Our baby girl had her tongue tie cut at 5 days, privately at a high cost. Still after 5 weeks of persevering, bloody nipples, engorged breasts and excruciating pain and constant fights at feeding time, she was diagnosed with tongue tie again and has it cut on the NHS at 6 weeks and fed beautifully afterwards. We have gradually built up breastfeeding during the day and now only use formula for the dream feed to beef her up before bedtime.
So from 6 weeks to 15 weeks, she had fed reasonably well from the breast but has slowly started refusing the breast. I put this down to her growing and becoming nosey - tried mussy over her head and quite room etc to try break distraction but to no avail. I made the heart-breaking decision to give up breastfeeding as feeding times are becoming extremely unpleasant and I'm making myself upset as she is refusing to feed, like she's struggling to latch.
Today I took her for a 16 week weigh in and she was diagnosed with a thick posterior tongue tie!!! I nearly fell over!!! How could this be? She's already enduring the pain and trauma of two cuts..... It all makes sense to me now - she's been struggling to feed for about a fortnight and it is like she's struggling to latch, exactly like she was before her tongue tie was cut.
Today we decided to stop breastfeeding and I feel so emotional as I persevered and tried so hard to do this for my baby girl. She's been on formula all day and is like a different baby; smiling, cooing and playing happily. I've not seen this side of her for over a fortnight so I know I'm making the right decision for her.....
Most of my breastfeeding friends are counting down to give up yet I'm struggling to hold on as I love nothing more than the warm cuddly bond breastfeeding brings between us. Today is a sad sad day for me....