Anecdotally, my 6 yo had pretty severe articulation delays, and when
assessed thoroughly for the first time (about 1 year ago), he had no
musculature issues, which is almost unheard of apparently considering
his level of delay. He has had intensive, private speech therapy for
the past year and has worked through almost all of his problems. He
will be able to d/c therapy this month or next!

Gina Gerboth, Intern Midwife, IBCLC
Pueblo, CO, USA

> To try to get this back on topic (I am getting good at this now) - it stands to reason that breastfed children, tongue tied or not, with their well-developed jaws, cheeks, lips and tongues, would have an easier time of learning to speak clearly than if they were fed by a method requiring less coordinated complex muscle activity.  I don't know of anyone who has looked at the relationship between infant feeding history and problems with articulation at school age.
>

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