TIPs Toolkit for Tongue-tie
Tongue-tie often goes undetected and can be a major cause of sore nipples and difficulty in feeding (breast or bottle). My recent article on tongue-tie was published in the March 2010 issue of the Midirs Digest. It can be downloaded from my sister website and the resulting TIPS Toolkit for Tongue-tie (a one-page guide for parents, complete with pictures).
Ankyloglossia (better known as tongue-tie) could be more common than you think. Having personally referred three babies for treatment of their tongue-tie I am surprised at the lack of coordinated support and advice. In a bid to help parents who visit the TIPS website I have pulled together a short but informative toolkit which I hope will be equally useful for professionals. It will help to point you in the right direction regarding the best resources available.
The toolkit covers the following:
• What is tongue-tie?
• How will I know if my baby has tongue-tie?
• How is tongue-tie treated?
• Where can I go for treatment?
• How can I find out more?
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| Tongue-tie Pre-snip ©TIPS Ltd 2010 |
Tongue-tie Post-snip ©TIPS Ltd 2010 |
Breastfeeding Awareness days in the UAE
There has been a lot of press coverage in the past few weeks, good and bad, about breastfeeding and how best to support new mums. From my experience boosting confidence is the key to success so when I was asked to attend two breastfeeding awareness days in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, aimed at both mums and health professionals, I jumped at the chance. I was able to use my experience to dispel many myths and I hope I was able to shine a positive light on the subject. You can read about these events and see pictures here.
For more information on breastfeeding download the TIPS Toolkit for Breastfeeding.
New advice line for parents
If you have any questions about breastfeeding or baby skincare you can now call me on my new advice line which is available for one-to-one support.
Meanwhile if you have any particular questions relating to breastfeeding, your little one’s skin (or any other parenting topic for that matter) please feel free to email me here.
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See you next time
Sharon
Sharon Trotter©2010
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