Question, when my baby was born the nurses and doctor said he was tongue tied? They asked if I wanted them to snip it but I denied because I didn’t want my newborn in pain right away, was I right to deny? Will this bother his speech in the future?
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Do it as soon as you can. My daughter had hers snipped at her 1st dr appointment after birth (4 days) right there in the office. It will affect his speech as well as feeding
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I will always have tongue or lip ties fixed as soon as they’re discovered. There are long term effects of keeping them
My daughter ripped hers on her own…I would say get it snipped. My daughter had speech problems until she was 3 due to this.
The sooner the better. It can lead to problems not just with speech but other things as well such as eating.
I think it depends on the severity of it. Consult your doctor about it. I myself was tongue tied, but it was never snipped. I did speech for a year when I started school but that was the extent of it. If it’s a severe tongue tie though, it’ll have to be tended to.
I have a 2 week old they snipped his at 3 days old . He didn’t even cry I watched the whole thing. My cousin didn’t get his snipped until he was 7 years old. He was home for a week from school and still has a noticable lisp, even after years of speech therapy.
It can effect speech & feeding. Its honestly really simple to have done. Due to my sons heart conditions he couldnt have his done right away, so because he was older, (little over a year) he had to be under anesthesia for his (so they did it when they put his ear tubes in). its better to just do when theyre younger.
It can also hugely affect dental health. I have a major tongue tie and as a result my teeth basically decay faster no matter how well I take care of them
My son got his done after he was born. He didnt even cry. I’d say agent it done asap it will cause problems later.
2 of my sons were tongue tied. Both were clipped shortly after birth. They are 10 and 6 now, but they both required speech therapy. It will effect his speech in the long run
Our sons tongue tie was identified when he was born but they said they wouldn’t cut it unless it effected his eating / speech, which it did but we had to argue up until he was 4 to have them do it and by that point he had become a fussy eater as he found things harder to menouvre around in his mouth…
Two of mine were tongue tied and i chose not to and they havent had any speech issues
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My hubby had his tongue tie cut in his 30s. It impacted his pronunciation of some words (even now) and he couldnt stick his tongue out (no dental issues th po ugh). We got our bubs ties cut at 4 days old.
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my cousin is 23 years old and tongue tied. it doesn’t effect her speech or anything 
My mom was in L&D for almost 30 years. For a long time it was just done right after delivery as pretty standard practice.
It can affect sleeping breathing and tooth care. My sons have them and I didn’t fix the first one because the dr said he’d outgrow it now he has to surgery under anesthesia and $4500.00 worth of dental surgery. I knew I should have taken him for a second opinion. Now my youngest son was just born and they can fix it in the drs office instead of surgery.
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The sooner the better. Causes speech and feeding complications
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best get it properly assessed and getting it done as a new born is better. can affect feeding/ weight gain can cause reflux and can affect speech.
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Get it done asap…most people don’t blink at if they are going to circumcise- this is so simple of a procedure with so much benefit or simply avoiding future possible problems. If you are trying to breastfeed get it snipped. My daughter had a profound tongue tie and was loosing weight after birth before they finally caught it. It got snipped at 8 or 9 days old and she improved so much over the next days and weeks. They cut it with little tiny scissors, she cried for a minute and it only bleed for a minute and it was done. The sooner the better then less invasive and no sedation needed. Wish they did it right away when she was just born as some hospitals but ours didn’t.
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If it was really bad you would notice it during feedings, as he wouldn’t be able to latch on to anything. Talk to your Pediatrician, and get a second opinion if needed. This isn’t something to take blind advice from people on the internet, especially without any pics or more medical info about the baby.
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My grandson was born with a tongue tie and he just turned 2 and is fine. And we found out about 6 months ago at the dentist that my 18 year old has one also and she had never had a problem
My son was tongue tied and I had it snipped at 6 months old, took about one minute for dr to do and he cried couple minutes and that was it. My thought was fix early so he wouldn’t have to do speech therapy plus they can suck the bottle better
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My daughter had a tongue tie. It’s when the skin under her tongue is thicker & hinders her from latching. Your pediatrician can do a simple procedure in the office to fix it.
