Breastfeeding with tongue tie is like trying to eat rice with chopsticks 
stuck together with a rubber band.  Eventually, the pain and fatigue in 
the fingers, make the reward not worth the effort, and you stop.

Morgan  (Just giving it a shot on making it relate to eating and giving 
up on food.)


Doreen Vanderstoep wrote:
> Hello all:  I am looking for an analogy to help illustrate why breastfeeding with 
> a tight frenulum can be fatiguing for some babies.  I should be able to come up 
> with something, but my mind is coming up blank (not enough caffeine yet!)  I 
> seem to recall reading a physical analogy once before on Lactnet, but can't 
> find it in the archives.   Can anyone come up with something that will explain it 
> well to parents?  "Breastfeeding with a tongue-tie is like........."  thanks in 
> advance, Doreen Vanderstoep RN, IBCLC
>
>   

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