Anne !  You have taken my simple analogy and blown it up
in to something FAB - U - LOUS !!!!  I LOVE IT !!!

PERMISSION GRANTED FOR EVERYONE TO USE MY HALF
of the analogy !!!

--Kathy

Katherine Koncelik, CPD, CLC
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Treasurer
Co-Founder
Long Island Doula Assoc., Inc.
A 501.c.3 Not-For-Profit Charitable Corporation
		631.581.1066


On Nov 3, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Duret, Anne wrote:

> Kathy says:
> <the analogy I use for a tongue tie…………….
> 	Imagine high school gym class and it's time
> 	for the pesky President's Physical Fitness test.
> 	And just as you are about to set out to run the
> 	track, your gym teacher says, wait !  And she
> 	ties your sneakers together !!
>
> 	Sure you can still move, but it will take all of this period and
> 	most of the next just to make it around the track !
> 	And because its sooooo tiring to "shuffle" around the
> 	track you will stop often to rest and perhaps take a
> 	a nap or two.
>
> I imagine that's what it must be like to breastfeed with a tongue  
> tie.>
>
> I love this and hope you will give us permission to use it!  I would  
> even take it a step farther and say something like this,
>
> 	Now imagine that we have invited a group of doctors to come assess  
> this situation.  Some of them will say "Those laces don't look like  
> they're tied tightly at all.  I bet they will come untied all by  
> themselves by the time the kid is half way around the track and then  
> he will be running as fast as everyone else.  It's not necessary to  
> do anything here!"  Some of them will say "Looks to me like the kid  
> can still make it around the track but I'd be willing to watch him  
> do it again in a day or two (or in a week or two) and if he is still  
> falling down a lot, or still consistently late for his next class, I  
> would be willing to discuss with you the possibility of untying his  
> laces."  And still others will say, "Well it's quite obvious  
> really.  All we need to do is untie the laces and it will only take  
> a minute.  Then he can run as fast as everyone else, and do other  
> things like climb stairs, ice skate and dance!"
>
> Anne Duret, RN IBCLC
> Springfield, Oregon
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