FTM and I wondered whether I need to speak to a doctor etc
My little boy is 9 weeks old and we had latch issues initially with breastfeeding and was referred for tongue tie which he doesn’t have.
He struggles to keep a dummy in his mouth all the time.
He mouth breathes a lot.
We combi feed, and sometimes he struggles with his bottle, we have upped his teat size as he was taking for ever with no1 teats and falling asleep, now he sometimes struggles with breathing and drinking and the muslin we use gets pretty wet as it’s coming out of the side of his mouth.
And his lips look like he has the rippling (forgot the name of it)
When I’ve googled oral dysfunction some of these things indicate this but also I don’t know if this is pretty normal.
Photo below- after falling asleep breast feeding, apparently the tongue needs to be on the roof of his mouth.
Which sometimes he does but not all the time. Is this something I need to keep an eye on/ speak to a doctor ?
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Gps are useless when it comes to this stuff, I’d recommend seeing an osteopath and if that doesn’t work then I’d get him reassessed privately for a tongue tie, my daughter showed no signs of a tie at 2weeks whilst having pretty much all the symptoms of your boy but when i had her reassessed at about 8weeks they found a tie and snipped it and I’ve seen massive improvements since x

Dummies are only for bad babies that cry a lot for no reason, I probably wouldn't worry about that. As for the rest, I'd be pushing to see a doctor if I were you. Good luck 👍

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