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Date: | Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:50:10 -0600 |
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Clicking sounds means the tongue is doing something incorrectly.
Sometimes it is the flow that is too fast for the baby and he clicks by
doing something odd with his tongue to handle the flow.
Also, with a tongue tie, the tongue may go up and snap back making a
clicking sound. The bubble palate and clicking go together and like
Cathy said, muscle moves bone. The baby could have a posterior tongue
tie that is not obvious to the untrained. How is the tip of the tongue?
Do you see a verticle line in the middle of the tip? With or without a
heart shape. With older babies, they have learned how to breastfeed in
one way and it takes time and effort to teach them to change. A baby
this old should be able to latch on well and without pain and gain
weight without supplementation.
I did a home visit Thursday for a baby who has not gained weight well
and I suspect a posterior tongue tie. Baby has a rounded tongue tip with
a verticle stripe or line in the middle. Could not assess if she could
raise her tongue (baby very sleepy) but she salivated before and after
nursing and then choked on it. Baby can remove milk well with better
latch on and with breast compressions. Her older sisters had these huge
clear, stringy frenulums. They can stretch their tongues out but had
probably an inch and a half of stringy tissue both across and going down.
Good luck with this, Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC (Houston, TX)
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