>What I am wondering about is this; could having a tight frenulum, even with
>good nursing, no nipple trauma or pain, lead to the baby not having his
>sucking needs satisfied?    This baby needs to suck almost all the time.  He
>nurses till he falls asleep.  Sleeps for about 5 to 10 minutes and wants to
>nurse again.  When he is not nursing he is rooting.   He has plenty of wet
>and poopy diapers.   Any thoughts on this?

One of the coolest versions of tongue-tie is when mom doesn't hurt, but baby takes forever to feed.  Snip the frenum, and suddenly feeds are a third as long, which I'm sure delights both mother *and* baby - it's no fun getting your food by eating one grain of rice at a time.  You have to keep doing it all day long to get enough, and even at that, your stomach is never really full even if your total calories are adequate.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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