Tongue Tie

I found out that my son was tongue tied in the hospital. There are a lot of pediatricians and other doctors that don't want to deal with a child that is this way. Fortunately for me, the hospital I was at had lactation consultants on call so I was able to speak with one immediately. She is the one that told me he was tongue tied, not any of the three pediatricians that saw him even mentioned it.She also informed me that unfortunately it was like a mortal sin to even mention that term anymore in the hospital because they didn't see it as a problem for infants, but it is. It can cause them to not be able to latch onto the breast or bottle, their tongues cannot lift from the bottom of their mouths far enough to clean, they will have speach problems if it is severe enough and some have problems eating solid foods. I took my son in at about 9 weeks and had it clipped in a dentists office because no ear, nose and throat dr. would do it until he was 3. At that age, it's done as a surgery. They get put under and anesthetics are used to sedate them and there are stitched involved and everything else. I would do some research and find out if there are any dr.'s around you that will do the procedure, hopefully your baby isn't too old now. Goodluck to you!