Tongue tied - your experience please

[Nanoon]

HV confirmed this morning what i suspected, that DS (9wks) is tongue tied.

Her openning words where - "oooo not sure what the current proceedure is" so didn't fill me with confidence. Anyway she has said to leave for a while and see how he gets on.

He is BF'ing really really well but I am really worried that it will effect his feeding (solids) and speech development.

Please let me know of your expernences beofre i make appt to see GP.

Thanks

My ds´ tt was noticed when he was 6 days old, i had to wait until he was 2 weeks old for the doctor to agree to refer us and he was 6 weeks old when he had it snipped in a seconds-long procedure by a pediatric surgeon. Dh held a piece of gauze in his mouth for about 15 mins (we´re not in the uk where the more sensible advice is just to feed straight away to stem the blood and soothe) and then I fed him. He did cry but not as long as 15 mins and after that he was right as rain and you´d never have known.

In my case feeding was very affected by his tt and I was desperate by the time it got done, i would check any future babies at birth and insist it was snipped asap.

HTH

I think that for the most part they cut them these days. A friend's little boy had a similar experience to Maveta.
However, also know an adult with quite a bad tongue tie. No speech problems, no eating/drinking problems his whole life.
It sounds like your health visitor doesn't have a clue. She should have found out for you. I'd ask your GP to find out the current best practice.

Hi there, my DS's tongue tie wasn't spotted till 6 months and he had it snipped at 7 months. It was really affecting his breastfeeding (he could only get a good latch when we fed lying down) but it didn't seem to affect him eating solids - although he was only on purees at that time. The snip was a huge non- event! DS cried when the nurse held his head but stopped as soon as he was released. The consultant told us that the bit they snip has no nerve endings so it doesn't hurt the baby. So it was one quick snip then onto the boob for a feed - except he wasn't interested at all and preferred to look at all the shiny things in the surgery! I'm glad we had it done because his feeding is so much better and the actual procedure didn't trouble him one bit.

Depends how bad it is, if he's got to 9weeks without a problem it's unlikely to, I'm tt and so is my ds and dd2, we're all managing fine and therefore, no need to snip them. If you did have trouble it's a very simple and quick procedure, try not to worry.

yes, i think i'll see my GP to see what current best practice is. I have no idea how mild or severe his case is as i have never seen another baby with it.

I would much rather go through a relativley mild proceedure now rather than wait until he is aware or whats going on.