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Some babies are born with a tongue tie. This is where the strip of skin under the tongue (frenulum) connecting the tongue to the bottom of the mouth is shorter and tighter than it should be.
Tongue tie may be diagnosed shortly after birth but may not be identified until your baby is older.
For babies with tongue tie, the movement of the tongue upwards, forwards and side to side might be reduced. The restrictions can be varied, be found at any point under the tongue and can be difficult to spot.
For a baby to feed effectively, their tongue needs to be able to move freely. This is even more important when breast feeding as the tongue needs to be free to move and cup the breast tissue to the roof of their mouth so that they can effectively feed from the breast.
Signs that tongue tie is affecting breastfeeding
Signs that tongue tie is affecting breastfeeding and/or bottle feeding
Treatment of tongue tie
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