Hi,

My ds had tongue tie at birth, quite bad, he looked like a lizard! It was forked from the tongue tie! The paed snipped it when he was 2 days old, but only about half of it because any more and he'd be hitting blood vessels which requires anesthetic.

Anyway, he'll be 4 in Oct, still has a slight 'forked' appearance and can only stick his tongue out about 1cm. It hasn't affected his speech in anyway, nor his ability to lick an ice-cream like my helpful MHN told me it would!?!?!

If your ds is breastfeeding well I probably would research all options but keep them as a back-up for if you need it down the track. DS never had a prob going to puree to mash to full solids.

At the end of the day though, you are his mum, you know him best and IMO the best thing you can do is gather information, be well informed/prepared and trust your instincts!