Brendan was never able to stick his tongue out (until we got it fixed), it was that bad he couldn't even poke it out enough to get the fork in the tongue. He couldn't blow raspberries or anything until it was fixed.
Tristan can't stick his tongue out either, but he can enough to get the little fork.
Also the paed surgeon we saw for Brendan said that they won't fix tongue-tie for speech problems, the only reason he fixed Brendans was because of the extensive problems with feeding resulting in weight loss.
Before being transferred out of KEMH SCN I got one of the physician's to look at Tristan's tongue-tie, and he said that while it may pose some problems later on, the fact he is BF and so well may help it to stretch and not be an issue.
I'm pretty sure I won't even bother the GP with it at his 6 week check. I don't want him to go through the procedure unecessarily.
DS1 had a t-t that prevented him from attaching. We got it snipped at 3 weeks and it really was such a quick and simple procedure. We never looked back after that - he was able to attach well etc.
At time when when we were researching it, we read about the potential for speech problems down the track, and also dental decay due to not being able to clear food from the mouth effectively. So if it was me I would probably have it done early, while it is still a simple procedure.
I would get it done now. My second DD has a very mild tounge tie that was only noticed at her 6wks check when I told the Dr she had one. He didn't think it was bad enough to snip it at the time as she was feeding fine and could stick out her tounge. BUT fast forward over 4 years later and she is seeing a speech therapist and some of her issues with forming sounds are directly related to her tounge tie. Especially any sounds that require her to put her tounge to the roof of her mouth, like the 'L' sound. If I had of known then what I know now I would have asked the Dr to snip it.
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