Of  course Cathy Genna put this so answer perfectly - I cannot add too much.  
 I only have personal experience also.  My neighbor has twin boys - now 6  - 
they had type 1 - 1 1/2 tongue tie. They nursed for a full year with no  
problems. I did not know her.  I met her when they were 4 yrs old.   I immediately 
knew they had tongue tie by "their speech"  she was besides  herself trying to 
get her pediatrician to clip them or at least refer  her.  She desperately 
wanted them and her 2 yr old daughter to be  clipped.  She is from Scotland and 
believed it would have been routine  there.  She finally got it done and was 
so relieved to HEAR them speak so  much better so fast. Mind you they had 2 
years of speech therapy and it was  not getting better for them  and then one 
snip and they are so much  better.  Actually her daughter is now speaking better 
then her older  brothers - she was done at an earlier age and we believe that 
is why.   :)   Also my daughter is tongue tied at 7 yrs but not as severe - a  
posterior - I only found this out from Dr Coryllos about 2 years ago.  (  I 
had pain and she had bad vomiting problems early on)  Her speech  is good - 
actually excellent - I truly believe it is because she was nursed  for five years 
and she really used all the correct muscles in her jaw.   If she needed a 
frenotomy I would still do it - but so far she is fine.   Go Figure!!!!   I am a 
big proponent of clipping and clipping early.  After reading that article from 
the speech pathologist  - it is evident  that anyone can make a claim to 
support their believe.  I do not think  she had all the evidence she should have - 
I could have showed her tons of  babies with the problem.
 
Regards, Donna B. Kimick, Ibclc, Rlc

 
Donna B. Kimick, IBCLC, RLC
Massapequa Park, NY  
516-799-7911



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