Thomas was tongue-tied when he was born, but it was not extremely bad. He was able to nurse with the assistance of a shield for the first two weeks, and then we stopped using the shield. A lot of pediatricians do not recommend doing anything when a baby is tongue-tied because a lot of kids out grow it, or it doesn’t end up causing them any speech problems. It is a very, very simple procedure to clip the part of the tongue that is being restrained. The absolute worst part of it is seeing your baby in a hospital gown.
They shouldn’t even make hospital gowns that small.
He had to have very light anesthesia, and was a little disoriented for about ten minutes after the surgery. He refused to nurse, but luckily I had packed a bottle just in case, and he took it fine. We were back home by about 10:00 in the morning, and by about 10:30, Thomas was playing on his activity mat. If you had not told me that the child had surgery three hours before, I never would have known it. So, anyways. Here’s a short video showing that Thomas was alive and well that same day of the surgery!
*****ATTENTION ALL MOTHERS: WHAT I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN: If we would have made an appointment with the ENT doctor within the first 10 days/2 weeks (I can’t remember exactly which one!) he said that he would have been able to do this simple little procedure in his office. Since Thomas was already older than 10 days/2 weeks by the time we saw him, we had to do it as an out-patient surgery, which includes a trip to the old hospital, anesthesia, nurses, baby hospital gowns, and bills, bills, bills!
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