Tongue tie
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Why would you say it’s the best thing you’ve done? My little boy is 3 weeks and feeds fine (formula bottle fed) but I’m debating if to get it done? Hospital said if he’s feeding fine to leave it
Yes our little girl has tongue tie. I've been back and fourth about what to do about it. She can breastfeed but was getting quite sleepy as it's obviously hard work for her and we ended up doing formula bottle top ups to get her back to birth weight. Now she's back to birth weight I'm noticing that she's breastfeeding for longer so I'm hoping we can build on this and have decided not to pursue it. Ours is not a severe case though.
Our little man had 100% tongue tie and although he latched on well we still had a couple of issues when it came to breastfeeding (more so my pain). It meant he couldn't stick his tongue out or put it to the roof of his mouth either which is a must. So we went private and had it done at 5 days old. The best thing we've done as he doesn't seem as frustrated, bless him. It can sometimes affect them growing up with speech and other things but not always. I had an accident years ago where my frenulum got cut and there's not exactly any pain, you just get a bit of tongue fatigue as it's less restricted and need to train up the muscle in a new way x
My girl had a thick posterior tongue tie which was affecting breastfeeding as she was clicking a lot. We had it cut privately at 2 weeks. She still clicks but not as much and they said it can take some time. I probably wouldn’t have cut it if it wasn’t affecting feeding.
My little one had tongue tie and was struggling with his latch so we got it fixed. Has much more movement with his tongue now and finding latching easier :)
Yes, HV not fussed either and baby won’t take a dummy either which I really did want her to
My little one had a posterior tongue tie and really struggled to latch, and would often make me sore. She couldn’t move her tongue very well and also couldn’t curl it latch and while it wouldn’t cause her any concern as she got older, it would just restrict her slightly with little things such as licking an ice cream. We went private and had her tongue tie snipped at 7 days old, and she is a lot better in herself. The procedure was over and done with in a matter of minutes and I feel was the best thing I could have done for her!
Yes our little boy had tongue tie. We went to a feeding specialist class run by the nhs where they referred him to get it checked. We went on Friday and they snipped it there and then. It was so quick and not as bad as what I was thinking! Once they have done they send you straight to a private room to feed them to make sure everything is ok and then you go home.
Yes we had it divided a few weeks ago on the NHS, feeding had improved a lot
My little boy is 5 weeks old and has a posterior tongue tie, no issues feeding with a bottle but they said it could effect his speech in the future but they won’t snip it on the nhs because it’s not effecting feeding:(
@Courtney this is exactly what they said to me 😩
@Courtney Did the NHS practitioner say no or the person referring you? Our TT person said they met an adult with a full tie but no speech issues as they had stretched it/trained themselves over the years and they were fine (hopefully trying to make you feel better!)
@Madeleine oh interesting! Midwife and Health Visitor said the same thing to me. I mentioned it to both of them hoping for a different response but the both said they don’t really do it anymore. I just wanted it done to avoid the worry of if there is something wrong when he’s older where his speech is effected he doesn’t have to go through it as knowing of the pain etc but nhs not willing to do it
@Courtney You could always go private perhaps? You just run the risk of them saying the same thing about his tie although I guess it would be validation it’s not necessary. However if the only gatekeepers here are the HV and midwife, unless they are trained lactation or tongue tie practitioners who put their gloved hands in his mouth then they are not qualified to assess it. There’s no way they would know without doing that, and the NHS absolutely do deal with tongue ties still!
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My little girl is 5 weeks old and we’ve recently discovered her tongue tie! I didn’t BF my first for long at all but have so far with her and every time the midwife and HV asked if feeding was going ok I just said yes ☠️😅 even though she feeds for 5 mins and then falls asleep and is screaming in pain at night with gas etc. we’ve recently discovered she has both a lip and tongue tie which must have been affecting everything so we have an assessment and revision booked with NHS on Monday at the infant feeding clinic.. regardless of issues further ahead, feeding is getting worse with her the bigger she gets and she is getting fussier when feeding - aswell as the awful pain for her so it’s best to resolve the issue now I think. Also, a health visitor told me they can have no issues with a tongue tie at a week old when tiny but then weeks later it can really affect feeding! Which I think is what’s happened with her.
Yes! Our girl was severely tongue tied (scored 4/14) and we had it fixed privately at 4 days old. Best thing we ever did, I wouldn't/couldn't be breastfeeding without it!