Yesterday we took poor little Maddie to the pediatrician to have her frenulum (the skin under her tongue) evaluated. We thought she might be tongue-tied, which creates lots of breastfeeding problems. We HAVE lots of breastfeeding problems. The doctor decided to do a frenotomy, which is just a quick snip of the frenulum, allowing the tongue to extend. It took less than a minute, there was some blood, and she cried less than she did when she got the HepB shot. I may or may not have had a mild panic attack while they were holding her down, coming at her mouth with scissors.
It's supposed to take about a week for her to get in the groove of using her new tongue, so we should expect to see some improvements of her latch in the days to come. I'm very excited!
Here you can see how the frenulum is attached to the tip of her tongue. I don't have an "after" picture yet. She hasn't been crying much now that she can stick her tongue out at me! :)
2 comments:
Poor baby! Hope that helps her nurse better.
Sweet -- a new tongue! No more breast shields?? But Steve wants to know where the pics are of this alleged toe ...
I'll give you a call you soon!
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