Thank you everyone.
I do cover everything you have all mentioned, so at least I know I am
covering all the bases. I must say that I have learned so much about
people since I started working with women and babies. It is amazing to
me how one mother can be so determined to work through all sorts of
obstacles to make breastfeeding work and others just don't have that
same drive.
I also leave a lot of printed material covering everything we talked
about (along with references and websites) so they can mull things over
and have resources to refer to in the long run if they change their
minds.
Thanks again for all your wisdom. It is nice to know I am not alone with
these struggles.
Tania
On 2013-10-30 14:33, the juliest person you know wrote:
> Tania, the other issue besides artificially feeding is the lack of
> will to get the tongue tie revision. Parents may see it a major
> surgery, which would be frightening to them. Describing the surgery
> can make this less of an issue. As for seeing the need to do a TT
> revision, it can help to compare the frenulum to webbing between a
> baby's fingers (much more rare, but still). It is easy to understand
> how webbing between someone's fingers can make it difficult for the
> hands to function normally. So it is with a restrictive frenulum: it
> makes it difficult for the tongue to function normally. The baby is
> not breastfeeding well, the child may have trouble speaking, eating
> food, and, later, French kissing, which would be a true tragedy!
> Also, it's not just the formula, there's the bottle too, which alters
> the way the facial muscles develop, and in a tongue-tied child,
> perhaps this is compounded (that's just a guess).
>
> My 2c,
> Julie Tardos
>
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Tania Archbold B.Sc., IBCLC
Mother's Nectar Lactation Consultant Services
519-400-7098
www.mothersnectar.ca
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