Ask his doctor not internet moms! No one here has a correct answer for you since every person is born differently. Please call his doctor and ask these questions.
I was tongue tied. Didn’t have a lisp- I got it snipped when I was 18 thinking it would help me stick my tongue out further. It did not and was extremely painful.
My son was tongue tied. I didn’t get his clipped untill he was 8 and he still has speech problems.
My son is 5months old. I was also scared to take him to get his tongue tie cut, but it was really affecting how he was drinking. So I finally got it done and Im very happy. He didnt even really cry and there was almost no pain afterwards. And just a few hours after he made the “ga” sound. I would recommend that you get it done rather sooner than later
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I was told it only needs doing if u are breastfeeding. My 4th has a tongue tie and had i known id of requested it. Was told it wont hinder her speech. The doctor who eventually diagnosed her told me i have a worse one and i can speak fine and no issues at all
My daughter was tongue tied and we got it snipped when she was 3 weeks old. Your doctor can tell you just like mine did, it can affect speech and as a baby, eating.
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Should have done it at birth.no diff than having a boy circumsized.
I was tongue tied and so were all my sisters. We all got them cut when we were about 12ish years old. I have been told it is no longer covered by insurance as it is considered not necessary and that is what my doctor told me as one of my children is tongue tied. I’m not sure why that is… They are ok though… They have trouble with a few words and letters but otherwise they are perfectly fine and talk clear and like everyone else 
Depends on how much the tongue is tied. My lg has a tongue tie which is the reason the lactation consultant gave for not breastfeeding well. We had out doubts. Saw an ENT, Paed, Lactation consultant, GP and got different opinions. My GP is the one we took to heart - he agreed that the tie MIGHT affect the breastfeeding, but told us as long as the tongue could reach out to touch the bottom of the lower lip it wasn’t going to affect her speach. I opted to exclusively pump milk and not have the tie snipped. She is 2 and 4 months and talking better than most her age in two languages.
Snipping comes with risk and pain so I wouldn’t do it unless it is rather severe. Do you have a pic?
My son has a slight tongue tie I asked all kinds of questions about how it would affect him and I was advised the only thing his would effect is latching if breast feeding and we had a few issues getting started but he latched great so we chose to leave his tongue tie.
My grandson was done on friday. He was fine and drinking beter now
My best friend is 25 and is tongue tied and has no issues whatsoever with eating or speech. She just can’t stick her tongue out to make a funny face. 🤷
My son’s tip of his doing a was tied. I got it snipped. Because he couldn’t stick his tongue out at all. So I could have effected him in like eating, speech,
Its really what you as a mom feel is best
My husband is tongue tied, never got snipped. Yes, it can make it hard to talk properly but as long as you work with your child and have patience, he will be fine. My husband talks perfectly fine, you would never know he was tongue tied unless he told you
My brother was severely tongue tied and only those of us that lived with him could understand him Noone else could but then when he was 6 he got it snipped and everyone could understand him I highly recommend it your child will be severely made fun of if you don’t
It’s your child so it’s your choice but I would’ve had it done right then. Did they have someone to educate on what effects that could have on your baby? Speech, eating, etc…
It would have been less painful if you had done it right away. Yes, it can effect speech and eating. My daughter was clipped when she was born and so was I.
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It’ll usually affect suction on the nipple. My little brother had to because he couldn’t latch on to the nipple causing frustration and a little weight loss. I also know of a baby that had to get it snipped for the same reason. It isn’t cosmetic, it’s necessary.
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They did the same thing with my grandson at the hospital , mercy to be exact , and had to have it done a month later😡
My daughter is 11 and tongue tied. They didnt clip hers bc it wasnt effecting her eating. When she first started to talk it was a bit hard to understand her but unless she told you she was tongue tied you wouldn’t be able to tell. Every patient/doctor is different so it just depends on the severity of it.
