My own feeling is that if the tongue can't function well enough for the
baby to bf well, the frenulum should be treated.
--
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  New York City  mailto:[log in to unmask]


Gonneke van Veldhuizen wrote:
>
>
> Catherine, this is what I look for indeed, but I was surprised a couple of
> weeks ago with a quit different appearance:
> Mom had caracteristic frenulum caused cracks on her nipples (bilateral, deep
> grooves exactly vertical in ralation to the latch of the baby) Upon first
> visible check tongue and frenulum looked normal, but when baby started crying
> the tip of his tongue up to where the frenulum is attached turned white.
> Frenulum had been chexked by midwife and/or dr (can't remember who), but not
> found.
> In this case I presume the frenulum is not short, but tight. Should that be
> clipped as well?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
> MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
> Hiilensberg, Germany
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