I finally looked under my daughter's tongue (8 yrs old) for a posterior
tongue tie, as in the video that has been shared on Lactnet.

Wouldn't you know it - there it was. She never had a day's trouble nursing
(yay!) in her 3 + years of bf.  However, she had moderate to significant
speech problems.  She can't do her "L"s at the back of her tongue, only the
tip of her tongue. Hard K's ang G's were very difficult for her, and only
came around 2 years into speech therapy (gratefully paid by the school).

She hears me tease one of her older brothers that also has a tongue tie
(discovered when he was 12!) about having his tongue clipped (minor teeth
crowding, constant lisp).  She asked if her's was going to be clipped,
too.  I asked my dentist about Braeden's and was told he would only clip it
if a speech path said it was causing problems.  With Cordelia's 4 years of
speech therapy, I'm wondering if he'd clip it.  Her speech path didn't get
the PTT (neither did I, though). But it does wholy explain why any sound
which required the lifting of the back of her tongue was so difficult for
her. (As an aside, she only now has problems with her R's and cannot roll
her R's, either.  I hope she never has to learn spanish LOL).

Steph
6 Nations

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