I've been off Lactnet for several months but am now back on,  thankfully,
(computer crash, etc.)  and am in desperate need of some help, support,
encouragement or whatever you can come up with!
   Over the past 2 months I've counseled 2 Moms whose babies had significant
tongue-tie. They both had the same pediatrician and he does not believe this
EVER needs treatment.  After long hours of research and searching Lactnet
archives, I have an impressive list of references on this subject, including
a personal reply from Dr. Jack Newman but the pediatrician has not budged,
even a little bit.  He says most of my references are "lay literature".  Now
he apparently tells his patients that I'm a  fanatic and they should not
listen to my advice.  I should add that I'm hospital based and have never
spoken to this Dr. directly, only phone messages and Faxes.  I've requested a
meeting but no reply.  These 2 babies are now formula-fed and I'm
discouraged.  One reference I can't find is a transcript of the LLLI
physicians seminar(1991) that was apparently in a Medical Newsletter.
Allison Hazelbaker included this in her research and assessment tool but
repeated calls to LLLI have been unsuccessful in locating this.  It
apparently included remarks from Dr. Lawrence Gartner and since he's been on
the AAP work group on Bf, I wanted to include that with my next
communication.
   I'm certain many of you have had similar experiences and I could use some
encouragement from someone whose been there!!    Also, please feel free to
E-Mail me privately if you'd like to use my exhaustive reference list!
TIA!!!

Susan Hannum, RN,ICCE,IBCLC

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