Latched Beginnings

Every baby who walks through our doors gets treated like our own🤍

Before your little one ever comes through our doors, we take time to review your history and understand your feeding journey.

Then comes our favorite part—meeting your baby.

We work to keep them calm, comfortable, and feeling safe before we ever begin an evaluation. During the exam, we carefully assess latch, tongue mobility, lip movement, feeding function, and look for tongue, lip, or buccal ties. We also consider airway development, body tension, and overall feeding patterns.

And when we're finished, we place them right back in mom's arms. 💕

No matter how many babies we meet, that moment never gets old.

📍 Latched Beginnings

"Her tongue looks fine."

You've heard those words at the pediatrician's office. Maybe more than once. And on paper, that should have been reassuring.

But you went home, and the feeding struggles continued. The clicking. The long, exhausting sessions. The fussiness after every latch. And quietly, in the back of your mind, that little voice kept whispering, something is still not right. 🤍

Mama, listen to me. You will never hear me criticize pediatricians. They are essential, and they love your babies so much. As a mom of two and a dentist, I know that deeply.

But here is what I want you to understand. A thorough tongue tie evaluation, especially for those trickier mid-tongue and posterior ties, takes a very specific kind of assessment that goes beyond a quick visual glance.

Most providers are looking for the obvious, those anterior ties near the tip of the tongue. But the ties that often impact feeding the most are the ones that hide beneath the surface. The ones you have to feel and assess through movement, not just see.

If you were told your baby's tongue looks fine, or that baby can stick their tongue out, that simply means there is no obvious visual tie. It does not always mean there is no tongue tie at all.

A second opinion from a provider trained specifically in oral ties is always worth pursuing. Your intuition matters. ✨

You've tried everything.

The medication. The elimination diet. Switching formulas, then switching again. Maybe even giving up breastfeeding altogether, hoping that would finally bring your baby some relief. 💔

And still, the gas. The bloating. The fussiness. The arching, the crying, the spit-up that looks so much like reflux.

Here's what I want you to know, mama. Sometimes the real issue was never in your baby's stomach. It was in their mouth.

When a baby has a tongue or lip tie, they can't create a proper seal during feeding. That means they swallow air with every single latch. And all that trapped air has to go somewhere.

We call it aerophagia-induced reflux. In our office, we lovingly joke that these babies aren't getting regular milk, they're getting sparkling milk. 🍼✨

If this sounds like your baby, your instincts are not wrong. There may be a piece of the puzzle no one has looked at yet, and we would be honored to help you find it.