Breastfeeding with tongue tie is like trying to eat rice with chopsticks
stuck together with a rubber band. Eventually, the pain and fatigue in
the fingers, make the reward not worth the effort, and you stop.
Morgan (Just giving it a shot on making it relate to eating and giving
up on food.)
Doreen Vanderstoep wrote:
> Hello all: I am looking for an analogy to help illustrate why breastfeeding with
> a tight frenulum can be fatiguing for some babies. I should be able to come up
> with something, but my mind is coming up blank (not enough caffeine yet!) I
> seem to recall reading a physical analogy once before on Lactnet, but can't
> find it in the archives. Can anyone come up with something that will explain it
> well to parents? "Breastfeeding with a tongue-tie is like........." thanks in
> advance, Doreen Vanderstoep RN, IBCLC
>
>
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