The number of infants diagnosed as being “tongue-tied” has increased 10-fold between 1997 and 2012, but a recent study suggests the treatment is performed too often, The New York Times reported July ...

Lauren Lavelle didn’t know much about breastfeeding when she became pregnant with her first daughter in 2018. So she sought help from Melanie Henstrom, a lactation consultant in Boise, a few months ...

It’s an increasingly common scenario faced by new mothers across the country: A lactation consultant examines their newborn and suggests that cutting a “tongue-tie” may ease their difficulty ...

Procedures to fix tongue ties have skyrocketed as more parents breastfeed. Pediatricians say that there can be benefits, but tongue ties won't fix all nursing problems. Data on the efficiency of the ...

TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OTHER PARENTS. TOUCH YOUR TONGUE TO THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH. THAT’S EASY FOR JONATHAN TO DO NOW AT AGE SEVEN. BUT FOR MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN, HIS MOTHER, REBECCA HILL, HAD NO ...

A lingual frenectomy is performed when the lingual frenulum restricts tongue movement. Children with tongue-ties may struggle ...

Dentists and lactation consultations have touted cutting babies’ “tongue-ties” for years, but the increasingly popular operation has little efficacy research to back it up, The New York Times reported ...

As any parent of a newborn can attest, one of the biggest challenges in your little one’s first days of life (aside from lack of sleep) is setting up feeding in a way that works for your family. For ...

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