Dear friends,
Just yesterday I saw a lovely little girl (5 weeks old) who managed to flourish and thrive, working herself around her mom's very OALD and her own ''funny'' tongue behavior. Her palate was high and more arched then average and when sucking my finger I noticed some bunching up about in the middle of her tongue, pressing my finger into the hollow of the palate. On visual inspection no TT appeared to be in place, she's able to extend her tongue beyond the lower lip, the tip of the tongue can move relatively free. She is a loud nurser, clacking and clicking and swallowing lots of air. Her techniques and high palate do not appear to me to be especially TT related, but I think it might be the remainings of a ''bad tongue habit'' in utero, strengthened by her mom's OALD.

Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in soutrhern Netherlands

"Robin Roots,Rn Ibclc" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Jennifer writes: A high palate is indeed a sign of posterior TT.  

Are you saying that a high palate is always associated with a posterior 
tongue -tie?  I have seen my share of babies with a high palate, but did not 
notice a tt.  Is this something you have seen developementally.  The high 
palates created a challenge for nursing because of the anatomical position of 
the breast in the baby's mouth, but do not necessarily see a tt associated 
with it.  Maybe I am missing something?  Also, could you please elaborate on 
the potato pultace? you would use with a abcess.  Would be thrilled to be 
proactive if it ever happened to another client again.  The I & D was horrific.

Thanks,
robin

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