Dear Barbara

I am unaware of ankyloglossia rates in Korean babies, however, from working
with an immigrant Korean mother in New Zealand, I foudn from talking her,
that breastfeeding is very uncommon amongst families there (according to
her). Her experience which she said was very common, was that when the baby
was born , the mother or mother in law moved into the family's home to care
fore the baby and the mother wend (almost) straight back to wrok. She said
that this resulted in, when she had her second baby in NZ , feeling like she
was mothering for the first time - she had had so little to do with her
oldest child! Certainly here, what I see seems to back this up - a frequent
sight where I live is elderly Asian (and we have a predominantly Korean
immigrant population) men or women pushing babies in strollers or elderly
women carrying babies in the traditional wrap on their back.

So, as I say, although not specifically related to tongue tie, may provide
some information about your question regarding the practice of breastfeeding
there.

Cheers

Liz Weatherly
Breastfeeding Counsellor
Auckland, New Zealand

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