Tongue-Tie ~ Need opinions

A little background info...

Brendan had Tongue-tie, which wasnt discovered until he was 11 months old, which caused a lot of issues with feeding. He was never able to attach to the breast and was never able to progress from purree (until it got fixed at 18 months).

So my question...

Tristan is also Tongue-Tied BUT it is no where near as bad as Brendan's. Tristan is fully BF with great attachment.
What would you do? Wait and hope that it doesn't cause the same issues as Brendan. Or do something about it now.

Keep in mind that the procedure is much nicer and easier if done now. It's far less traumatic on the child for it to be fixed as a baby than as a toddler.

I'm leaning more to the side of waiting, purely because Tristan is feeding so well I dont want that to go backwards. Not only that but I dont want to put him through the procedure if it's unecessary.
BUT I am scared that we will have the same feeding issues (when it comes to solids) as we did with Brendan.

Thanks for your thoughts.

I would see an LC or a doctor who specialises in tongue ties for a proper assessment.

As they assess various things and decide if they think a snip is neccessary.

genetically all my kids have tongue ties some have stretched theirs out and others havnt i too had one :)

i have 4 kids my youngest has also got a tounge tie. Personally i didnt find any issues that i could with out a doubt say was resulted because of the tongue tie. Each of my children are and all fed differently.

personally i would wait only because ya dont want to edit it if it's not necessarily i am happy to answer any questions you have pm me :)

my DS has tongue tie, my brother had one (runs in my dads side of the family, we call it "bum tongue! LOL) after DS was born FIL said he had one which was snipped when he was younger, so its on both sides of the family!
anyway, no one picked it up at the hospital, I noticed it in a photo and when he opened his mouth about a week after he was born, got the MCHN to check it out on her first visit, she said it was pretty bad and could probably do with a snip, take him to the GP.
The GP couldn't have cared less! Its not a problem till its a problem I was told.:rolleyes:
I had problems initially with attatchment IRT breastfeeding, but we got through it, I have always thought though that DS gets ALOT of wind and I put it down to him constantly coming off as he cant get the right amount of suction due to his tongue tie.
He is almost 9 months now, and it seems to have stretched by its self quite a bit, he can now poke his tongue out more than he was ever able to, but it still looks like a bum tongue.
havent had any trouble with solids, the Gp said they would only do something about it if it affected his speech later on. which annoyed me at the time, I thought why wait and see when you could do something about it now? it is such a small procedure and a lot easier done before 6 wks of age. but thats my story anyway! sorry its a bit long!

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!?!?! :wall:

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! :D

Thanks.

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.

Thanks again

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.