How often should I be expressing?

[Ryatha]

Great work! Great to hear the bb's are working

quick question mel I hope you don't mind. When Eden opens her mouth and cries (I hope she hardly ever does that) does the end of her tounge look like a love heart?

[squidipa]

Great work! Great to hear the bb's are working

quick question mel I hope you don't mind. When Eden opens her mouth and cries (I hope she hardly ever does that) does the end of her tounge look like a love heart?

not really a love heart but like the top of a love heart where it curves in i would be more saying sorry ryatha but my kids have this and i found your description hard to visualize before i knew.

[Ryatha]

squidipa - thanks for the description, it is really hard to describe and you did such a better job than me. I wish I had taken a photo of freds before they fixed it...

[Arimeh]

Um I dunno? She doesn't cry that often (yet haha) so I dunno..... don't really know what I'm looking for I suppose?

[squidipa]

i can take apic for ya if wanted

Baby:

* Heart-shaped tongue tip. The tip of the tongue may be heart shaped or have a “v” shape indentation in the center when the baby sticks out the tongue or cries. (It is possible to have a restrictive frenulum without this classic symptom or to have a tongue that functions adequately, yet has the heart shaped tip.)


* Difficulty extending the tongue. If your baby is tongue tied Your baby has difficulty extending the tongue past the gum line. Tapping the tip of the tongue should cause the tongue to come forward, where it should cross the gums.

* Tongue does not cup well. When your little one sucks on your finger the tongue should wrap around it like a hot dog bun wraps around a hot dog.

* Difficulty moving tongue from side to side. If you rub your baby’s lower gum, the tongue should follow your finger, side to side.

* Frenulum is attached very close to the tip of the tongue. Some babies have frenulums attached near the front, but the frenulum is very elastic and allows effective breastfeeding without treatment.

hope this helps

[squidipa]

oh i should also point out our tongue ties are genetic from the Indian blood in us. We have all stretched ours out one of the kids ripped his but was fine just that josiah has the biggest one out of the lot of us. If ya want a pic of joshies tongue i can share We are proud of his tongue tie.

[Ryatha]

yep - freds tounge tie comes from her dad. Same shaped tounges and neither of them can poke their tounges out... they still try though

[Jennifer13]

Sounds like you're doing well with the expressing, hun, remember, it's a skill and it might take a little while for you to get out the maximum amount.

Have you seen a LC at all? Might be a good idea to take Sterla's advice on someone local while you have DH and your Mum to assist with keeping the other littlies out of the way. That way you can give her your full attention!

It sounds like you are on the right track, I hope it continues to improve!