Jeanette writes:

Permission to post: at a recent LLL mtg., a mom with a 2 wk old  baby and 
damaged nipples showed me how her baby sometimes sleeps - with his  mouth 
open, tongue tip up on the roof of his mouth.

Has anyone seen  this before?  Significant?  I'm suspecting a posterior 
tongue tie  but it isn't glaringly obvious.




Yes, babies who need to stabilize their breathing sometimes do this. And  
yes it can go with other "midline" issues like tongue tie and/or 
larnygomalacia.  If the baby was on his back when he did it, that makes even more sense 
since  back sleeping may be "great" for SIDS modification among solitary,  
nonbreastfeeding sleepers, but it's kinda lousy as a position for lots of 
other  reasons. Babies with reflux or laryngomalacia or tongue tie ( or all of 
them)  often have a lot of trouble sleeping comfortably and with stability 
on  their backs...
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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