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High palate

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Usedtobechilled · 09/03/2023 17:36

Hi,
Tried posting this the other day but it seems to have disappeared..

Looking for a bit of advice...

LO was diagnosed with a tongue tie early on and was sorted just before he was 2 weeks old. The tongue tie resulted in him having a high palate/recessed chin. I'm not too concerned about the chin as apparently it'll "pop out" the older he gets but I am concerned about the high palate.
Is there anything I should be doing now to help rectify it? I close his mouth when he's sleeping to try push his tongue up but are there other things I should be doing? Will this cause issues in the future?
Has anyones LO had these things are just grew out of them?
Thanks.

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FCase15 · 15/03/2023 23:23

So I actually have no advice but my 5 month old daughter too has an arched palate and slightly recessed chin. We’re trying to tend to this now since she has had a lot of feeding and weight gain issues. Her TT was released at 8 weeks. We’re taking her to an osteopath and are now trying palate expanding exercises (as found on internet) and closed mouth sleeping posture which I’ve found difficult since DD mouth usually just pops right back open after closing it and her tongue flips back to the bottom. I have been expressing milk and feeding that way but may persevere with breastfeeding naturally since this is also supposed to help. Guess only time will tell! Would also love to hear from anyone who’s experienced this too though. Good luck!

Usedtobechilled · 16/03/2023 02:37

I'm fully expressing also because of slow weight gain/feeding problems (LO would constantly latch/unlatch and would never manage a full feed) but I think I've given a bottle too long now to be able to go back to breastfeeding sadly 😥

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