****Please forgive my ignorance, but why would tongue tie be "lethal"?
-Laura Wasielewski, MS, CCC-SLP, IBCLC
(The speech pathologist/new lactation consultant with the tongue tied
husband and 7-month-old tongue tied son she chose not to clip...)****
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Laura, way back when before bottle feeding and supplementation became the
norm, if a baby couldn't breastfeed and the mother couldn't figure out a way
to feed it...it died. That simple. I have seen tongue-ties that made it
impossible for the baby to breastfeed. Period. The bottle was the only
thing that saved those babies... So - today, a tongue tie may not be lethal
- but there was a time when it most certainly could have been.
I recommend ALL of my parents with babies who have tongue ties to get that
tongue tie clipped if at all possible - even if breastfeeding is going well.
The long term issues are not worth the risk to me. Risks such as: possible
speech issues, digestion issues, apnea, snoring, etc just to name a few.
Please see
www.brianpalmerdds.com and www.tonguetie.net for more information.
My 2nd son was diagnosed by me (I know, I'm not supposed to diagnose but it
was MY kid!) at age 13 with a submucosal tongue tie while watching him eat
an ice-cream cone then (pulling the car off the road in a hurry!) doing an
evaluation which included me sticking my finger under his tongue to do the
sweep. He was very patient with me... :) It was missed 15.5 yrs ago most
likely because the education of the type of tie he had and the resulting
palatal and suck issues he had were not known yet. I do not fault my LC's
by any means...it would be easy to miss now by someone who did not know what
a submucosal tongue tie is and other signs that typically present with it.
If I could go back in time with the information/education I have now, I'd be
hopping a plane to New York to find Dr Coryllos (sp?) to get it clipped! I
looked at his baby pictures and there it is - plain as day...tied. Did he
have speech issues? No. Does have apnea or snoring? Not that I know of.
Did he have long term breastfeeding issues? You bet he did! Even after he
was able to nurse without tearing me to shreds, I HAD to be PERFECT with
EVERY single latch the ENTIRE 3 yrs he nursed...or I got hurt.
Breastfeeding him was never easy - but it was worth it. And over the years,
his has stretched quite a bit, especially with the help of he and his
brother trying to put their tongue on their nose like I can. :) But
still...3 yrs and 2 months of breastfeeding would have been SO much
easier...sigh. :)
Warmly,
Jaye
Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM
Breastfeeding Network
Sacramento, CA
www.breastfeedingnetwork.net
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