We had the same issue we didn’t clip just did exercises she still has the heart shaped tongue she is 6 now and you can hardly tell her speech is wonderful but everyone is different
I had my son’s snipped, didn’t want speech issues in the future and was causing issues when he ate.
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Yes it will affect his speech if you dont have it done early enough. My daughter was tongue tied and they did it at 2 weeks old. It takes 30 seconds and she only cried for maybe a minute.
They can’t feel it as there are no nerve endings in the frenulum. Get it clipped asap! It messed up my son’s feedings. It then grew back and made his already bad speech delay much worse
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He will have problems with speech and when solids are introduced and latching properly.
There are many degrees of tongue tie. Have evaluated by pediatric ent or pediatric dentist with specialty.
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I got my daughters tongue tie clipped for speech and for breastfeeding/latching purposes. She won’t remember it and the mouth is one of the quickest healing parts of the body.
They didn’t offer to snip it when my son was born but now that he’s almost 3 and doesn’t speak, his speech therapist mentioned it. He does have an ASD diagnosis but she still said we should ask the pediatrician.
Tongue tied has affects if you plan to breastfeed but it doesn’t cause any learning ability or delays but has potential to affect the way words are pronounced.
My 5 year old has tongue tie that was not caught as a newborn.
He has 0 issues. No issues breastfeeding when he was young and aside from a little pronunciation issues he had no speech problems. So
Our Pediatric dentist also says if it isn’t causing issues there is no need to clip it.
Really depends on the severity of it. My sons is very minor, hence why it was missed as a newborn I suppose.
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It needs to be done now
Yes, it will give him difficulties with feeding and speech, but when you change your mind you just need to talk to his pediatrician. It’s better to do it now.
I didn’t have my son’s tie cut, and he didn’t have any issues with feeding. However, he didn’t speak as normal, and it was determined at two by two separate speech pathologists that this was due to his severe tongue tie. He had to have it lasered off, and having to help hold him down as he was hysterical is something I cannot forget 
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Depends on the how bad the tie is. Mine was born with a lip and tongue tie that was pretty severe. The lip tie would cause a gap in teeth and the tongue tie would cause speech issues. Hers wasn’t caught until she was about 1. They clipped it, she was in pain for about 5 minutes then we went home for ice cream! The doctor told me it should have been caught when she was born:woman_shrugging:t3:Never had any issues after. I, on the other hand have lived with a pretty severe tongue tie that wasn’t ever caught until I was older(80’s baby) and I’ve never had any issues with speech. Just don’t ask me to whistle 
Bottom line it’s your baby and your choice. I would ask if there is a chance for speech problems if you are worried.
i didnt get my sons snipped til he was 2.5 (didnt know until then) it delayed his speech quite a bit! he couldnt breastfeed, and had a hard time eating certain things
Depends on the tie. I’d get a specialist evaluation for it. I have one child whose tie was clipped at birth and still requires speech services at 8, and one child whose tie wasn’t clipped bc the specialist said he was unconcerned about her tongue mobility and so far so good at 1.5, we’ll see if things stay that way. You can’t really know without that additional eval. It’s more of a pain to heal when they’re older, but it’s not the worst thing if it’s determined he needs it cut in the future.
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Delaying getting it cut CAN cause many issues including breastfeeding and speech. Best to get it done while little so it has a faster and easier healing time!
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I’ve participated in tie clippings and they do very well with it. Much better than a circ that’s for sure
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It can cause speech problems
My now 4 year old didn’t have his snipped until he was 2! And that’s because we didn’t even know… he had a PTT so it was further back under his tongue. This allowed him to breast feed fine until 9 months when he wasn’t able to suck hard enough to produce more milk. He was slowly starving honestly. Thank god I was giving his baby food too. Anyways we switched to formula bc I just dried up from non stimulation basically.
