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Katie Fisher who treats tongue tie at Kings at Mr.Patel's clinic also treats it privately


Number is (or at least used to be) 07949176776 and with a consultation and the procedure, it would cost you ?120, think about ?70 if you've already had diagnosis.


previous thread of interest about tongue tie


http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,856764,856779#msg-856779

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A friend of a friend is a paediatrician. She says tongue ties do not need to be treated, it's a fallacy. Then my lactation consultant (Clare kedves) says we should get the snip. Has anyone had it for their baby? Does it make a difference? My little ones is posterior and apparently very subtle as everyone else (docs, hvs, different paedeatriciam) didn't find it. He can stick his tongue out and all.
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My 4th child had a posterior tt snipped at 11 days old. Even then he didn't manage to feed properly for several weeks. I could feel that he was unable to latch effectively with the tongue tie. It's slowly being realised just how much tt impacts on bf. Though in the 'olden days' I believe it was quite common for midwives to check the mouth and break any tie with a sharp fingernail
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My son was quite old when he finally had his snip done (all relative, at just under 8 weeks!). He gave a tiny whimper but that was it, so I don't think it was too painful. He cried more when he had his first inoculations a week later. Like Fuschia, it took a while to completely master breastfeeding afterwards as he had to learn how to thrust his tongue forward, but happily it all worked out for us.


Good luck.

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My daughter's posterior tongue tie wasn't diagnosed until she was 6 months, we chose not to get her treated as I was about to stop breast-feeding anyway, plus I think it would be a very unpleasant procedure for a child that age (we were advised this as well as it being a gut feeling and it makes sense). In fact at Kings 6 months is the cut off point for offering the procedure partly for this reason.

It won't make any difference in the long run, but had we had the diagnosis and procedure when she was a few days / weeks old, I wouldn''t have had such a nightmare breast feeding her, plus poor supply etc, so I think definitely worth it if found early. At 3 months if feeding is going ok I'm not sure I'd feel the need to have it done. You might also want to factor in how your child is sleeping, you need to wake them every couple of hours at night to saw on the wound with your finger to stop it healing over, which isn't an issue if a baby is a few days old as they're waking all night anyway, but if your child is sleeping well, it may be pretty unappealing to wake them to do this several times a night for a fortnight.

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Claire was my lactation consultant too


I didn't really have issues feeding ie no sore nipples unlike some others but my son had LOTS of wind and hiccups and dribbling and I found the snip really helped


They also say that if it's not cut it can affect speech and even hernias in males later in life as it is all related to their 'midline'


My son could stick his tongue out no problem but we still decided to go for the snip and noticed he difference immediately - literally on the way home we could see he had

More facial expressions and looked more relaxed.


The waking to feed in the night is a bit o a pain but it's only 2 weeks whIch in the big scheme of things isn't long


I would definitely say have it done

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My son had his tt snipped (at Kings) at 10 weeks old. It was like an (almost) instant personality transplant. He went from a baby who cried or tried to feed constantly (he was obviously starving), and who never slept... to a lovely calm, happy, smiley baby who was a joy to be with. It was the best decision for both of us.
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