Lip tie found late

My son is four and I’m just finding his lip tie. I had him checked for it THREE times in the hospital since I knew it’s pretty common in my family. We’ve been brushing his teeth every night I’m I’ve been noticing his front tooth is a bit misshaped? So I inspected more tonight to make sure he wasn’t getting a cavity or something but no he has a terrible lip tie! I feel terrible for only noticing now but I also trusted the professionals to tell me if he had one and I asked several times to be sure! We had a terrible breastfeeding journey and I ended up drying up completely around four months pp. We were both relieved! It was so hard. Now I find all of those tears and frustrations could’ve been prevented if someone had taken me seriously!?! I feel like I missed out on something really special with my baby and I’m just mad and grieving how it could’ve/should’ve been. I thought I was just not built for that part of motherhood. Has anyone else experienced this?

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I AM THE SAME WAY!! My son (2yo) would not latch on after birth and I tried so hard thinking something was wrong with me. I asked them to check for lip and tongue tie and they said he was fine. At his most recent dentist appointment she told me that he definitely has a tongue and lip tie and that at least it was caught now and we can get it fixed soon.

They don’t do much for a lip tie (in the UK). Usually it matures and moves up/makes no difference - I can see by your son he has no gap so it’s not a significant one. My breastfeeding journey wasn’t the best due to the tie but it is what it is x

Also the reason they don’t touch them in the UK as snipping can lead to a very gummy smile

@🥰👨‍👩‍👦 really ? Now I’m wondering if I had one and they messed up on mine cause I have a gummy smile 😭

Yesss my son had a lip and tongue tie breast feeding was hell. Had it snipped around 13m really annoyed aswell. Stopped feeding around 11m so pissed because I kept asking professionals.

Hey 👋🏻 dental assistant here you might want to follow up with your dentist there seems to also be a cavity in the middle of his two front teeth or may be a large chunk of calculus maybe if you could put a different angle picture in the comments but definitely try to get in to see the dentist 🦷 🪥😁

My daughter was born with this and it was missed. I was laughed out the door by my GP though and said unless it’s affecting her speech or ability to eat then there’s nothing they can do…

@Mellow hey that’s was my thought! I love heard lip ties can cause tooth decay in some cases? His tooth has grown around the tie but i think you’re right! As soon as my work insurance kicks in I’ll be taking him! Just can’t afford it right now! Still paying off my own trip from last year 😭

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