By 2 years he was gagging, choking on his foods. He couldnt clear his mouth correctly so he’d feel like he was choking. I diagnosed him myself at that point when looking into issues for my 3 month old (ended up having tongue revision) I took them 2 hrs away to a pediatric dentist. Both had lip and tongue ties, but my then 2 yr old also had two cheek ties too. Lip and tongue almost always go hand in hand too.
Do your own research, doctors are not familiar as much as they should be honestly. Pediatric dentist, or ENT if you can’t, but make sure its laser, that is the best. Wayyyy better to do younger bc its fast and they don’t remember once older they had to give my 2 year old a benzo to sedate him. Plus he was delayed speech wise. My stepson too had a serious tongue tie, and he has revision very late with speech delay.
My son’s tongue was tied so badly it was in the shape of a heart. He had a hard time latching and so I had to stop nursing him way earlier than I wanted. When he was about 7 months old we finally had it cut. The worst part of that was he didn’t like to be swaddled. Healing was super fast and very little pain. He started playing like normal less than an hour later and immediately started to eat better! He’s 2 now and has a little bit of a lisp that we are still waiting to see if it goes away. Good luck!
If there are not any issues there is no reason.
My two year old is in Speech therapy and has a huge gap because of his tongue and lip tie. He had to have surgery last month for it.
my husband and his little brother both have this. His little brother is around 8 and just got his snipped about a year ago. My husband on the other hand is 25 and still has his. He has never had a problem that I been told about with his and his speech is fine and so was his brother. I agree with getting it done at a young age depending on degree of it… they wont remember the pain and if our daughter has it I will most likely have them snip it. I won’t lie my husband doesnt like having it and if we could afford to get his cut we would but like I said he has no issue with it or his speech.
My son was born tongue tied(he is almost 9yrs old now) but had 0 effect on anything. His doctor just made sure it didnt interfere with anything(feeding, speech etc), if it did then he wouldve had it cut. Depends on severity and if it interferes with anything
My son had a pretty severe case, however, it never affected feeding or speech. We had it laser cut this summer right before he turned 9 because the dentist was concerned it was affecting his bite. They put him under just like they do for wisdom teeth…he didn’t remember a thing. Little pain the day of but nothing past that. I think each case is different.
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Totally, you should always have a snipped if you came as a newborn , if you didn’t have it done ASAP. Yes they were not be able to pronounce your words well
My son is tongue tied. The doc said as long as he doesn’t have trouble eating and gains weight properly they don’t like to snip it. He’s 5 now and doesn’t have problems with his speech or anything.
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My first daughter whose 7 had one and decided to clip it. It’s safer to clip. They can have feeding issues, choke easier and future speech problems, I had a friend when I was little with one and she talked with a really bad lisp and had other issues as well.
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You should get it done ASAP. They aren’t in pain, per se. It goes away by the end of the next hour
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My grand daughter is…has not been clipped…she is five and she is fine…just sounds like she has a little accent
Get it cut. There is a laundry list of issues with not getting the tie cut, but literally zero negatives to getting it done if you didn’t need to.
It needs to be done. They cut my babies and have her her bottle. However my brother is tongue ties and it is a serious problem for him
Didn’t have my daughter’s done, she figured out how to make breast feeding work, and at four, she’s an absolute motor mouth. The only words she mispronounces are the common ones… cinnamon, spaghetti, caterpillar, etc.
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They suggested the same thing with my son at birth. I said no thanks and he speaks perfectly fine. He’s 12.
Follow your instincts…
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50/50 my brother has no issues with his (he’s 32) but my little girl couldn’t feed or babble had to get it snipped at 5 months, it was over and done with in seconds she cried obviously then had a bottle and went to sleep (5 mins from snip to sleep) then woke up Happy like nothing had happened and she started babbling her head off very loudly within half hour of waking up, I nearly cried in the middle of waterstones in meadow Hall lol.
my best friend had hers done and it grew back…also she speaks perfectly fine but your his momma you do what you think is best
My husband was born tongue tied and it really affected his speech
Depends on the degree of tie. If you breastfeed it may affect the babys latch.
