Comments on: Colicky Babes, Part Deux http://www.bellytales.com/2005/11/11/colicky-babes-part-deux/ The Diary of a New Midwife Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:47:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: coblyfemme http://www.bellytales.com/2005/11/11/colicky-babes-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 coblyfemme Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:35:56 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/?p=111#comment-2116 http://www.drjain.com/examples.htm This is a great site for info on "tongue-tie" or frenulum problems. http://www.drjain.com/examples.htm

This is a great site for info on “tongue-tie” or frenulum problems.

]]> By: The Student http://www.bellytales.com/2005/11/11/colicky-babes-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-68 The Student Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:37:54 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/?p=111#comment-68 Hmm, interesting. It didn't even occur to me to look there. I'll certainly keep that in mind next time. I wonder how often the frenula actually need to be cut on a newborn or baby... Hmm, interesting. It didn’t even occur to me to look there. I’ll certainly keep that in mind next time. I wonder how often the frenula actually need to be cut on a newborn or baby…

]]> By: heatherw http://www.bellytales.com/2005/11/11/colicky-babes-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-67 heatherw Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:27:28 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/?p=111#comment-67 Check the frenula - there is one under the tongue, one on the upper lip, and one on the lower lip. As her mouth was growing, my daughter developed a shortened upper lip frenulum just before her 2nd birthday. She started being unable to suck from her sippy cup, and EXACTLY what you described was happening to her. Her upper lip would fall into her mouth when she was trying to get milk out of the cup, and she would bite her lip. With her, we had her use a regular cup at home, and sent to day care sippy cups where the top could be removed. She outgrew it in a couple of months. But apparently, if you cut the frenula on a newborn, it heals really quickly. Check the frenula - there is one under the tongue, one on the upper lip, and one on the lower lip.

As her mouth was growing, my daughter developed a shortened upper lip frenulum just before her 2nd birthday. She started being unable to suck from her sippy cup, and EXACTLY what you described was happening to her. Her upper lip would fall into her mouth when she was trying to get milk out of the cup, and she would bite her lip. With her, we had her use a regular cup at home, and sent to day care sippy cups where the top could be removed. She outgrew it in a couple of months.

But apparently, if you cut the frenula on a newborn, it heals really quickly.

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