To the Babies I Couldn't Breastfeed ...
Frank About Feeding is using the month of May to share stories about mothers with tongue tied babies. They contacted me to see if I was willing to share my story. I said yes, here it is. To the Babies I Couldn't Breastfeed ... ... I still love you as though I did. My daughter, Sage Malia, had a posterior tongue tie but it wasn't discovered until she was 2 weeks old and because my lactation consultant went away on holiday, right after she referred me to the infant feeding specialist for Cumbria, it wasn't taken seriously until she was 10 weeks old, at which point it was too late. I had the most magical birth experience with Sage, she followed the textbook and worked her way towards the breast within 20 minutes of being born. This was a shock to me because it took 48 hours to get Cyril to latch on and in the end he would only do it with a nipple shield. I remember thinking I would finally have the magical breastfeeding exper