I describe it like a rubber band that keeps pulling the tongue back in the
mouth.  I use this particularly inthose cases where a baby can momentarily
extend the tongue, but can't keep it extended for any length of time.  All
to often I would have a case where I would mention possible tongue tie to
the doc, he takes a quick look and says the baby can extend the tongue over
the gumline, so no problem.  However, with the rubber band analogy,the
rubber bnd keeps constant tension on the tongue and  the baby needs to
expend extra energy to keep the tongue over the gum line and it frequently
retracts, so baby needs to extend it again, it soon retracts etc. etc. etc.
And of course, mom winds up with what are a lot like friction burns from
the continual movement of the tongue in ond out.
I suppose the analogy could be extended to say that some "rubber bands" are
very thick and strong so tongue extension can't take place at all.
Not a perfect analogy, but maybe a starting point.

Winnie

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