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Please see a lactation consultant about this. Ours was able to help us navigate our son’s tie. We had my sons tongue tie clipped at the pediatrician but ended up having to get the rest of it lasered at a dentist
We had our sons clipped at a few months old. Its quick, hardly bleeds & the pain is minimal.
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My baby is tongue and lip tied she’s uncut it hadn’t affected breastfeeding or weaning
got my son clipped as a baby. Quick cry and they dont remember it by the time you walk out the door
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Actually the later you choose to snip it the more it will hurt. The small piece of skin that would be snipped has no nerves in it right now as a newborn, so it won’t hurt your baby 
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My boyfriend and both our daughters(15&3) are tongue tied and they are all fine in eating and talking…
It can. We did it right away and it didn’t seem to bother my little one bit. It seems like it’s much worse to have it done later - if in fact it needs to be done. With a tie, they may not latch properly to breastfeed, possibly creating problems for you and them - your supply, your nipples, their intake and weight gain, etc. See a specialist if you want a second opinion.
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I would do it. It was done when I was born… I have no ill effects whatsoever. I can articulate well and life would be very different, I’m sure, had I not had it done. Kids can be so cruel. Your child will want to excel in life and if there is a speech problem it may it more difficult for them landing a job working with the public or public speaking to groups.
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My son had one and his pediatrician said its unnecessary to cut it. I was kinda po’d like the decition was made for us.
An i asked the same thing a lady said her son had it and fell an basically fixed itself.
Same thing happened to my son. Its still there but not as bad as it was. She said gap tooth and a small slur is the worst that can happen. But he doesbt have either. So maybe its ok.
My son was also tongue tied but it was tied all the way to the tip of his tongue. Everytime he opened his mouth and especially when he cried his tongue would turn into a little flower lol it was cute. The dr offered to snip it after birth but I declined as well and tried to see how things went. I’m breastfeeding and he didnt have a good latch, at all. He almost totally didnt have one. Hes still a pretty lazy sucker. We had it clipped last month and his latch has gotten a little better but not perfect. I regret not snipping it in the hospital because I’ve actually had a really hard time keeping a supply to breastfeed. So if you are planning to breastfeed I would consider that. If you clip it now it will make breastfeeding easier and help the baby learn to feed good quicker instead of having to relearn. The ENT that clipped his tongue actually warned me that it might not help improve his suckling to clip it. He also said he would normally try to talk parents out of clipping a tongue tie until they are older due to the fact that it’s not necessarily a problem to be tongue tied unless rolling of the tongue is part of their native language but because my sons was so severe he actually recommended it. I’ve also heard that over time the tongue tie might stretch out and no longer be a problem. I totally understand not wanting to cause baby any pain, I would consider all of the pros and cons of having it clipped. The procedure wasnt too bad. It was worse for me than it was my son I think. The dr and nurse probably thought I was really annoying. My boyfriend held our son in a dentist office like chair and the dr used a tool to hold the tongue and cut the skin. He had to use a gel to cauterize it afterwards because it bled a little but not badly. My son really just hated being restrained. A nurse had to hold his head while his dad held his arms to his body. It’s really important to keep them as still as possible for the procedure. My sons tongue was numbed before his tongue was clipped so I really dont think he felt much just didnt like being held down. The dr said we could use infant tylenol if we needed to but we didnt. My son was only a month and a half so I dont think hes able to half the infants tylenol yet but that would be something to ask the dr if you thought the baby might need something afterwards. My son was a little extra fussy the following couple of days but nothing horrible. He was still latching as well as he could afterwards without any signs of discomfort. All in all its really not an issue to be tongue tied. There may be speach issues in the future but that can probably be fixed with some patience and practice. If not you can always have the procedure done later on in life.
I didn’t have my sons done. Only thing that it caused an issue with was breastfeeding, I exclusively pumped for 6 months. He is now 3 and talks nonstop.
Get it done well he’s tiny he won’t remember .
Get it done asap. Helps with speech.
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It will definitely effect speech later. I’d have it done ASAP. 
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Easier when infant than adult or adolescent