At work it seemed
that every baby with a not-so-perfect latch or feeding technique was
immediately labelled by midwives as having "tongue tie". As the
number of affected babies seemed to rise exponentially every year we remained
skeptical (dubious?!) -not that the condition existed, but that it was having
such an impact on feeding.
Well, let me just
say... Tongue tie does exist and has a massive impact on feeding!
After 6 weeks of
agonisingly painful breastfeeding, 2 episodes of mastitis, 1 hospital admission
and Doof's weight falling from the 50th centile to the 2nd... He had a
frenulectomy
Oh wow. The
difference - immediately pain free. A proper latch that he could maintain. And
best of all - his weight has gone up to 25th centile. No longer a "famine
baby" thankyouverymuch!*
At 17 weeks now I
wonder if it is returning as recently his latch has started to slip again and
feeding has once again become painful. Not agonising yet, but definitely
different...
We shall see...
*this refers to a
comment a fellow healthcare professional made about Doof’s appearance during a routine check up when he was
not gaining weight well. Rather harsh in my opinion – luckily I took it as a
joke and did not worry too much. Said to the wrong person or to someone more
insecure about their child’s weight… could have not gone down as well!
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