Jennifer writes:
Ped said, yes, but moderate, so just watch it. I kid you not. Remember, baby
could not latch.
~~
This happens more and more now that pediatricians have heard of tongue-tie,
recognize some of really obvious ones but remain ignorant of how to really
assess tongue function. "It's just a small one, it won't make a difference"
they say by looking at the tongue, usually at rest. I said to the parents, "it
IS making a difference, your baby is born to breastfeed and is not
breastfeeding. It is already making a difference." These are tongues which may have
"little frenulums" ( yes they look small or moderate) but sometimes the further
back they are, the smaller they look, and the tighter they are. Some really
obvious ones are as elastic as those skinny red rubber bands, some of the
"little" ones in the mid or back area, are as inelastic as the white bands on
broccoli in the market, or even less so. They can feel like tendons and have no
give. They can also be small-looking, meaning short, but be weblike and
restrict vast areas of tongue. Often these babies are poor assistive device feeders
too: they lose milk, they gag easily, get wet-sounding breathing as feeding
progressed. We can point out that this is not a "breastfeeding issue" this is
a "feeding issue, affecting breathing, and comfort and energy use. " As
Jennifer said, we can tell the parents all this, send them to good people ( or try
to), and offer to put them in touch with people who have gone through the
same thing. Some still refuse or go to someone who will support their babies
feeding issues without ever addressing the frenulum directly. They just can't
hear it. All we can do is share with them our information and support them in
using it.
Peace,
Judy
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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