Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Tongue Tied


I loved nursing Sophie when she was a little baby. It was good, quiet bonding time. I got to read lots of books and Dave would take care of my every need as I couldn't get up and move very easily. I was looking forward to breastfeeding again with Sabrina, but that didn't quite turn out like I had hoped.That's because Sabrina is tongue tied. Or was. I got her tongue clipped a few weeks ago.

If you want to know where Sabrina gets all her problems from here it is:
 Dave. That's the farthest he can stick his tongue out. 

For those of you wondering how the procedure was done here's what happened : The otolaryngologist put a clamp on her tongue and with scissors clipped the skin that tied her tongue down to her mouth (after numbing that area of couse). I actually didn't watch because I had Sophie with me and didn't want her to be freaked out. We stepped out of the room. Sophie doesn't need any more reasons to fear the doctor. Sabrina was of course upset, but only for a few minutes. It took a week or two till nursing became pain free.

Goodbye to sore nipples and bracing the latch on! Goodbye to dwindling milk supply and thus constant pumping! Goodbye to those feelings of dread every time Sabrina wanted to eat! 

Now we are all happy and eating well.


2 comments:

Joseph and Tiffany said...

Glad to hear that feeding is going better now!

Joanna said...

We had feeding issues, too! Glad to hear we weren't the only ones :)