Her vocab and enunciation increased dramatically

Can you see the difference in her face? Left is 7/16, 1w post revision with a pp. Right is 9/1. She'll be two and a half this month - within a week of revision, her vocab and enunciation increased dramatically. She no longer spits out large bites of food. And I think she generally acts happier! Her bottom incisors had already started to turn in - both tongue and lip tie were corrected.
~ Stephanie B

debilitating migraines for as long as I remember...

Get them done. I can tell you about the thousands of dollars, and specialist after specialist I saw over the years I had debilitating migraines... Oh the meds I tried (and spent money on) of course not without side effects, and the fact that nothing really worked. Want to know why I had debilitating migraines for as long as I can remember? A tongue tie. I had very mild speech issues as a child, and while my mom said she had some nursing issues and gas problems with me as a nursing baby, she "powered through" I had some dental issues that were related to ties for sure, but tore the lip tie when falling off my bike as a kid and had thousands of orthodontic/dental work courtesy of my parents. 

My son was revised and it was a huge game changer for us, the biggest problems we faced were around 4 months when supply will naturally regulate, my supply started to tank and fortunately after revising he was able to nurse great and get it back up there. He went from screaming in the car seat to liking the car and falling asleep, and he also started sleeping SO much better. For me? I learned about my having a tongue tie from debating whether or not to go through with the revision for my son... I was shocked! And had mine fixed, even though I was rather unconvinced that was my problem (wouldn't ANY of the dozens of MD's I saw over the years at well reputed institutions like the mayo clinic and also a well regarded university research clinic have figured that out?) it's been a year and a half and I don't have migraines anymore. It's legit changed my life. 

I went from being on the fence of fixing my son's (and definitely cried the whole time before/during/after the revision) but I'm currently due with my second and I'm getting this baby's mouth assessed by the provider that helped my son soon after her birth. I don't want any child of mine to suffer like I did for years for a tiny damned flap of skin in their mouth!!! (Which btw I've had mosquito bites that are more traumatic/hurt more)

~Trischa Heitman-Ochs

What is your "norm"??

With my tongue tie revision coming up tomorrow, I've been doing a lot of thinking. We've been having some good discussions in my tongue tie group about what is "normal" for a child with an unrevised tie to experience and what is not. Here's the thing: If it's something you've experienced all your life and you've never had the opportunity to experience differently, how do you know what's normal and what's not?

All my life, I've had these issues - grinding/clenching my jaw, frequent tension headaches, neck pain, back pain, tension in my whole body, getting tired easily while chewing/sucking/swallowing, mouth breathing, congestion etc. I just shuffled it off as being part of who I was. I never really thought about it, and no one had ever mentioned to me anything that might have made me think that it wasn't a "normal" thing that everyone experienced.

It wasn't until my daughter's ties came to the forefront and I started researching into them that I found out that there is a huge group of adults who have lip and tongue ties and have found relief from all of the symptoms that I listed. This WASN'T normal?? I could likely have some relief from some/much of this?? Why hadn't I been told? Why hadn't my parents been told that I had ties? Why in 41 years of life had not ONE single dr or dentist noticed and mentioned to me that I have ties?

And the biggest question of all: If you don't know what "normal" feels like, how are you supposed to vocalize to anyone that something is wrong? How are you supposed to know what's normal and what's not?? In my adult ties group, I would say that the most common reason why the adults are getting their ties revised is because they want to know what they will (are/have) be putting their child through. They don't get them revised because they know they have issues stemming from it, they just want to know the pain/experience to expect. And you know what? The most common thing I read from people after the revision is "I had NO idea I was holding that much tension before." "I had no idea that swallowing and chewing could be this easy and pain free" "I had no idea that breathing could feel this good and easy."

Something to think about. If you don't know what "normal" is, you don't truly know how something is affecting you.

~ Teri Geurts