Poor Tol-Tol had to have surgery a few weeks ago. A few months ago I wondered why I could never see his teeth when he smiled. So I hung him upside-down and took a look in his mouth. I noticed that his lip was basically attached to his teeth, and thought, "I don't think that's normal." So at his next well-check we asked the doctor and he said we should see and ear, nose, throat specialist and probably have it clipped. So that's what we did.
The procedure is called a frenulectomy, and you may have heard of it before. Babies who are "tongue-tied" have the same thing done to the little bridge of skin under their tongue so they can nurse. Tolan just had it on his top lip. The part that was attached was pretty thick and attached pretty tightly, so they had to put him under and clip it then sew all back together with about 7 or 8 stitches. He was pretty mad when he woke up and for the rest of that day, but within a couple of days he was back to his normal routine. Now all the stitches have dissolved and the doctor says it looks great and he should be fine. We will just have to wait and see how his permanent teeth come in some day.
So if you are still confused, here are some before and after's that may help:
4 comments:
Nice before and after shots Claire-bear! I'm glad he's back to normal :) What a smart mom!
I'm glad everything went okay with the surgery! I hated when Kenzie had her tubes, I was a nervous reck! Luckily it wasn't a huge deal!
He sure is a cute boy!
good job claire. Madi had that done to the underside of her tongue when she was three days old because she couldn't nurse. hope little Tolly is feeling better:)
Poor kid. I'm glad it turned out okay. Tanner's little piece of skin up there connects in between his front two teeth, but it's not terribly thick or anything. The dentist said it wasn't a problem, just that it would always be more likely to tear or get hurt if he fell (which has only happened once so far). I hope he doesn't need that someday.
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