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I had to get a few stitches in my tongue as a toddler due to quite a deep bite. Wounds in the mouth heal more rapidly, but I might get it looked at just in case. May need a stitch or two.

DD cut her tongue pretty bad last year. It was bleeding a lot and freaked me out. I called Telecare who told me that unless it was super super severe (ie almost falling off) that the Er Doctor would do very little and it would heal by itself.

So we applied pressure to get the bleeding to stop,gave her some frozen things to help with the pain and also some Tylenol. The next morning she woke up and it looked much much better ...the nurse was right, it did heal very quickly

Not sure exactly how old he is, so not sure if it'd work, but when DH cut his tongue badly they had him use a special mouthwash (from Walgreens) to reduce the risk of infection. Mouths are pretty gross.

DS cut his tongue BAD last summer - fell in the shower and bit it really deep. He had trouble with certain foods for about 24 hours, but then seemed ok. It looked awful though. I texted a pic to a family friend who's an oral surgeon and he said while they can stitch the tongue they usually prefer not to and to just let it heal on its own. After a few days, you couldn't even see it anymore.

This literally happened to J on Thursday. He was with the nanny and she got the bleeding to stop and calmed him down. He was pretty cranky that night and didn't want to eat and wouldn't suck his thumb (which is how he self-soothes), but nursed just fine. It was a TERRIBLE night, he finally went back to sleep after giving him some Ibuprofen. He's seemed fine since yesterday morning and is eating and sucking his thumb like usual yesterday and today. Still looks pretty bad but hasn't bleed since the incident. I just keep checking him for temperature or if his tongue is swollen, so far so good

@Adira: Hope Xander's doing better! I had no idea one can cut their tongue so deep with just teeth!

@Adira: Haha, good to know!