Just had a look for inspiration in  Carmen Fernando's Tongue Tie - from 
confusion to clarity and can't find one.  But  what about  ......'like 
trying to run  to the shops with both legs down one trouser leg' if you're 
talking about the  effort involved

Probems down teh line for tongue tied people include according to her: 
difficulteies with swalowing hard foods without  a drink,inability to  clear 
food debris from mouth after eatin, speech  impairments, low self esteem, 
behavioural problems slow, messy eating, leading to dental caries, 
uncontrolled dribbling, causing  both rashes round the mouth and social 
problems.  Interestingly those babies who do  manage to  b/f well she says 
sometimes  find difficulty in transitioning to  foods neding chewing, and 
are exclusively  b/f for longer.

there's more of interest on  the website
http://www.tonguetie.net/

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 Date:    Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:00:42 -0400
> From:    Doreen Vanderstoep <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: tongue tie analogy
>
> Hello all:  I am looking for an analogy to help illustrate why breastfeed=
> ing with=20
> a tight frenulum can be fatiguing for some babies.  I should be able to c=
> ome up=20
> with something, but my mind is coming up blank (not enough caffeine yet!)=
>  I=20
> seem to recall reading a physical analogy once before on Lactnet, but can=
> 't=20
> find it in the archives.   Can anyone come up with something that will ex=
> plain it=20
> well to parents?  "Breastfeeding with a tongue-tie is like........."  tha=
> nks in=20
> advance, Doreen Vanderstoep RN, IBCLC

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