FEELING TONGUE TIED
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am going to start by saying things happen for a reason.
Blake was confirmed to have a slight tongue tie at his 5 day check but it didn’t seem to be bothering him, he didn’t drop a huge amount from his birth weight. He was gaining weight well and returned to his birth weight within 14 days, so we decided not to put him through having it done. Blake then started to drop off the centile slightly for his weight at his 4 week check. We were reassured that this wasn’t necessarily anything to worry about. He was still gaining weight.
be feeding well and we had made our own changes to avoid spitting up to help build and maintain the weight gain, hopefully at a greater rate. Another 2 weeks passed and with our fingers crossed; it was weigh in day again. We had further centile drop on the chart, it was at this point the Health Visitor recommended that we have the tongue tie procedure carried out as Blake had only gained around about 150g over the previous 2 weeks.
Fast forward to our next health visitor check up, Blake was now 6 weeks old. All the usual checks were done and he was progressing nicely from a developmental point of view. His weight logged in his red book to check which centile he was tracking. He had now dropped a full centile. The health visitor was great, she reaffirmed what to watch out for and what we could do to help improve things. Between us we decided that a weigh in again in another couple of weeks would be the best course of action at this stage. Another weigh in was booked for 2 weeks time. Blake seemed to somethingnewmag.co.uk
