- lingual frenulum restricting the movement and function of the tongue
- Normal speech and feeding is able to be established despite the presence of a tongue tie
- It’s important to remember that many babies that appear to have a tongue-tie can still breastfeed well.
- Most breastfeeding problems are not caused by a tongue-tie.
- There is insufficient evidence to support a link between tongue tie and speech impairment or feeding difficulty
- Children are able to develop normal feeding, speech and language despite the presence of a tongue tie
- Symptoms
- prolonged feeding, difficulty latching, and irritability while feeding
- poor weight gain
- nipple pain
- Possible signs of tongue-tie
- They are not able to lift their tongue up past the middle of their mouth.
- A ‘V shape’ or ‘heart shape’ tongue tip
- Treatment
- observation is the best treatment option.
- If other causes of difficulty feeding have been ruled out, then a frenotomy can be offered as a treatment option
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