Tongue tie 9 month old

[leahmaysimmonds]

My baby is 9 months old and has a posterior tongue tie. I’ve decided I want it snipped due to her reflux and trapped wind not getting any better when I’ve tried everything for both of them.

What are your experiences with tongue tie divisions at this age?

I would say to get it done ASAP, in my area they stopped offering it around that age and we had to wait for surgery and general anaesthetic done age 2. Hope all goes well!

@milkjetmum

I would say to get it done ASAP, in my area they stopped offering it around that age and we had to wait for surgery and general anaesthetic done age 2. Hope all goes well!

She’s on the waiting list now, they said it’ll be a few weeks. She’s extremely gassy and refuses feeds. Did cutting babies tongue tie help with sleep and grassiness? X

We had this and pressed for surgery when it became clear that DD struggled with solids. I could bf without too much problems for the full 6 months but she didn't suck at all on anything, dummy, bottle, watercup. We cup fed her from 6 months with formular.

Originally the surgeon wanted to wait until she was at least 1. But when we started weaning she refused purrees and wanted to eat normal food. But she couldn't manipulate it in her mouth, it got stuck and she started refusing it at all.

It was done under proper general anaesthetic at that age. It was more traumatic for us parents and a long day but we took her home around 5 hours after the surgery when she drunk and had wet nappies. Saying that, we went private in the end.

@reluctantbrit

We had this and pressed for surgery when it became clear that DD struggled with solids. I could bf without too much problems for the full 6 months but she didn't suck at all on anything, dummy, bottle, watercup. We cup fed her from 6 months with formular.

Originally the surgeon wanted to wait until she was at least 1. But when we started weaning she refused purrees and wanted to eat normal food. But she couldn't manipulate it in her mouth, it got stuck and she started refusing it at all.

It was done under proper general anaesthetic at that age. It was more traumatic for us parents and a long day but we took her home around 5 hours after the surgery when she drunk and had wet nappies. Saying that, we went private in the end.

Was there a difference after the cut? X

Yes absolutely as per @reluctantbrit experience our dd couldn't manage solid food well until after her surgery. Dd2 we had the snip done ASAP at about a week old and no wind/colic for her ever (and better growth on centiles for same birthweight)

@leahmaysimmonds - yes, it took a day or so for her to realise that the thing in her mouth now moved around.

Think about it, you have food trapped on your upper mouth or at the back of you teeth, you need your tongue to free it. DD wasn't able to.

She had her snip in April, by then she was still on full milk plus the odd bite small enough to swallow. In May she demolished a baby portion of whatever food we were having, sandwiches, pasta, curry, vegetables plus full breakfast of cereals and toast. She also dropped 2 bottles. None of that would have been possible without the snip.

@milkjetmum
Looking back I should have pressed for the snip straight away or going private immediately. But because I could bf and DD was gaining weight by the bucketload she wasn't deemed urgent enough despite the first midwife trying her best to get it done.

It’s not just about feeding either - my tongue tie wasn’t diagnosed until I was 11 after years of speech problems, & I then had months of learning how to use my tongue and speak properly. The sooner the better!

Thank you for your replies I’m really hopeful I’ll get some sleep after her tongue tie snip. Maybe she will finally not have trapped wind and refuse her bottles 🥺

It’s been such a hard journey and this is my last hope. I don’t know what I would do if she didn’t change after the division. I have literally tried everything for her. Im so sleep deprived and I feel mentally and physically exhausted