Best bottle for tongue tied baby

I’d push back. Our baby was gaining weight really well but had a severe posterior tongue tie. Say you want it assessed!!

I agree with Lee; my LG was also gaining weight but got a referral anyway and she got it done.

I found out my baby had a tongue tie at 6 weeks and prior he’d used Mam bottles (he’s breastfed but had the occasional bottle of ebm) absolutely fine :) teat wise I stayed at 0 due to being breastfed so I’m not sure on that front. but I’d definitely try and sort it if you can! I skipped the NHS and went straight to paying privately x

Babe not about the bottle but nhs should accept referral with king’s college hospital, they did with me and my sons 8 weeks

We use dr. brown bottles with our tongue tied baby

My daughter has tongue tie and we use Mam bottles- she was also able to easily use alongside breastfeeding. I’d be interested to know what your HV says as mine also said they don’t do anything unless it affects eating xx

That’s rubbish from your HV - my baby was gaining weight lovely but I mentioned to the midwife that she was clicking when BFing and gassy because of swallowing air and I got referred straight away.

We were referred by lactation specialist that we saw privately, my girl had posterior tongue tie. Initially she wasn’t gaining weight, and they blamed it on “low milk supply”, which now I know is rare and usually there is a reason behind it. When my girl was 2 weeks old they pushed us to give her formula, so we started combi feeding and that affected my supply even more. There were other signs too that there is an issue, and we asked questions, but no one picked up on the tongue tie, until we finally gave in and paid for someone to get it checked… Needless to say it went on for so long I had to stop breastfeeding completely, because my girl got used to the bottle too much and refused feeding from the breasts. Tried pumping too, but I couldn’t sustained it so we’re on 100% formula now. I have many friends with babies with tongue tie, and the different advices they’ve been given by HVs, midwives, etc is just crazy! My other half is a dentist, his advice to my friends were to get it done

as it can cause speech issues later on. Sorry for the long post!

Use the nuk bottle they are specifically for tongue tie babies it helped my little boy so much, drop me a message if you need any help and I’ll guide you in the right direction.

I had issues with little one latching on to me causing painful nipples and gassy baby. Baby had been a gaining weight brilliantly to my surprise! The health visitor team breastfeeding support referred little one to the tongue tie team due to poor latching etc and I saw someone when she was 6/7 weeks old and found out she had a tongue tie which was attached to the floor of her mouth! They clipped her that day and feeding improved straight away but not 100% still. Only today I thought she has latched brilliantly (now 11 weeks old). They should be able to refer if baby isn’t feeding brilliantly regardless of weight gain 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Gemma which nuk bottles did you use? Im a first time mum and baby has a posterior tongue tie and high palate which nhs wont do much about. Did your little one have this too?

I’m also keen on nuk bottle and teat

Hi guys, my boy just got his tongue tie cut. His latch is terrible and he has a high palette. What nuk bottles do you suggest?

@Debbie did you ever figure it out? My little boy has a high palate and tongue tie that ive been recommended not to cut so just trying to find something to help him manage a bit better x