The Lip Tie - An update.

I called the paediatricians office right when they opened this morning

They got me an appointment for that day a noon. 

So far so good!

When my P walked into the room, she asked me what was the matter. 

"Im pretty sure he has a lip tie"

She looked at me a little sideways and proceeded to take a tongue depressor and check under his tongue and above his teeth. 

"Its nothing to worry about"

uh, what do you mean? is there a lip tie or not?

"it will not affect him at all"

I ran through all of the questions I had, quickly, as she was already making me feel silly for even coming in. 

I asked about the things I read online, prefacing that I am obviously NOT a doctor. 

Is this why I couldn't breast feed? - no. definitely not. 

why isn't he gaining weight? - just feed him more. he is doing fine. 

He has trouble eating anything but purees. - Then let him eat purees, there is nothing wrong with that. 

I asked a few more questions, and then relented. 

I picked up my baby and got ready to leave. 

I think she could tell that I was annoyed, so before she left I got a snarky

 "you don't have to believe me, but I have been a paediatrician for 25 years, its nothing to worry about."

I am happy that there is a good diagnosis from the doctor.

And I want to believe her,

but something still doesn't feel right. 

I called my dentist to see if he would take a look and tell me if he could see any foreseeable dental problems. 

He agreed and said if he thought anything was wrong, he would refer me to a paediatric dentist. 

tomorrow, we continue. 

I have had an amazing outpouring of support from Facebook and other social groups I am involved with. I have even had complete strangers reach out to me with their experiences. 

Tonight, I had a conversation with a lovely lady named lee-Ann with Lactopialactation.ca

She had two children with lip ties and tongue ties. She had them corrected and has since worked with training local dentists in assessing and treating this problem. She also just had an article on tongue and lip tie published in birthing magazine. 

She advised me that the lip tie and posterior tongue tie are a new diagnosis, but are real, and CAN affect your child. 

She even offered to help me re-lactate and breastfeed my son. I was touched. I really had given up on myself.  I chose not to go that direction, as I have a huge freezer full of milk for him and I'm in a good place about it. 

I had a lot of moms I know tell me that they have now noticed lip ties on their children, some also have said that they resolved by tearing on their own, some are just realizing now that they have them themselves!

My journey to figure this whole thing out is continuing, and I will keep everyone updated on how it turns out. 

until then,

I recommend going with your gut.

I really wouldn't be pushing this if I didn't really feel like it has some ground underneath of it. If I didn't really think that something should be done, and that it would help my baby. 

And yes, that was the last time I will be going to that paediatrician. Not because I disagree with her diagnosis... I just think that we hate each other  have very different attitudes... 

ha ha ha...

now, I have a sleepy, teething baby to cuddle.

xx - r