> It is
>possible to take the baby to a dentist and have the sharp points filed down
>-- it just takes a few minutes, no anesthesia necessary.  I hesitate to
>suggest that she do it herself with a nail file, but that's essentially what
>the dentist will do.

After our 2 year old chipped his teeth twice, it never occurred to us
to take him to the dentist.   But nursing was intolerable.  One of us
pinned him to the floor and the other tackled him with sandpaper.
Maybe if he'd been anesthetized (with a general) he'd have yelled
less, but the yelling was clearly for the indignity of it all.  I've
since encouraged the (successful) use of an emery board.  It takes
seconds.

Now, if you want to clip a tongue-tie around here, sometimes it's a
little more complicated.  The last one I saw was spotted in the
hospital, confirmed by the nurse practitioner and then me, clipping
was decided on by the parents, who then made an appointment with the
ped to get a referral to the oral surgeon, who saw them for a
consultation prior to the clipping, which took place the following
week, when he had operating room, recovery room, staff, and 45 minute
set-up time all ready to go.  Total time elapsed - 4 weeks.  Makes me
want to keep a fingernail sharpened... On the other hand, the whole
thing was *so* ludicrous I'm sure we can tighten the ship for next
time...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY

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