| When my second baby was born, two nurses at the hospital told me that they thought he was tongue-tied. They said getting it sorted was a simple procedure. I mentioned it to my ped and he told me not to listen to the nurses and said I needn't be worried about anything. Feeling assured I forgot all about it until recently when I came across a forum about it and I realised why I never managed to get my son to latch on and feed properly. He would latch on for a minute or two, latch off and start crying. This happened at every feeding session. I tried feeding him from a bottle, but he didn't want a bottle. I bought all kinds of sippy cup but he wasn't interested. I thought perhaps my milk supply was low, so tried supplimenting him with formula and changed formula several times but nothing worked. It got me really worried because each time my baby's weight was taken, the ped kept telling me he was underweight. At 4 months, I started him on solids as I didn't think he was getting enough nutrients from the measley amount of breastmilk he was getting from me. I persisted with the breastfeeding till he was 1 year old before giving up for good. At almost 2 years of age now, he's only about 10.5kgs. He's developed normally although he walked much later than other kids his age but so did his brother. He's also rapidly expanding his vocabulary and can say simple sentences so other than the breastfeeding problems I had in the first year, he seems to be doing just fine now. Still, I wish I had done that 'simple' procedure as it would have saved me a lot of worry not to mention poor bub never got fed enough!  |