The tongue tie issue keeps coming up because we have few doctors who will
clip. I have had quite a few who did learn to latch quite well initially,
and transferred well but after 2 or three months the mother's supply really
went down, sometimes even earlier (within 2 to 3 weeks)
When people say they are latching successfully without being clipped, how
long are these moms and babies followed in clinic. Or how long do they
continue to breastfeed?
Attie Sandink
----- Original Message -----
From: Leslie White <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Tongue Tie
> This has been an interesting thread. While I'm glad that more UK babies
> can be clipped if necessary, and that this doctor is presumably keeping
> track of growth and development to compare with (who? does he have a
> control group?), I am concerned by almost any intervention that becomes
> routine. I am quite sure that all tongue tied babies don't need this
> intervention, although I would always hope it would be available as
> necessary.
>
> My *vast* experience with tongue tied babies (two cases) has shown me
> how individual situations play out. The first mother, who breastfed
> uneventfully for over three years, did not even realize that her son was
> tongue tied until he was past one. He is very clearly tongue-tied, but
> had no problem nursing and is very clearly articulate (no speech
> difficulties either). The second baby was born last December 22. I saw
> her on Christmas Eve and watched her mother weep from the pain while she
> nursed. The tongue-tie was immediately apparent and I gave her some
> info she could take to a doctor. She was very hesitant to disturb
> anyone on Christmas Eve, but I was so sure her daughter would need a
> frenotomy to nurse well that I encouraged her to call someone, anyone!
> She waited a few more days to see someone and voila, the pain began to
> recede and within two weeks, sans frenotomy, her baby was nursing
> beautifully.
>
> I would never suggest that frenotomies are never called for, however it
> is clear to me that they are not universally necessary.
>
> Leslie White
> Deep River Ontario. . . .where it is a beautiful, sunny winter day,
> -10'C
>
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