Tongue tie division recovery

[Jjessica]

A few weeks ago my baby started refusing the breast and then within days was barely taking the bottle too. She had been gaining very little weight for weeks. We saw a lactation consultant who identified quite a severe tongue tie ( baby was 9 weeks by now) and so we had it divided last Saturday (at ten weeks). We have seen no improvement and are struggling to get her to take more than an ounce per feed (won't breast feed at all). Today she will have gas about 10oz in 24 hours. I don't think the tongue tie has reattached, does anyone have experience of it taking this long to see an improvement or have any advice re retraining her tongue and over coming a potential oral aversion issue?

DD was 8 weeks when her posterior tt was divided. I had been hoping for the miraculous change that so many people on the internet reported, but actually it took around a month for her to relearn how to feed properly. My understanding is that the later the division takes place, the longer it can take for them to get back up to speed. Unless your bay is losing weight I'd give it another week and then maybe ask someone to check for reattachment. Good luck, it was such a stressful thing at the time so you have my sympathy.

Thank you, that's reassuring and has made me feel a bit more positive!

I'm still feeding her at a year, so it definitely made a big difference. She took it really badly at first though, she screamed for 4 hours after we had it done. Nobody else I'd read about or heard about mentioned that Our DD were unusually old (old, at 10 weeks!) I think, and so I guess it is just a lot more for them to unlearn/relearn. Do get it checked if you're concerned though, can't hurt.