Ladies if
your child is tongue tied... GET IT FIXED!!
If you believe
your child is tongue tied definitely consult an authority on the subject (which doesn't mean any old doctor) and see what your options are.
Not exact matches
Two years ago, Margaret O'Neill brought her 5 - year - old daughter to
Children's Hospital Colorado because the band of tissue that connected her
tongue to the floor of her mouth
was too tight.
We
are in the position of a little
child, entering a huge library whose walls
are covered to the ceiling with books in many different
tongues.
His teaching
was both unsystematic and vivid, and when he spoke about the Eucharist I remember he urged us to receive Communion on the
tongue — because, he said, we should
be as docile and receptive as
children being fed by their mother.
If the
children are mean or rude or disrespectful, the leading citizens of the community will cluck their
tongues and say, «The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree.»
Children were taken from their parents by force, not allowed to speak their native
tongues, and systematically socialized into Anglo ways.
He
was sentenced to
be paraded through the streets, along with his
children, on successive Fridays, wearing the sambenito, a yellow garment of shame marked with a large green cross and
tongues of fire.
«5 All his life the minister needs to do battle against this gradual loss, for he knows that, as far as his preaching
is concerned, it
is better to have a
child's eye than an orator's
tongue.
People targeted our
children to gain favor with the church leadership — like the man who
was helping with Sunday School who insisted my 11 year old daughter speak in
tongues, laying hands on her and yelling at her in front of the other kids — all without our knowledge.
Children were removed from their homes, put in to Residential schools where they
were horribly abused, forced to leave the beliefs behind for fear of severe punishment at the hands of their christian masters, forced to lose their Native
Tongue... all in some warped vision to tear down a culture and destroy it.
For all these reasons, in a congregation famous for speaking in
tongues, Paul had to rate Corinthian Christians as
being highly immature, rank beginners, men and women «of the flesh,» «babes in Christ,» «
children in their thinking» (I Cor.
As
children of light, our
tongues are loosed to give thanks to Him who saved us.
Deliver your lamb to valleys where he'll safely graze, or help me love your
children at this table, to hold my
tongue, unless to sing your praise in every situation, so I
'm able to
be content in everything, like Paul, who loved those whom he didn't like at all.
Alas, Crow refused to talk on camera, so it
was off to a
children's park, where he once again found his, uh,
tongue.
My first
child was severely
tongue tied and I wasn't prepared at all.
This has
been a particularly difficult thing for Nell because she struggled with breastfeeding issues like
tongue - tie and thrush with her first two
children and
was determined that this time, with Dash, the breastfeeding relationship would
be different.
From my own experience, with
Child 1 I couldn't pump nearly enough milk so we ended up buying lots of formula anyway (between that, the cost of the pump and the hands - free bras, the cost of the journey to get his
tongue tie snipped, and the extra maternity leave I took, I may well
be one of the few women to have made an overall loss from breastfeeding).
I have a hard time believing an unburdened 20 - and 30 - somethings
are reading an article on ChicagoParent.com about how to enjoy themselves on Super Bowl Sunday, but in case you
are, I suggest loading up on every single food that will no longer
be acceptable to little
tongues if and when you choose to have
children at your Super Bowl gatherings.
It will
be a valuable resource for those with a
tongue tie, the parents of
children with a
tongue tie, speech - language pathologists, lactation consultants, doctors, dentists and other health professionals.
If your
child has swelling of the
tongue, lips or face or a rash, that
's a bad sign.
Symptoms such as nipple pain, slow weight gain and a fussy baby may
be signs that your
child has a lip or a
tongue tie.
Of course, if your
child is a picky eater, holding your
tongue can require a lot of restraint.
When the baby progresses to firmer food requiring chewing, and the bolus of food needs to
be moved from side to side, to assist mastication by the jaws, many
children with
tongue tie will reject food that
is difficult to chew, or move it around their mouths with their fingers.
Children with a
tongue tie have to contend with difficulties which may only
be discovered as they grow older.
If you
are concerned about a
tongue tie which you or your
child may have, consult with your health care professional, doctor, speech - language pathologist or lactation consultant with respect to your individual situation.
She weaves in her personal story, having
been tongue - tied and
being the mother of two formerly
tongue - tied
children, as well as the stories of many other families into the science, creating both a readable and credible book.
Parents who blame the
tongue tie primarily for the
child's feeding or speech problems
are no longer thought to
be either neurotic or fooling themselves.
It
is being increasingly accepted by disciplines associated with infants,
children and adults with
tongue tie that there
is now no place for «wait and see» policies when the frenum has
been identified and diagnosed as abnormal, and early intervention
is the optimal form of management.
Your
child's pediatrician can help to diagnose any breastfeeding problems that
are related to your baby such as an illness or a
tongue - tie.
Now, breastfeeding feels like it should (I know as I didn't have any issues with my first
child - who wasn't
tongue tied) and my baby
is even more content!
By the time his
tongue was snipped, it
was too late to breast feed, but with my next 2
children I
was careful to supplement with a bottle.
A speech delay in an otherwise normally developing
child might
be due to an oral impairment, like problems with the
tongue or palate (the roof of the mouth).
JEAN CHAN: I think as soon as it
's identified
is probably the best age, because kids get teeth at 4 - 6 months, and if there
are other breastfeeding issues, I think a lot of moms think breastfeeding
is going really well for them, they think it
's wonderful and fine, but really they
're tolerating some symptoms that they don't really need to
be tolerating if their
child is lip tied and
tongue tied.
Examination of your
child's mouth, including his
tongue, lips and teeth help to inform the therapist of any structural issues that might
be inhibiting your
child's speech development.
If articulation problems exist the therapist will play games with the
child to strengthen the
tongue and lips so the
child is able to form them correctly when speaking.
If a
child comes from a home where teasing and sarcasm
is the norm or, if they watch a lot of television programs where the characters have barbed
tongues, it
's likely that the
child will model the behavior and take it on as their own.
Last time I considered the importance of training the
tongue muscles for speech development — how they
are correlated and why some
children don't pronounce certain sounds.
With my first
child I had inverted nipples and my daughter
was tongue tied!
Wait until your
child's mouth
is open very wide and her
tongue is down.
I recently read «Duct Tape Parenting» (the duct tape
is representative of tape over the parents mouth - reminding them not to nag the
child) and the overall concept
is to teach and then bite your
tongue and let your
child help themselves.
My first birth
was complete with a reluctant epidural and inept education in feeding babies with
tongue ties and having inverted nipples and loving my
child but so not loving
being a mother with this looming feeling of failure and just
being utterly lost and then realizing four months in to this journey of hot mess, surprise, I
was pregnant again and terrified.
In other instances, these kinds of speech errors may
be caused by lack of coordination of the
tongue and muscles of the
child's mouth.
Orthodontic nipples
are designed to accommodate your
child's palate and gums, and this type has a flat bulb on the side that touches your
child's
tongue.
This collection of shirts and hoodies
is designed to promote
child led weaning with
tongue planted firmly in cheek.
It
's a simple snip of the frenulum under your
child's tongue.
You should seek extra breastfeeding help if your
child is born prematurely, has a physical problem such as a
tongue - tie or a cleft lip, or
is diagnosed with a neurological issue such as Down syndrome.
However, your
child may dislike it because it may
be uncomfortable for your baby to hold it under the
tongue.
The d
is pronounced in the front of the mouth, and then the g
is pronounced in the back, so saying «dog» requires some
tongue gymnastics that may
be hard for your
child.
At the mirror when you
are brushing teeth with your
child, practice making silly faces using
tongue movements side to side and encourage your
child to imitate you.