Feeding after Division

My second son had his tongue tie division today at 5 weeks old. Before the division he couldn’t latch on the breast at all so I’ve been using shields up until now. Now that he’s had the division I’m trying to latch him onto the breast first and then switch to the shield if he gets too agitated. Sometimes he latches (not deeply although it’s not painful so I’m thinking this is progress?) and sometimes he doesn’t. I have noticed some progress since having the division. For example he can now keep a dummy in his mouth whereas before it would take many failed attempts and also he can stick his tongue out further now.

My first son didn’t have tongue tie, he used nipple shields for 19 weeks and then was able to feed directly from the breast for 2.5 years.

I’m just wondering what you all experienced in terms of latch directly to the breast after a division? I’m also wondering if he’ll latch a lot better as he gets older like my first son did?

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Have you been given exercises to do? There are a few oral exercises to do to stretch the area out to make sure it doesn't reattach and also to help the tongue move in the proper way. These will probably help greatly. Also if you haven't yet, an osteopath might be able to help with any lingering tension which may be preventing him from opening his jaw properly 🥰

hi! my son got his revision around 6 weeks (now is 9 weeks old) and he seemed to latch a lot better right away. before the revision i had stopped using shields and just pushed through the pain so he would get use to my nipple.
just keep at it and let him use you as a pacifier so he gets the feeling down daily. my ENT said pushing the tongue to the roof of his mouth was a good exercise to help not have it reattach but also to let his latch improve. i also would wash my hands and then let him suck on my finger to see how the latch was happening so i knew what needed to be adjusted if it felt off

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