Guest guest Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Agreee with this. It is good advice. [sPAM] Re: [ ] Questions???? In a message dated 9/16/2007 8:01:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hanagan_8@... writes: *He has a restricted frenulum. The therapist would like to see it clipped. The doctor is opposed to it. Has anyone else encountered this issue? I've read that it doesn't help to clip the frenulum, and I'd rather avoid unnecessary surgical procedures. Currently, though, he can't touch the top of his lips or move his tongue from side to side. This ABSOLUTELY DOES Affect how a child can or cannot talk. If the frenulum is restricted, GET IT CLIPPED, without a doubt! I have had personal experience with this with TWO of my children as babies, and since they were breastfed, it made a difference with their eating. Knowing that they needed the tongue to be able to touch the top of their mouth, I went immediately to the ENT, since the Ped's don't clip them anymore, but rather the ENT. The guy didn't want to clip it for a newborn, but once he realized that the child couldn't feed properly, then he agreed to it. The thing they told me with each child though, was that they wouldn't normally clip until they child had difficulty speaking. I was incensed by that, because even as a baby, they need the tongue for pre-speech movements and if they don't have that-- they will acquire a speech problem, as compared to simply avoiding one altogether. Doesn't it make more sense for them to take care of the tongue BEFORE it's an issue, and before the parents have to spend hundreds or thousands on speech therapy to correct a problem that could have simply been avoided altogether? You can tell this is a pet peeve of mine But, in all honesty, if it's something I can stress highly, it's to most definitely get the frenulum clipped if it's restricted, because then all of the speech therapy that you pay for simply won't be as effective. It's not real surgery-- it's simply a clip to the tongue, and it's done literally in seconds, and it's over. Becky ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I took my son to two ENTs. Each said there were no studies to show this helps. The child must be sedated which is a big risk in itself. My son cannot move his tongue side to side very well and he can touch his upper lip (just barely and only the lip not above it much). My son was able to breastfeed. I learned from these visits he has a short tongue. My son's therapist too said if clipping it would help his tongue move then it should be done. The doctors said clipping it would not make my son's tongue grow or give him more movement since his tongue is short. Unless the frenulum is anchoring the tongue to the bottom of the mouth I was told it is not something the doctors I saw will do. Several children have had this done at the therapy center where I go. I talked to the mothers and learned it takes a week or so to heal. It's a serious decision to make. These children are my child's age (4 years) however and not newborns. > > Agreee with this. It is good advice. > > [sPAM] Re: [ ] Questions???? > > > > In a message dated 9/16/2007 8:01:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > hanagan_8@... writes: > > *He has a restricted frenulum. The therapist would like to see it clipped. > The doctor is opposed to it. Has anyone else encountered this issue? I've read > that it doesn't help to clip the frenulum, and I'd rather avoid unnecessary > surgical procedures. Currently, though, he can't touch the top of his lips or > move his tongue from side to side. > > This ABSOLUTELY DOES Affect how a child can or cannot talk. If the frenulum > is restricted, GET IT CLIPPED, without a doubt! > I have had personal experience with this with TWO of my children as babies, > and since they were breastfed, it made a difference with their eating. > Knowing that they needed the tongue to be able to touch the top of their > mouth, I went immediately to the ENT, since the Ped's don't clip them anymore, > but rather the ENT. > The guy didn't want to clip it for a newborn, but once he realized that the > child couldn't feed properly, then he agreed to it. > > The thing they told me with each child though, was that they wouldn't > normally clip until they child had difficulty speaking. I was incensed by that, > because even as a baby, they need the tongue for pre-speech movements and if > they don't have that-- they will acquire a speech problem, as compared to simply > avoiding one altogether. > Doesn't it make more sense for them to take care of the tongue BEFORE it's > an issue, and before the parents have to spend hundreds or thousands on speech > therapy to correct a problem that could have simply been avoided altogether? > You can tell this is a pet peeve of mine > > But, in all honesty, if it's something I can stress highly, it's to most > definitely get the frenulum clipped if it's restricted, because then all of the > speech therapy that you pay for simply won't be as effective. > It's not real surgery-- it's simply a clip to the tongue, and it's done > literally in seconds, and it's over. > > Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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