Susan, ask your pede about snipping the tongue tie. I know at least on newborns, it's not considered a big issue.
A short delay (January is only two months and a day away) before they can get you in to see her won't cause her any lasting problems. Six months? Maybe. Two months? Not a problem. Who knows? By then, she may have started yammering, and if not, you'll have a thorough log of data for them on what language she does use.
Susan, I'm a total coward when it comes to doctors with sharp objects in their hands, so I might be reading this wrong, but she hasn't been diagnosed with this
But she has. Annabel was diagnosed with a mild tongue tie when she was a newborn and having difficulty breastfeeding.
Susan, I don't think you are incompetent. And I have no doubt of your love for Annabel. And I have no doubt that you are doing your best.
But I do think that the issues that you have, of your own admission and talking about here, are coloring your viewpoints on Annabel's development.
Lord knows, I am not the World's Best Mom. And I don't try to be and there are several things I need to learn. But you are talking about pre-emptive PLASTIC SURGERY on an 18 month old.
And Gris, I appreciate your viewpoint, however, as we have all discussed, when we post something here, we discuss it. All viewpoints. I am not calling Susan names, I am not being intentinally rude. I am trying to discuss this her.
Susan, you're not a bad mom at all. You know that. It's okay to wonder and worry -- I know I do about my kids from time to time, even the 14-year-old. Maybe especially the 14-year-old. Parenting is tough, because kids don't come with their own instruction manual.
And I gotta say, Aimee, I agree with Gris on this. Susan and you may have different parenting and posting styles, but I know Susan loves Annabel every bit as much as you love Em, and right now she's worried about Annabel's speech. And I think worries like that are natural from time to time for someone who's doing this the first time around.
AmyLiz, I appreciate your sayng so. I have no doubt Susan loves Annabel and wants the best for her.
But you are talking about pre-emptive PLASTIC SURGERY on an 18 month old.
It's not plastic surgery. It's a quick procedure that's routinely performed on infants so that they can eat. Had it been more severe, it probably would have been done as a matter of course when she was still a newborn.
(Yes, I do spend a lot of time lurking at breastfeeding forums.)
It's a quick procedure that's routinely performed on infants so that they can eat.
Yes, Joe had it done when he was a newborn.
What is a tongue-tie? The membrane under the tongue is too big?
Yes, Joe had it done when he was a newborn.
That dude from Kiss did it to himself with a peanut butter knife! By accident!
Or, umm, so I seem to recall from the Playboy interview with his woman.
Aimée, your comments read like lecturing and accusation, not discussion, neither of which I think are justified, at least based on anything I've ever seen posted on this board.
