Frenulum

When Alex was born, he had a bit of a problem latching on. I had chalked it up to the fact that both he & I were learning together, but on that Monday morning, the nurse noticed he was tongue-tied. Basically, it means they have extra skin connecting their tongue to the bottom of their mouth. Usually its regressed to a normal level by the time they are born, but sometimes they are not. In Alex's case, he had a bit that made it look like he had two spit bubbles below his tongue all the time. They had a resident come up, and he took Alex and clipped it. It didn't cause hi many discomfort, and he fed perfectly right after.

Some say it's not necessary to do, but as I sat with him this morning playing "let's stick our tongues out at each other," I was glad we did.