Tongue tie: breastfeeding and beyond. A parents’ guide to diagnosis, division and aftercare.

by Catherine Horsfall

Discovering your baby has a tongue tie can be a very stressful, emotional, and painful experience, especially if they are struggling to breastfeed.  Whilst there is information available on the internet, searching for it is very time consuming. Tongue Breastfeeding and Beyond brings it all together in a single location making it available to parents, aiding confident decision making and promoting informed choice.  Topics covered in this 17-chapter guide to tongue tie identifying a potential tongue tie, getting a formal diagnosis, feeding while you wait for division, what to expect when you go for division, feeding after division, aftercare, planning for your next baby and coming to terms with what happened. It also covers tongue tie in the bottle fed baby, and in toddlers and older children.Wherever possible the information included in this book is evidence based. This means that it is derived from scientific papers published in reputable Journals. References to original literature and research are included. No matter where you are in the world tongue tie can be equally distressing. This book looks at treatment options and includes references and tips that apply wherever you live.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2013