My LO is 3 weeks old today. She had tongue AND lip ties. We got hers lasered when she was a week and a half. They swaddled her, put numbing cream on the areas and it was done in less than ten minutes. I wasn't in the room once she was swaddled bc I wasn't allowed but she barely made a peep. And the moment they finished with the tongue she was sticking it out and moving it all around bc she never could before. I put her to the breast within five minutes of it being done and we've been fine ever since. She nurses normally now, we never even needed pain meds for her. And she's finally gaining weight, slowly, but gaining! And she wasn't before. She's only 3 weeks but it made all the difference for us.
Edit to add: is there a reason they are doing anesthesia for your LO? It seems pretty overkill. I had lip tie and had it lasered around age 14 and it was so quick and relatively painless. I still remember it. Just curious.
) My LO is 3 weeks old today. She had tongue AND lip ties. We got hers lasered when she was a week and a half. They swaddled her, put numbing cream on the areas and it was done in less than ten minutes. I wasn't in the room once she was swaddled bc I wasn't allowed but she barely made a peep. And the moment they finished with the tongue she was sticking it out and moving it all around bc she never could before. I put her to the breast within five minutes of it being done and we've been fine ever since. She nurses normally now, we never even needed pain meds for her. And she's finally gaining weight, slowly, but gaining! And she wasn't before. She's only 3 weeks but it made all the difference for us.
Edit to add: is there a reason they are doing anesthesia for your LO? It seems pretty overkill. I had lip tie and had it lasered around age 14 and it was so quick and relatively painless. I still remember it. Just curious.
We first had a consultation to cut it when she was around 5 months? (Now 14 months) and according to the surgeon, there was too much of a risk of it bleeding out so had to wait until she was over a year so they could laser it. I'm guessing it's to stop them wriggling around and potentially causing more damage when a laser is involved? We are in Scotland so I'm not sure if procedures vary from place to place
It's been a long time coming! We had constant feeding battles due to poor latch (which isn't such a problem anymore) but it's becoming evident that it's beginning to affect her speech at such a young age x
I definitely cried more than my daughter did.
Well I mentioned it st DDs check up this morning but my doctor told me they don't cut it unless it's causing problems. So feeding problems or speech.
She did have feeding problems as new born but instead of digging deeper as to why she wasn't latching we switched to bottles so there's no problem now (biggest regret that i didn't think to have her checked after birth
So i guess i have to hope she won't have speech issues, if she does then it'll be cut then. So i'll likely be in the same boat in a couple of months...
Well I mentioned it st DDs check up this morning but my doctor told me they don't cut it unless it's causing problems. So feeding problems or speech.
She did have feeding problems as new born but instead of digging deeper as to why she wasn't latching we switched to bottles so there's no problem now (biggest regret that i didn't think to have her checked after birth
So i guess i have to hope she won't have speech issues, if she does then it'll be cut then. So i'll likely be in the same boat in a couple of months...
Are you in the UK or US? DD was bottlefed and unfortunately there were still huge issues with latch - even now she still dribbles like crazy when she takes a drink! I would push for a second opinion to have your LO referred to have it cut sooner rather than later
