Cliped Tongue

At the end of July Camden had his Tongue clipped. Camden was tongue tied at birth. When the Doctor first told me I kind of thought it was a joke. I didn't realize that being tongue tied was a real thing. I thought it just meant you couldn't spit out what you were trying to say. To be tongue tied means the thing under your tongue is connected to the tip of your tongue instead of the middle of your tongue. Sometimes it isn't a big deal and they can just grow out of it. Come to find out my mom was tongue tied as a baby too. She had never told me before. She had hers clipped when she was a toddler. We took Camden to the oral surgeon and he agreed with the pediatrician that he was severely tongue tied and that he wouldn't even be able to stick his tongue out past his teeth when they came in. He also would probably have had speech problems.

So we had it clipped! I am so glad we did it! I was very nervous to have it done and I was worried we were making the wrong choice. Now after seeing the difference I am sooooo glad we had it done. The thing that shocked me the most was the side to side movement he gained. I noticed that he could eat a little faster. Poor kid could hardly move his tongue at all! His recovery went great. There are not many nerves or a good blood supply under the tongue recovery is pretty easy. He was just a little fussy and was back to his normal self after a day or two.

Waiting for the drugs to kick in.

Saying goodbye..we didn't get to stay in the room. I am glad I think it would have been hard for me to watch. I was a nervous wreck. Poor Camden all dazed from the drugs he has no idea what is coming.

Right after he had his tongue clipped. If you look close you can see white on the tip of his tongue. It looked white like that for a week or so and then it went away.

I am so glad it is done and everything went great! Now he plays with his tongue all the time....I think he was glad to have it done too!