tongue tie baby anyones baby have this ?

My son has a "moderate" tongue tie - they offered to cut it but I personally refused - they assured me it wouldn't affect his speech as he grows up, it would only mean he had more trouble breastfeeding (he's now 14 months and still breastfed though!) and may not be able to get his tongue pierced, which wasn't an issue to me lol. However, they say it doesn't hurt baby if they do have it cut as there are no nerves in the tissue that gets cut. It's up to you whether you have it corrected or not - it won't sort itself out, but it might have no impact on baby ... Maybe ask your health visitor or doctor if it will affect them long term :) x

My 1st was significantly tongue tied. They never gave me a % but his tongue appeared almost forked until he was nearly a year. I didn't do anything to it (even though they said I "should" because he had a great latch & nursed well despite that. Over time, it has elongated. I knew nursing helped with that & he was an early talker & has always been very articulate. If it had interfered with anything I would have addressed it immediately, but I am definitely from the school of "If it ain't broke don't fix it" so we didn't. I had to laugh once as speech therapist I had JUST met told me that my son "should have" had his tongue tie clipped because it effects speech & he was "going to have problems" with it. I said, Really - the child who just walked up, asked a question clearly that we all understood & is well ahead of age verbally is "going to have problems' & when should I expect those to start?" She stammered with an answer. Mind you her child a year older than mine was harder to understand & was far less verbal. :/ I WILL say there ARE things that can cause a development of speech issues. I have a niece who had a congenital (undiagnosed) malformation of the hard palette & as she aged her palette was narrowing & her previous pristine speech started to sound much much worse...but that is RARE. If a child is speaking very well at 18 months, there is no need to think their tongue tie will start creating any issue. It most often does NOT cause speech issues: http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?o... (read #1 under "potential effects of tongue tie").

Hi my son had a tongue tie but it was noticed at 2 days old, getting them to do the snip was another matter i had to fight all the way as the drs told me it was not needed even though it was right at the tip. Anyway at 7 months when eating solids became so difficult for him and he lost loads of weight they decided i had a point. He had it snipped at 11 months and i can honestly say he was home eating dinner within a few hours I think cuts in the mouth heal very quickly i suppose he seemed a bit uncomfortable for about an hour but nothing major (no screaming or anything)I was so worried but it was the best thing ever for him i never thought i would be happy to see my child poke his tongue out at me. All the best XX

Most babies with tongue tie do have minor speech problems if it is not corrected; the more restricted the tongue is, the more noticeable the speech problem will be. And many have difficulty breastfeeding. But by far the most serious problems are the dental issues. Most of us use our tongues to sweep our teeth after eating to dislodge debris and bits of food. The more that the tongue is restricted, the more difficulty someone has with this "cleaning" process and the more likely to have dental caries.

If it were my child, I would have it done, but you have to decide for yourself. The earlier in life it is done, the quicker and easier it is for the child.

My son had an extreme tongue tie, all the way to the tip of his tongue. He couldn't do anything with his tongue, and wasn't able to breastfeed without a nipple shield.

We got it cut a few days after he was born since it was so obviously already a problem for him. I wasn't able to leave the house (four flights of stairs) at that point, but the procedure was actually taped for teaching purposes, so I was able to see how it was done afterwards. He didn't like all that fidgeting in his mouth of course, but the discomfort of the cut itself obviously lasted a minute or so at most. He settled right away and slept the whole ride back in his car seat.

When he came home he was able to latch on right away, no more nipple shield needed. He didn't need any special care for the cut, and it never seemed to bother him. And now (9 weeks old) his favourite game is to stick out his tongue at me!

Obviously my son's situation was different than yours, so I'm not telling you yae or nae. I just thought our experience about the procedure itself could be useful to you.

My son was born tongue tied, I asked the health visitor about it but she said as long as he was feeding okay you should leave it and only get it sorted if it causes problems with speech later on....my son is 13 weeks now and I have noticed an improvement in it, he is able to stick the tip of his tongue out now which head no chance of doing a few months ago x

my son had it and doctor told me wait till he one see if sorts its self out and it did i didnt like the thought of it being cut.