby, but she wanted to leave that option up to me. But as Rhiannon says, the older you get, the bigger a deal it becomes. I have one very large vein that is right in the way of getting it snipped in just a standard procedure...so I vote cut it as aweful as it sounds.



As a side note, I was and still am constitantly teased about the length of my tongue, harmless teasing but it gets old really fast. I have also never licked an ice cream cone without putting it up against my mouth all messy like, to even lick my lips I have to suck them over my teeth and basically into my mouth. I also have a very small basically imperceptible speech impediment. Do him a favor and snip it!

Rhiannon - posted on 01/18/2010

My daughter was born on the 20th September '09 and she also had a tongue tie. We had it snipped at the doctors about 4 days after she was born. There was no anaesthetic, but it was only skin at that stage. It didn't even bleed and she only cried while we held her mouth open.



My nephew also has one and they left his alone. If he has any problems with speech (it can cause a speech impediment) they will have it snipped then. Unfortunately the longer you leave the tie, the ticker the skin becomes and blood vessells etc. develope, so it becomes more of a big deal.



I would recommend seeing about getting it snipped ASAP. If it effects his feeding, they should have recommended it right at the start. At his age now, it shouldn't be too much a big operation to have it done? My daughter Logan's was done with just a sharp pair of scissors!