Could this be tongue tie...?
I got my 5 month old weighed the other day and she has only put 1lb 4oz on between 30/07 and 13/10. My health visitor keeps dismissing me and telling me not to worry as she "was never a big girl anyway" (she was born 29 May at 8.5lbs/81st centile, and has dropped to the 5th centile at 11lb15oz?!)
She's always had long and frequent feeds, which because I know no different I didn't think was odd, obviously slow weight gain, I maybe have a slight lipstick nipple when she unlatches, and occasionally she pulls off frustrated and then latches back on. No other symptoms that I have picked up on, and all the midwives told me she had a good latch and was feeding well, so it's not even occurred to me until her new weigh in that there may be something wrong!
My question is, is there anything other symptoms I need to look out for? Did anyone's baby turn out to have tongue tie with similar/less symptoms than usual (no pain etc)
How hard was it to get help?
My GP has also said that tongue tie is so over diagnosed these days, so I am wanting to go in with ammo if I need it😅
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If you can afford it get a private assessment x
Most wont do anything for a tongue tie after 10 / 12 weeks, so if you do have concerns you would probably have to pay to see someone privately. It doesnt really sound like a tongue tie to me, but im not a medical professional. But I would go to the doctors to be honest with that centile drop.
How old is she and how much does she weigh? Have you looked at the average weight for her age group? And how often does she feed in a day? Sorry for all the questions but wanting to get a better understanding, my little girl has a tongue tie and breast feeding was incredibly painful until we found a technique that worked for us, i had lipstick nipples and she fed for ages as a newborn so it could be that! Like mentioned above you can’t have it cut I don’t think but you can try different techniques of feeding
Have you looked under her tongue to see if you can see a tongue tie? I'm surprised the health visitor is not concerned about such a small weight gain. How is your milk supply are you confident she's getting enough?
My little one just had his tongue tie cut on his 5 month birthday so they will still do it if it’s a concern he was gaining weight he was just having issues latching it was the health visitor who sent the referral in for his tongue to be checked
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Could this be tongue tie...?
I got my 5 month old weighed the other day and she has only put 1lb 4oz on between 30/07 and 13/10. My health visitor keeps dismissing me and telling me not to worry as she "was never a big girl anyway" (she was born 29 May at 8.5lbs/81st centile, and has dropped to the 5th centile at 11lb15oz?!)
She's always had long and frequent feeds, which because I know no different I didn't think was odd, obviously slow weight gain, I maybe have a slight lipstick nipple when she unlatches, and occasionally she pulls off frustrated and then latches back on. No other symptoms that I have picked up on, and all the midwives told me she had a good latch and was feeding well, so it's not even occurred to me until her new weigh in that there may be something wrong!
My question is, is there anything other symptoms I need to look out for? Did anyone's baby turn out to have tongue tie with similar/less symptoms than usual (no pain etc)
How hard was it to get help?
My GP has also said that tongue tie is so over diagnosed these days, so I am wanting to go in with ammo if I need it😅
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