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Tongue Tied or Knot?

Tongue Tied or Knot?

Our son’s tongue is tied, but not so much so that his plastic surgeon or speech therapist recommends that he have surgery to clip the frenulum (tissue that is connected to the underside of his tongue) right away.   When our son sticks his tongue out the tip of his tongue gets pulled into a “V” shape and he calls this his lizard tongue. His surgeons tell us he is tongue tied. Thankfully, our surgeons understand and agree that there…

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Cleft Palate Team Meeting

Cleft Palate Team Meeting

Today we had our 6 month check up with his Cleft Palate Team at St. John’s.  It was a long morning for all of us!  Gavin was a champ though, as usual.  He knows that everyone wants to look in his ears, his mouth and listen to him talk so he gets through all of their requests with minimal fuss. I packed a bag with books he needs to practice reading, his therapy homework to work on and his school…

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