tounge tie and weaning.....

[spikeycat]

DS2 is about 6 months now, since 4 months I have offered him on various occasions some baby rice, pureed fruits and veg etc which all result in him retching badly and eventually bringing up any thing thats in his tummy. The HV has suggested he has a very slight tounge tie which is whats causing the problem but hasn't sugested what to do about it. He is a hungry baby and is now trying to have 8oz of milk every 2 / 3 hours during the day, which I am trying not to do! Has anyone got any practical advice and expereince of tounge tie problems?

DS has also got tongue tie which affected his feeding in the early days. He is almost 4 months and i haven't tried weaning. We are due to see a paeditrician sometime this century as DH wants the tongue tie clipped. Maybe if the feeding problems continue you could get DS referred to have his tie examined?

she said (the HV) that with him excerising his tounge (he pokes it out all the time!) is should stretch itself. I can't see it myself!

she said (the HV) that with him excerising his tounge (he pokes it out all the time!) is should stretch itself. I can't see it myself!

When he sticks his tongue out, how far does it go and what shape is the tip.
DS can get his tongue to his bottom lip now, it didn't used to get this far when he was ickle, so I think that it does stretch a bit.
The tip of his tongue is quite forked though when he does this, normally it looks square...Since my last post I got the mail and he finally has his appointment with an oral surgeon - yeehaw!
I think if it is affecting your son eating it needs to be dealt with promptly, either to sort the tongue out, or to discover why he is not keeping it down poor lad.
Maybe he is just not used to the sensation?

its quite flat at the end but when he pokes it out its v pointed, and seems to come out quite far.

He seems to like the tast of things but can't use his tounge to push to the back of his throat.

Great news about your appointment!

Hi spikeycat, my son (14mo) also has a tt and we just saw the ENT consultant today (!) to book him in for surgery. Here is an old thread I found which may be helpful. There are some good links in it. It sounds like your ds2 has a tie halfway rather than to the tip like Lowyrn's and my ds'. My ds' has stretched slightly in that his tongue comes out to his lips but I have never thought it would stetch much more and we decided at around 8mo that we would get it cut when he was 18mo-2yr (before he started talking too much so he wouldn't have to relearn how to say things with his 'new' tongue).

I didn't associate the early weaning retching with my ds' tt and just assumed that's what most babies do when something other than milk or water touches the back of their throats. I think the first time I made the baby rice really runny and gradually increased the consistency. It was about a week into giving the rice that I moved onto very smooth puree (banana is very runny so a good one to start with, or stewed pear). I tend to agree with Lowryn that maybe this is just your ds2's way of getting used to solids rather than being related to his tt.

HTH and let us know how things progress.

Thanks karen, its just ds1 never retched when weaning, and the HV was the one that sugested a tounge tie.... I keep trying but he keeps being sick and looks so sad when I he is, its making me not want to give him food
Will try some pear today, banana did not go down well at all!