A tongue tie might cause a baby to compensate by chewing the mother's nipple instead of sucking it—leading to a sore mom, a hungry baby, and frustration all around. Breastfeeding success depends on a good seal between the baby's mouth and the mother's nipple. But some babies have a ...
I’m a little concerned about the lip callus as a sign of a tie. So many absolutely normal babies get these in the first two months. Some get one or two that fall off naturally, just because they are using their lips so frequently. All my five had lip calluses, and I’ve had grea...
Learn How To Identify The Signs & Symptoms of Tongue & Lip Ties. As a laser-certified dentist, Dr. Pinto offers in-office laser frenectomy treatment for assisting babies to latch on to the breast.
What is tongue-tie?Tongue-tie occurs when the thin piece of skin under the baby's tongue (the lingual frenulum) is very short and restricts the movement of the tongue. The tongue is not free or mobile enough for the baby to attach properly to the breast. Tongue-tie occurs in about 5%...
I don’t know why my body hurts SO much. It could be the weight gain. Or maybe just the physical act of carrying and delivering two babies. Or maybe it’s because I haven’t had a good nights’ sleep in almost three years and haven’t been able to recover. Or maybe it’s becaus...
And though the word "tie" is in the diagnosis, Gauss says a tongue, cheek, or lip tie doesn't mean the tissue is "necessarily tied in a knot." "An anterior tie, it almost makes like a heart-shaped tongue where the babies or anyone, even adults who are tongue-tied can't...
Babies ranged from 2 to 20 weeks old with the median age being 6.6 weeks. The most common presenting complaint was latching issues (85%) with mothers' painful nipples being the second (65%). 21 patients (62%) had a tongue tie release, 10 (29%) had both a tongue tie and upper lip...
The decrease in cleft lip width helps prevent invagination of the tongue during swallowing, which allows the NAM to narrow the cleft jaw. This is believed to help narrow the moveable mucosa attached to the alveolus and lips at the same time. Narrowing both the cleft jaw and lip width should...