My daughter is now 17 months old and we just realized she is toungue tied. She has been into the Dr. many times and our Dr. has never noticed it. My husband actually noticed it. Should we get it clipped?? And is she gonna be ok?? I am so worried that something is gonna go wrong.
Thank you all for your support and answers. We went to the Dr today and we have to go to an ENT because its so tight that our Dr couldnt get to it to do it in clinic.
Don't ask us; just take her to the doctor and have him take a look at her tongue. He will know what to do.
Unless you breastfeed - this sort of thing doesn't get caught until much later. Of course get her tongue snipped - it will impede her speaking clearly.
If it's interfering with her speech get it done now! We didn't find out my son was until he was 3 if we had known sooner we would have done it sooner. The surgery took about 5 minutes. All they do is cauterize is it. There is minimal bleeding sometimes a child requires a stitch. He was eating by the time we got him he had no pain and did even need Tylenol and was completely back to his normal self by the time we got home from the hospital.
The early it is done the better and the quicker it heals. My son's was done when he was newborn (before we left the hospital). My husband on the other hand never had his done and although he CAN speak clearly in normal conversational tone or when he is excited, he can be difficult to understand...he tends not to speak up and then it sounds like he's mumbling.
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The early it is done the better and the quicker it heals. My son's was done when he was newborn (before we left the hospital). My husband on the other hand never had his done and although he CAN speak clearly in normal conversational tone or when he is excited, he can be difficult to understand...he tends not to speak up and then it sounds like he's mumbling.
I was tongue tied as a baby and mine was clipped, I'm fine!
My two oldest kids had this. At the age of 18 months my first had an unrelated tooth surgery and it was then discovered that she was tongue-tied. The dr. fixed it while she was under anesthesia. My second daughter went to the dentist for the first time at age 2 and I inquired about whether she was tongue-tied and turns out she was severely so. The dentist recommended a simple in-office procedure under novacaine to fix it up, and that's what we did shortly thereafter. It's recommended to get it fixed to prevent speech problems down the road. Make an appt. w/ a pediatric dentist and go from there. Good luck!
My brother was tongue tied. He was clipped at around 3 or 4 years old because he wasn't talking very well. He is now 22 and has no lingering issues.
If your daughters' speech is okay, I'd wait it out.
My friend's little girl is tongue tied and she's eating fine and talking up a storm! she's 22 months
Wow I never heard of "tongue tied" until now. Had to google it. From what I read it's a pretty simple procedure I would get it taken care of early. That way your baby doesn't remember it and learns the correct speech patterns.
Hi P.---I just had lunch with a friend yesterday who has an almost 4 month old baby. Poor thing had the hardest time nursing and was always very gassy...apparently because she was tongue tied. Their pediatrician did not recognize it and told them that babies were 'just colicky'. They went to another ped and she recognized the problem right away. The new doc told them that it could affect her speech. My friends noticed a change in her ability to nurse, apparent reflux (a 'diagnosis' given but not likely the case...) and general level of being a more content baby.
Get another opinion. Medicine is very scientific, yet the practice of it is more of an art than anything. Docs don't know everything and they especially don't know what they don't know.
Good luck. D.
My son was tongue tied at birth, not severely, but enough. The Dr at the time said we should wait to see if he would "grow out of it". Well, he didn't and it started to impact his speech. We had it clipped when he was 2 1/2, I wish we had done it so much sooner so that it wouldn't have been such a big deal. Get it clipped. It's not a big procedure at all and do it earlier rather than later so it's less of a big deal for your little girl. Good luck!
I know someone whose son had to have that procedure done. It sounded like it was a pretty simple procedure, he wasn't too uncomfortable and it really helped him a lot with his speech. Always research it though so you can make the best informed decision for your child. Good luck!
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I was born "toungue tied" and I WISH that it was clipped when I was young. I am too old now for it to really make a difference it is what it is. My son was born the same way and I had that sucker clipped here are my reasons:
1. he breastfeed and it was difficult to latch
2. silly things like eating can be difficult depending on the degree (I can not just lick an ice cream cone! I have to bite it!)
3. when I get a cough it gets stuck between by two bottom teeth and then I am stuck with a HUGE sore on the frengilum so big I can not always close my mouth until it heals.
4. I have a slight lisp when I speak or get nervous (because of my tongue's lack of movement)
It was an easy thing to have done and there was no heal time, however many doctor's will not do it.
