My little girl was born with the muscle under her tongue to close to the edge.. which they call tongue tied. The ped. says to wait until she starts to to talk to see if there is a problem whith speech since she is gaining weight noramlly. She does nurs good but when she is tired you can tell she looses her latch and so then she gets air but she works through it. I was wondering has anyone else had this issue and how did you deal with it? Did you go ahead and have that muscle cut or did you wait it out. Who would I take her to if I wanted to have it looked at?
Well Thank you for your response... I think I am def. going to get a second opinion. Does anyone have an ear nose and throat doctor that they recomend?
Both my sister and I were born tongue tied. They clipped mine at the hospital, but didn't cut my sister's. My sister ended up having it done when she had her wisdom teeth done, and she said it was the worst pain ever. I wouldn't know that I had been tongue tied except for the fact that I can't stick it out as far. If you think it will bother her later in life, I would get it done now.
Our son had this problem also and our ped. recommended cutting it immediately after birth. What about getting a second opinion if you're worried about it?
Good luck
C.
my son was a premie (34-35 weeks) and the Dr in the NICU recommended that we clip it, after talking with the Dr more she said if the baby can not lick his lips it should be clipped, it appeared as though he could barely lick them at the time. and he did not appear to have any feeding problems so we opted not to clip at the time and he pretty much grew out of it, but if he had trouble feeding I think I would have gone ahead and done it, I had weight issues with one of my other kids and I would not have wanted to go through that again. based on your information given and your responses I think I would opt to clip, because of the feeding problems.
My son was tongue-tied to the extent that he wasn't feeding properly. He was clipped in the hospital with no problems. On the other hand, I had a friend whose daughter was not clipped until she was one; she had to go to speech therapy when she was older.
My baby nursed well too - but I soo wish they had clipped it at birth! She had initial trouble with weight loss - then I think she didn't have to work hard to nurse b/c I had oversupply! She could NOT latch onto an artificial nipple of any kind! So she never could take a bottle or a pacifier! Then when she started solids - she had problems!! We had the consult with speech therapy at 7 months and clipped at 1 year old! I wish, wish, wish we had done it at birth! DON'T WAIT!! It is not worth waiting!
We had it done with an ENT - and b/c we waited - she had to have general sedation - at a surgery center!! In the hospital (at birth) they clip them with a local anesthetic if anything!!!
my baby boy was tied. We had the option of waiting as well, but had it clipped. He had a harder time nursing before we clipped it. Now he has full range of motion and it healed very well. I nursedhim right after. The procedure was easy but I was happy to have it done early, he was 3 days old. We had to hold him while they clipped it. So doing it to an older child may be emotionally harder. He had a lot of fun playing with his new tongue when it was over.
My son is tongue tied. Please, please, have it clipped when she is a baby. My peditrician said the same thing, to wait, but it has been a big mistake. My toddler is having trouble speaking and enunciating, and is currently in speech therapy. We will be having his tongue clipped soon, but I regret not having it done immediately. Think of all the things she will not be able to do - raspberry, stick her tongue out, clean her teeth (weird but true), french kiss. Take her to an ENT (ear/nose/throat) specialist. I have heard that dentist's can do this, but I wouldn't trust that to a dentist.
my friend's baby was tongue tied. i think they waited until she was six months or one. then they went and had it clipped here in fort worth. i don't know where but it wasn't a big deal. just an outpatient procedure.
as an adult who is tongue tied i've never had any problems with speech or eating. it's just anoying.
i'm suuprised your ped. said that. i thought it was pretty standard to have them clipped. if you want me to find out the doctor and where i can for you.
