Anonymous wrote:we saw dr. pham-- around 16 months when i thought mine had a lip tie (after 12 difficult months or nursing). two dentist friends said it looked like a tie she said no need for a revision.

We saw Dr. Pham as well for my now 3 year old DS after 5 months of on and off nursing issues and moderate reflux. She noted mild lip and tongue ties but didn’t recommend revision because he was gaining weight fine. However, he still drools a ton at 3. Hmm

Anonymous wrote:Please read the article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/health/tongue-tie-release-breastfeeding.html

This is not to scare you - but to educate and make sure you are asking the right questions

There are a number of good MDs in our area who do the procedure with medical scissors and do it as a primary part of their practice. Seek out those individuals vs a dentist with a laser who has simply taken a seminar on tongue release!

It’s such a simple procedure (both my kids had it) that I can’t really see a down side. It’s important that the tongue be able to rest up in the palate or it has an impact on the development of the entire face.

Make sure you do the stretches BEFORE and after the procedure

I saw this ENT (he was recommended by friend of a friend) and he recommended against releasing my son’s tongue tie. https://www.medstarhealth.org/blog/author-profile/andrew-y-lee-md

we saw dr. pham-- around 16 months when i thought mine had a lip tie (after 12 difficult months or nursing). two dentist friends said it looked like a tie she said no need for a revision.

Yes. My closest friend did not have either kid clipped even though it was present.

My son has tongue and lip ties corrected and his lip grew back and is now causing issues with teeth gap Fun times.

Clipping tongue tie is super simple. Don't need an ENT.

I saw Dr. Black at Otolaryngology Associates for both my babies with mild ties but difficulty feeding and growth issues. She gave an excellent consultation and pros and cons. Both times she said it was a difficult call and with one she leaned towards doing it the other she said she couldn’t say either way. Both times she left the room to let me husband and I talk about it. She also offered to do it same day or think and come back. So definitely not a cut cut cut kind of doctor.

If mother had tongue tie, baby's tongue tie is likely substantial also.

We were told by 2nd and 3rd ENT opinions to not have a tongue tie fixed for our DS at age 3 because it required anesthesia. Highly regret that when he had severe feeding issues/anxiety because he couldn't move the food in his mouth around. We mentioned it to his dentist offhand one visit when he was 8 (as he was still struggling) and she sedated him and had the procedure done in seconds.

PP again. The tongue tie might also have been why our DC had continuous trouble with breast-feeding, but it is impossible to be certain as she was 4 when we fixed the tongue tie.

Our DC had a “mild” tongue tie. MDs hemmed and hawed, but would not say that fixing the tongue tie was absolutely medically necessary. Our DC also kept drooling all through her 3 year old year, when the other kids her age at preschool all had stopped drooling. Various explanations were given for the drooling, but most explanations had nothing to do with the tongue tie

After we fixed the tongue tie, her mystery-caused drooling stopped immediately. So, I would have a tongue tie fixed in a heart beat.

My first grader had a lip tie corrected at 3 days — she couldn’t latch at all without severe pain for me. This baby is gaining weight just fine and not causing me pain, but losing suction frequently and getting very gassy, so it would be for his comfort, but I’m reluctant to take the risks of surgery even minor surgery.

Please read the article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/health/tongue-tie-release-breastfeeding.html

This is not to scare you - but to educate and make sure you are asking the right questions

LC diagnosed our baby with a high palate and lip and tongue ties. Trying to decide whether we want to revise them. Someone suggested consulting an ENT, but since the ENT’s are the ones who do the revisions, I’m not sure they’ll actually give me new information. Have you ever had one tell you revision is not necessary? There definitely are ties.