Leigh Anne writes:

I have  seen many babies failing to thrive due to tongue-tie. My own  
son  dropped a pound and turned bright yellow. Had I not had his tongue   
released and did a bit of pumping the first week we would have had   
lots of problems


~~~ I can think of two babies in two different families: both of them had  
posterior ties that were SO restrictive not only could they not latch or 
feed at  breast at all without causing excruciating pain while they transferred 
virtually  nothing, they also had real difficulty managing milk from 
anywhere else. They  couldn't finger feed, or use any kind of tube device, and 
bottlefeeding was  really stressful for them ( but at least they could get 
food), it was really  slow and still nearly out of control even with as many 
modifications as we could  make. After the tie was released, they were 
immediately better on the bottle,  and were able to actually sleep and interact with 
their parents for the first  time in a way that did not include extreme 
agitation and screaming. They both  went on to breastfeed in time and after CST 
work as well. These are the  extremes, and both of these babies turned out 
to have no developmental or other  issues. It was all about the mechanical 
restriction ( maybe a little US birth  issue, who knows) - these ties were 
ridiculously tight.
 
Peace,
Judy
 
 
Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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