I decided since I broke my "lurk" mode, I should also ask for help on this
one.

I work as a hospital-based LC with outpatient contacts as needed or requested.

I am using the tool developed by Alison Haselbaker for frenulum assessment
and have found that physicians have been most receptive to the clearer
picture of function that it assesses.  It USUALLY works to convince them
that tongue-ties should be released.  However, I have run into a problem.
One of our surgeons who is himself slightly tongue-tied, has been clipping
tongue-ties for our physicians who don't know how to do them.  Recently a
baby with a tongue-tie was referred to him and he decided to contact our
local pediatricians (BAD MOVE!)  He spoke with 3 of the 4 of them and they
ALL told him that tongue-tie release at the neonate age was NOT NEEDED and
that the frenulum would stretch and the baby would have not problems.

He states that he doesn't feel qualified to make these decisions, but is
very agreeable to information about tongue-tie.  Does anyone have any
wonderful, succinct information I can give to this man to encourage him to
look at the other point of view?  He is going to read Alison's thesis which
I purchased this summer at the conference and I will give him the tongue-tie
information I have picked up here, but more information would also be
helpful.   I will also suggest he purchase a copy of Evelyn Jain's video.

Again, TIA!

Jeanne Hagreen, RN, IBCLC
The Mosquito Farm & Lost Moose Preserve
Salmon Valley, BC, Canada
(20 km. north of Prince George)
Don Hagreen &
Jeanne Hagreen RN, IBCLC
The Mosquito Farm & Lost Moose Preserve,
Salmon Valley, B.C.
(20km N of Prince George)