What to do with a newborn baby's tongue?

Dr. Jordan Foster
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2025-05-24 12:34:18 Views: 57 times

If a newborn baby has a tongue, it may be that the tongue frenum is short. In newborns, the tongue frenum is shorter than that of girls, and the tongue cannot be freely extended forward. If it is found that the tongue tip cannot be upturned when opening the mouth, the tongue movement is not flexible, but the tongue frenum is more tense during infancy, and the tongue frenum may be too short. This is a temporary physiological phenomenon, which can be observed first. If the baby drinking milk affected, it is necessary to take the baby to the hospital in a timely manner, the tie processing. Generally, in the outpatient department can be operated on, in the baby born within a month, the tongue tie trim.

What to do with a newborn baby's tongue?



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