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Leigh Anne writes:
I have seen many babies failing to thrive due to tongue-tie. My own
son dropped a pound and turned bright yellow. Had I not had his tongue
released and did a bit of pumping the first week we would have had
lots of problems
~~~ I can think of two babies in two different families: both of them had
posterior ties that were SO restrictive not only could they not latch or
feed at breast at all without causing excruciating pain while they transferred
virtually nothing, they also had real difficulty managing milk from
anywhere else. They couldn't finger feed, or use any kind of tube device, and
bottlefeeding was really stressful for them ( but at least they could get
food), it was really slow and still nearly out of control even with as many
modifications as we could make. After the tie was released, they were
immediately better on the bottle, and were able to actually sleep and interact with
their parents for the first time in a way that did not include extreme
agitation and screaming. They both went on to breastfeed in time and after CST
work as well. These are the extremes, and both of these babies turned out
to have no developmental or other issues. It was all about the mechanical
restriction ( maybe a little US birth issue, who knows) - these ties were
ridiculously tight.
Peace,
Judy
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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