Tongue tie and Low Weight Gain: Tatum's Story
Tatum, a healthy toddler who can stick out her tongue! Today's guest post is about baby Tatum. She was thriving on breastfeeding until a tongue tie lead to a sudden weight loss. This amazing mom continued to breastfeed through a hospitalization and four months with a feeding tube. Tatum is now a happy, healthy, breastfeeding toddler! Tatum's Story I can't believe that it's been one year (and 6 days) since she had her NG tube removed. That horrible, uncomfortable, unsightly tube that provided her little body the extra nutrients it so badly needed for 4 months. For 4 months, Dane and I mixed donated breastmilk with a fortifier for extra calories and used a syringe to fill her belly with the milk that I could not provide for her by nursing alone. When she was born, I noticed that her top lip didn't "flange" when she nursed. I was not incredibly familiar with lip ties or tongue ties, but I did recognize that the frenulum of her top lip was tight. At her 9 da...