Has your baby been diagnosed with Tongue and/or Lip-tie?
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Are you and your baby experiencing ANY of these symptoms below?
Baby's Symptoms
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Poor latch
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Poor Weight Gain
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Reflux or spitting up often
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Clicking or smacking noises
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Gassy or fussy often
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Milk dribbles out of mouth
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Baby is frustrated when eating
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Unable to hold a pacifier
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Marathon feeds
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Arches back at breast
Mother's Symptoms
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Painful nursing
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Creased or flattened nipples
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Blistered or cut nipples
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Incomplete breast drainage
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Plugged ducts or mastitis
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Can’t latch without a nipple shield
Assessment
It is not only how the frenulum looks
We carefully examine 2 things
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Function (how breastfeeding is going)
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Appearance (how the frenulum looks)
The most important things is how breastfeeding is going. Not only how the frenulum looks.
Plan of Care - to make things better
There are many approaches depending on symptoms. One of the approach includes:
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Gestalt Breastfeeding: A holistic approach that empowers you to switch on baby's innate breastfeeding refluxes.
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Positioning your baby to turn on baby's natural breastfeeding ability
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Discover ways to psychologically prepare mom and baby for breastfeeding
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We are seeing great results with the approach. Many babies who are diagnosed with tongue/lip ties have been breastfeeding without going through the release procedure.
Resources
Tongue-Tie in Infants & Young Children
American Academy of Pediatrics