TONGUE TIE ADVICE PLEASE

[soph28]

I have suspected that my dd was tongue tied from quite early on. I gave up bf when she was 5 months because she could only suck when the milk was coming out quickly but gave up if she had to such hard to get the milk out. She can suck from a bottle easily.

However she is 8 months now and still refuses all solids. She doesn't stick her tongue out or move it around in her mouth and she can't babble. She makes squealing sounds like 'aaahhh', 'eeeee', 'oooooooooh' etc. and can blow raspberries but she can't say da, ga, ma, ba or anything similar.

Yesterday HV confirmed she is tongue tied and she will be referred to the paeditrician.

I know tongue tie is fairly common but it doesn't always affect the child. Have any of your dc had tt and if so has it affected them and in what ways? Have any of them had it snipped- will it help?

DD2 tongue tie was snipped by a health visitor at a GP practice in Ripley. I can't for the life of me remember her name now but it was Mary something and she had been trained to do the procedure by the Consultant from Southhampton hospital.

It was self referal too, so after my midwife gave me her number, I just rang her up, discussed the issue for about 10 minutes and then book an appointment to have the procedure done the next week. I'll try and find out her details for you - at the very least, you could then just talk to her about whether at 8 months, it can be snipped without a general.

Ok here you go. Name of health visitor who divides tongue ties is Mary Griffiths and she is based at:

The Villages Medical Practice
Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, Surrey GU23 7BP
Tel: 01483 225055

Thanks Elsapelle and Handbagaddiction!

I will ask about SLT and I now have a consultation with a doctor on 5th April so I could ask him about a referral for SLT too.

I really appreciate all the advice and will keep you posted on how we get on.