On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 Micky Jones wrote:
Wise ones one and all,

< ".... From the First latch, it felt like he was clamping or not getting his tongue out .... It got better but never totally right. ....
When someone mentioned lately that the baby's tongue should go up to the
roof of the mouth when crying I looked at him today during a crying sessi=
on
and noticed his tongue stays down and makes a slight "c" cupping shape bu=
t
no part of it goes up to the roof of his mouth.  He sucks his tongue
sometimes and he does seem to be able to get it out to or over his bottom=

lip. He took a pacifier until about last month to help with the reflux BU=
T
he could NEVER hold it in his mouth on his own. It had to be held in or h=
e
would push it out or drop it. He could suck on it if held in. ....
< So, should I get someone or a few someones to look at it or am I just
imagining problems? ...."

Hi Micky
Actually, I *didn't* say the tongue had to be up to the roof of a baby's mouth when crying, only that it should be raised.  Alison Hazelbaker's tool explains this very well and is an excellent resource for assessment.  I'd certainly endorse the idea of your getting a second or third opinion.  As with most areas of special interest, some health professionals know more about this than others, and in some places, they are in the minority.  This may be because of the difficulty in defining tongue-tie -  often it is decided on the basis of whether the tongue is heart-shaped, but some don't look like that.  The amount of *function* that the tongue has (or doesn't have) is improtant.  I hope someone on this list can give you infomation, off list, on local resources.
Happy New Year to those of you who celebrate the (Western) New Year this weekend.
I'm going off list, i.e. nomail, right after this.  So, any reply needs to come to me privately.
Virginia, in Brisbane
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