On 31 Sec 2004 Diane Wiessinger wrote (in part):

< I learned from Cathy Genna that tongue-tied babies may have "naive" 
palates - palates that never learned to accept pressure from a mobile 
tongue.  So maybe some suck-training with an eye toward desensitizing 
the palate?

< And I learned from her that tongue-tied babies may have trouble 
controlling flow, and may behave like "oversupply babies" whether or not
they really are.

Hi,
I'd like to add to that.  In November we had Donna Ramsay (ultrasonographer doing breastfeeding research in Perth, and whom many of you would have heard in Australia and the US) speak here in Brisbane at the breastfeeding symposium arranged by a local breastfeeding coalition.  Donna showed ultrasounds of tongue-tied babies, compared with non-tongue-tied babies. The differences were readily apparent, and along the lines of what Diane quoted Cathy Genna as saying.  Fascinating.
A happy 2005 to all of you.
Virginia
in summery Brisbane

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