Tongue tie - to not snip

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Morning. I am very confused about tongue tie. To snip or not to snip?

My EBF baby is nearly 5 months now. Feeding fine and gaining weight ok. Maybe her feeding is slower and more often than other babies but I’m not sure for sure as my first DC.

I asked the GP to check for tongue tie at 8 weeks and she said no tongue tie. My DC’s tongue tie was not then identified until 13 weeks by a lactation consultant. I was told I was too late to get DC’s tongue tie snipped on the NHS at that point. The lactation consultant said DC’s latch was fine (I have to be on the ball and double check each latch in case DC doesn’t open mouth wide enough but generally fine).

Given Dc is feeding ok do I need to pay to get her TT snipped privately?

I have seen other articles saying TT can impact sleep, breathing speech potentially. Does this mean I should snip?

DC doesn’t sleep brilliantly but I expect that’s more because she is so young and BF and maybe it’s just her. She’s generally happy although is a Velcro baby. I assume that’s her temperament and not because of the TT.

Surely plenty of FF babies don’t get their tongue tie even noticed (and consequently not snipped)?

My mother BF two babies in the 90s and hasn’t even heard of TT. We are both fine. Not sure TT was such a thing then?

Interested in anyone who didn’t snip the TT.

I'd never heard of it until started working with children of pre school age with speech difficulties and associated anger issues due to frustration at not being understood. If it was my kid I'd get it snipped but I've heard people say it resolves on its own. I've met lots who had persistent SLT and I thought it couldn't have been helped by the tt.

As someone who had a tie released when they were old enough to remember it I found it bloody painful and I would never let anyone do that to a child of mine without anaesthetic.

@Porridgeislife Can I ask who you saw/where you went to please? Also how did you know your lo had tongue tie?

My son never had his snipped and has had no issues with breathing, speech or eating, he's 22 next month.

I'd rather have short lived pain than an anesthetic for my baby- it's a balance of risks and benefits