https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:59:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2616005 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:30:06 +0000 peaches1038 2616005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: that's what I've been doing- pull the top lip out and it's fine. It's just when I don't (like MOTN when I'm a zombie) that it's uncomfortable. Thanks for the tip about the blood haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2616004 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:29:04 +0000 peaches1038 2616004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: @oliviaoblivia: @pastemoo: @Iced Tea: thanks everyone! Glad to hear of others who have not had to have it revised. I definitely don't want him to have an unnecessary procedure. He has 4 teeth already so maybe a dentist appointment in the next couple weeks wouldn't hurt just to make sure about the gap.</p> <p> @pastemoo: my nephew also busted his around the same age! Ouch.<br /> @BelugaBean: that's interesting about the gap giving space for the adult teeth!<br /> @Iced Tea: that's a great point about the compensatory strategies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2616003 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:23:17 +0000 Maysprout 2616003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my girls have one but my second has a bigger one than my first. I had to pull her upper lip out for her to nurse well at first but then she did fine. The LC recommended getting it cut, the peds and dentist said meh - so we didn't. The only thing we were warned about was that if it gets busted from a fall it's bloody. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2616002 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:21:19 +0000 Iced Tea 2616002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know much about the connection between ties and reflux. I would try to find out more. </p> <p>As far as breastfeeding pain, I doubt clipping the ties would help much at this late stage. He would have already developed compensatory habits that he's unlikely to change. My LO had revision at 10 weeks, and that was considered on the late side (for helping breastfeeding anyway). </p> <p>Lip ties almost always come with a tongue tie (but the reverse is not true), btw. </p> <p>The revision was hard on my daughter. I would only do it again if I was pretty confident that it would alleviate a painful condition or if it was a last ditch effort to save our breastfeeding relationship. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2616001 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:17:03 +0000 pastemoo 2616001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: I'd talk to the dentist. I had mine revised when I was 5 and I remember it. That is the dentist's domain because it may or may not be a problem.<br /> My son had it but busted it during a fall when he was 3, so no surgery for him! Also, he might not have needed it. Some level of tissue there is normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2615996 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 18:38:09 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2615996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second had a lip tie like that. Nursing was fine. I talked with her pediatrician and pediatric dentist and they weren't alarmed at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2615995 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 18:36:22 +0000 BelugaBean 2615995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my girls have this. LO1 is four now and we've had no issues from it. She nursed just fine when she was a baby, speaks just fine, and her doctor said the gap may actually help when her adult teeth come in. DH had one and had to have it cut eventually so I'm not sure if she will, too. LO2 has a bigger gap so I'm curious to see how it affects her. She also had a high palate at birth and was never able to latch comfortably. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-lip-ties#post-2615982 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:14:22 +0000 peaches1038 2615982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is almost 10 months old and I'm pretty certain he has a lip tie. He is currently on Zantac for reflux and nursing has always been a bit uncomfortable for me. I've been reading that lip ties can contribute to reflux. Not one of the handful of medical professionals had ever looked in his mouth (lactation consultant, 2 pediatricians and the pediatric pulmonologist we see). I'm curious if anyone has any experience with a revision this late in the game and what effect, if any, this might have on his dental alignment or speech.</p> <p>[attach=1712/16/od033z.450x600.image.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097520 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 04:08:06 +0000 erinpye 2097520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second bodywork. I was told it's really important, and so we took LO to 2 craniosacral therapy sessions after her laser release. That's all she needed, to release some tension built up from tensing and overcompensating with a restricted mouth. </p> <p>Remember LO has never felt her mouth work like this, not even in the womb, so it will take a few days to get the hang of it. Try and be patient. I found taking a nice warm bath and nursing/ feeding in the bath was very soothing for my LO as she recovered. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097402 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:01:32 +0000 MrsRcCar 2097402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: the best way we found to burp him was laying tummy down on our thighs and lightly drumming on his back. He wasn't prone to spitting up tho. E is a little more prone to spitting up. The best way to burp him is our feet up on the couch with our knees bent, resting E tummy on our thighs and burp. That way he was still upright but the pressure was great enough to get the burp out. I second what PP says about the chiropractor they are a huge help for all kinds of issues! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097397 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:54:00 +0000 AprilFool 2097397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: Yay for hope! I hope they help :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097362 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:20:10 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 2097362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: Thank you thank you! That give me hope! :) We go to the chiropractor on Monday and then on Thursday to get the cranial-sacral massage. Hoping and praying they help her! And maybe I also need more affective burping techniques. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097344 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:13:04 +0000 AprilFool 2097344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: Yes I definitely think a cranial-sacral massage would be very similar. I would give that a go and see if it helps. </p> <p>The Chiro might also be more help now that the tie has been released. We saw the Osteo twice before the release but it kept pulling things back out of alignment. We saw him once after the release to re do things and never had to take her back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097331 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:00:15 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 2097331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRcCar: I'm glad it's not just me! I will try to stop her more often, but this evening she had this after just 1 and 1.5 oz. :/ The interesting thing is that she guzzles 4 oz at night with no issues and burps so easily. I guess because she's so much more relaxed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097329 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:59:08 +0000 MrsRcCar 2097329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: what we did find with N was finally able to eat properly was he would suck it down super fast. Causing huge air bubbles and screams. We had to physically stop and burp him often to slow the screams. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097328 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:59:04 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 2097328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: That sounds amazing! We have taken her to a chiropractor and I feel like that's helped, but she didn't have burping techniques. I will need to look to see if we have osteopaths here. Would that be similar to someone doing cranial-sacral massage I wonder? That's often recommended as well for fussy/reflux babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097317 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:51:16 +0000 AprilFool 2097317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: Maybe they are only popular in Australia? Haha. An Osteopath uses manipulation to move things back into place but it's very gentle, like a massage. The closest would probably be a Chiropractor if you can't see an Osteopath. </p> <p>DD was 2 weeks old when we first saw him and he adjusted her palette (one side was higher) and realigned her facial structure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097276 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:34:34 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 2097276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and she's 2.5 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097275 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:34:26 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 2097275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: I've never heard of an Osteopath! What do they do and how do they help? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2097261 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:24:28 +0000 AprilFool 2097261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: We saw a difference immediately but LO was already 6 weeks old. How old is your LO? They say it can take 2 weeks to relearn how to feed. </p> <p>The Dr recommended seeing an Osteopath and probiotics, both of which I was already doing. I think both of these greatly helped and might help your LO with her burping. We had seen Osteo twice before getting it cut and that's when our feeding was usually best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tongue-tie-questions-again#post-2096178 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:26:17 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 2096178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, Sweet P got her tongue AND lip tie released Tuesday afternoon. We got it done by laser, which I'm glad for.</p> <p>Anyway, Tuesday night was horrid (4 straight hours of screaming after numbing meds wore off), but since then I feel like she's been doing OK with the pain. We've been doing Tylenol religiously every 6 hours and some diluted clove oil recommended by the Dr. for pain and disinfecting. </p> <p>Anyway, how long before you saw a difference. It hasn't been 48 hours yet, but she's definitely still having difficulty feeding (which we expected and know is normal), but is also very screamy when she needs to burp (which is new). </p> <p>I know we're still in the 'recovery' phase, so it's not like I expect feedings to be great or her fussiness to go away yet, but I'm wondering how long it took your baby to get better. I'm really, really hoping and praying this helps her, but right now I'm TIRED and wondering when it might get better?? </p>