By: genie

genie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:30:13 +0000

My girl had this! Within the first week of nursing, I nearing the limit of tollerance despite working with breastfeeding consultants at the hospital and reading everything I could on the topic. I knew what I should be doing but couldn’t get her to stay latched correctly.
Fortunatly, one of the consultants was familiar with the problem and knew of an ear, nose and throat doctor in town who was proactive in treatment. While I waited for the appointment, we used a nipple shield (still do) due to the extremely painful blisters on my nipples – the shield is the only reason I am still nursing her.
The tounge clipping procedure itself is nothing at all to worry about. No pain meds and only a quick snip – probably about as painful as getting your ears pierced. She had stopped crying within 5 minutes (about as long as it took after her first round of vaccinations) and immediatly began sticking her tounge out and moving it every which way.
Long term result? We’re still using the shield. She can and does nurse without it at times, and I try to get her to not use it when possible, but… we’re working on it. That said, I think that long term it has helped just in her non-nursing use of her tounge. We noticed immediatly an increased play level with it…
And, an interesting side note, the lactation consultant told me that this condition often runs in families… After she said that, I remembered that as a baby I had had my tounge clipped and then later found out that so had my dad.

By: Lynette {Radio}

Lynette {Radio} — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:08:54 +0000

Great post! My first baby was a bit tongue tied and no one realized it. Wound up pumping for 4 weeks and feeding her bottles until it stretched and she got better at sucking and she could finally latch on her own.
My next baby just had a bit of tight tongue and since I knew what to look for this time, I was very diligent about getting him latched correctly and he nursed great from the start.

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