Annette,
I'm not too familiar with posting so please bear with me, if this is not
appropriate.
It appears you, as well as your mother have experienced the medical run
around.

The mouth grows at a very fast rate, as I'm sure your aware of This is the
reason some pediatricians will say wait and see how things go.
If the frenulum is clipped, the child "may" experience the tongue protruding
at night while sleeping.
Most pediatricians are not looking at preserving the mothers breastfeeding
experience.
I hear your frustration and  your wonderful attempts to help this mother are
not unnoticed.

I have many articles on Ankyloglossia.Allison Hazelbacker developed a scoring
system on Lingual Frenulum Function which might be of some assistance to you
as well as your physicians.
A few journals that might assist in obtaining some evidence research are JHL
6 (suppl.,1)124-126, JHL 6 (suppl.1),109-112,New York State Dental Journal ,
34, 479-481,1968, British Medical Journal,2,952-Browne,Journal of Speech and
hearing Research, 11,382-390, Fletcher, JHL Tongue Tie Associated With BF,
7,82-84, JHL 6,(supp.1),113-115.
These are just a few cited to start.
If you desire to email me I have several other sources, as I'm not real clear
on names and postings yet.
Your efforts to seek out additional information demonstrates your dedication
to breastfeeding mothers.
Great job.

Elaine RNC IBCLC
Richmond, Texas




             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html