Lip Tie

We had a lip and tongue tie done, but my son was a week old so it’ll probably be different as your LO is older. But for us we stayed on top of pain meds really it was only needed the first 48 hrs. We also rubbed arnica gel on the outside of their upper lip, cheeks and chin and that helped too. I feel like the lip tie heals super quickly. Maybe have some popsicles or frozen things to suck on?

We just realized my daughter has a lip tie at 12m and I was curious what will it affect? Only bc I’m hesitant to get it fixed

the dentist told us it will affect speech and also oral hygiene as they won’t be able to get under the lip fold. Also depending on the severity, you may have to use braces later in life to correct their teeth.

wow I wasn’t aware of all that! Yeah my daughters looks exactly like ur LO lip tie.

Oo that's interesting my LO is 12 months and also looks like this

My daughter is 9months old. She also has a lip tie we are working on loosening things up before we cut the ties! But from the dr made it seem like its a really quick procedure!

yeaah we had no idea! It was her first dentist vist and he was the one that told us 😓

Update: The frenectomy went very well! It was heartbreaking to hear her screaming for me from across the hall, but all in all the healing was way better than i anticipated

Sorry joining this post very late after searching after feeling a bit worried after my dentist raised it at my daughters first appointment at 12 months old!
I have read it can cause speech problems, my daughter actually has very good speech, but does have a big gap, also read it can cause smile to show a lot of gum although haven’t noticed this either so far. It’s awful as you shouldn’t have to worry but of course I don’t want her to feel self conscious when she is older about her smile. How did everything go for you after the frenectomy? Are you happy you went ahead with it?

everything went amazing! LO is now almost 3 and she goes regularly to the dentist and he was very happy with how she healed and all looks great! Teeth brushing is a breeze and no gummy smile either lol. If she is left with a permanent gap when she is older… that will be her decision to fix but to me she is gorgeous with or without a gap 🥰