Debbie Harrison
October 13th 05, 09:38 PM
Sarah
Thankyou so much for all the info ( and Linz for the links ). I will pass it
all on to my friend and if she has any further questions I will come back to
you. I think she is thinking of having it done and the nearest to us would
either be Brisol or Nottingham. Again I willlet you know what she decides.
Thanks again
Debbie
"Sarah Vaughan" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, me. My son was born with a tongue tie, which we eventually had
> snipped when he was two months old. The full story is a bit long to go
> into right now, but suffice it to say that I am now convinced that (1) it
> would have been a darned sight better if he could have had it snipped at
> birth, and (2) given that this didn't happen, I'm still very glad that we
> had it done when we did instead of faffing around for the next year the
> way the local authorities apparently thought we should.
>
>
> In message >, Debbie
> Harrison > writes
>>My friend has a two month son who has a tongue tie. She is currently
>>managing to breast feed even though his tongue tie is causing some
>>difficulties.
>
> Is her baby gaining weight properly? Jamie wasn't, and we finally had to
> face the fact that it was due to his tongue tie despite the fact that the
> pain had almost settled. He just couldn't get the milk in properly.
> Unfortunately, by then my supply had gone down and it took a lot of
> pumping and hassle to get his weight up.
>
>> She has been told by her GP and Hospital Paediatrician that
>>nothing will be done about it until he is at least 2 when he is beginning
>>to
>>talk.
>
> Which is the same sort of misinformed rubbish I faced. Apart from all the
> problems with breastfeeding, it's also much easier to do in a small baby.
> Jamie's tongue tie was clipped there and then in the office, whereas if
> I'd left it until he was a toddler he'd have needed a general anaesthetic
> to get it fixed. I know it sounds harsh, but it only took a second to do
> and I could nurse him immediately, which comforted him. It really was so
> much easier than a hospital stay and general anaesthetic would have been
> for a toddler.
>
>> Does anyone else have any experience of tongue tie and any useful
>>infromation/help that I can pass on to her.
>
> Yes - Linz looked up some great links when this happened to me.
>
> <http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/tonguetie.asp> will help her find the
> nearest person who will do it (unless she's lucky, she'll have to travel
> out of the area).
>
> <http://www.babycentre.co.uk/refcap/552046.html> and
> <http://www.abm.me.uk/tonguetieresearch.htm> have general info which she
> may find useful.
>
> <http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/bfhelp-tonguetie.html> has lots of
> links. One of these,
> <http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/110/5/e63/T1>, is
> a scale which will allow her to evaluate the severity of her baby's tongue
> tie - when I rated Jamie's on this, I realised it was worse than I'd
> thought just from looking at it. However, it's from a medical article and
> has a lot of medical terminology, so it isn't the easiest thing in the
> world to use. Basically, if she's getting pain or the baby isn't gaining
> weight, I'd recommend she has it done even if she needs to go out of area.
>
>>Many thanks in advance.
>
> You're very welcome. After the problems we had with this, I feel very
> strongly about helping out other people in the same position. Please let
> me know if she wants any more advice, help, feedback or whatever from
> someone who's BTDT.
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Sarah
>
> --
> http://www.goodenoughmummy.blogspot.com
>
> But how do we _know_ that nobody ever said on their deathbed that they
> wished
> they'd spent more time at the office?
>
Thankyou so much for all the info ( and Linz for the links ). I will pass it
all on to my friend and if she has any further questions I will come back to
you. I think she is thinking of having it done and the nearest to us would
either be Brisol or Nottingham. Again I willlet you know what she decides.
Thanks again
Debbie
"Sarah Vaughan" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, me. My son was born with a tongue tie, which we eventually had
> snipped when he was two months old. The full story is a bit long to go
> into right now, but suffice it to say that I am now convinced that (1) it
> would have been a darned sight better if he could have had it snipped at
> birth, and (2) given that this didn't happen, I'm still very glad that we
> had it done when we did instead of faffing around for the next year the
> way the local authorities apparently thought we should.
>
>
> In message >, Debbie
> Harrison > writes
>>My friend has a two month son who has a tongue tie. She is currently
>>managing to breast feed even though his tongue tie is causing some
>>difficulties.
>
> Is her baby gaining weight properly? Jamie wasn't, and we finally had to
> face the fact that it was due to his tongue tie despite the fact that the
> pain had almost settled. He just couldn't get the milk in properly.
> Unfortunately, by then my supply had gone down and it took a lot of
> pumping and hassle to get his weight up.
>
>> She has been told by her GP and Hospital Paediatrician that
>>nothing will be done about it until he is at least 2 when he is beginning
>>to
>>talk.
>
> Which is the same sort of misinformed rubbish I faced. Apart from all the
> problems with breastfeeding, it's also much easier to do in a small baby.
> Jamie's tongue tie was clipped there and then in the office, whereas if
> I'd left it until he was a toddler he'd have needed a general anaesthetic
> to get it fixed. I know it sounds harsh, but it only took a second to do
> and I could nurse him immediately, which comforted him. It really was so
> much easier than a hospital stay and general anaesthetic would have been
> for a toddler.
>
>> Does anyone else have any experience of tongue tie and any useful
>>infromation/help that I can pass on to her.
>
> Yes - Linz looked up some great links when this happened to me.
>
> <http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/tonguetie.asp> will help her find the
> nearest person who will do it (unless she's lucky, she'll have to travel
> out of the area).
>
> <http://www.babycentre.co.uk/refcap/552046.html> and
> <http://www.abm.me.uk/tonguetieresearch.htm> have general info which she
> may find useful.
>
> <http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/bfhelp-tonguetie.html> has lots of
> links. One of these,
> <http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/110/5/e63/T1>, is
> a scale which will allow her to evaluate the severity of her baby's tongue
> tie - when I rated Jamie's on this, I realised it was worse than I'd
> thought just from looking at it. However, it's from a medical article and
> has a lot of medical terminology, so it isn't the easiest thing in the
> world to use. Basically, if she's getting pain or the baby isn't gaining
> weight, I'd recommend she has it done even if she needs to go out of area.
>
>>Many thanks in advance.
>
> You're very welcome. After the problems we had with this, I feel very
> strongly about helping out other people in the same position. Please let
> me know if she wants any more advice, help, feedback or whatever from
> someone who's BTDT.
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Sarah
>
> --
> http://www.goodenoughmummy.blogspot.com
>
> But how do we _know_ that nobody ever said on their deathbed that they
> wished
> they'd spent more time at the office?
>