Emily Miller
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Oh, my God. And this is what I was going to say about the breastfeeding thing. Oh, yeah, that was... So obviously I was so looking forward to breastfeeding and I loved it whilst I did it, but he just wasn't latching properly and he was throwing up a lot. And we knew he had colic and reflux, but this just wasn't normal.
Oh, my God. And this is what I was going to say about the breastfeeding thing. Oh, yeah, that was... So obviously I was so looking forward to breastfeeding and I loved it whilst I did it, but he just wasn't latching properly and he was throwing up a lot. And we knew he had colic and reflux, but this just wasn't normal.
Oh, my God. And this is what I was going to say about the breastfeeding thing. Oh, yeah, that was... So obviously I was so looking forward to breastfeeding and I loved it whilst I did it, but he just wasn't latching properly and he was throwing up a lot. And we knew he had colic and reflux, but this just wasn't normal.
And we took him to a specialist and they said, do you know your baby's tongue, lip and cheek tied? I went, pardon? I was like, no, no, no. The midwife checked him at the hospital and she said he was fine. She was like, no, no, he's severely tongue tied. I'm just like, this could have all been prevented. Had they just done their checks properly. But there's such a common problem.
And we took him to a specialist and they said, do you know your baby's tongue, lip and cheek tied? I went, pardon? I was like, no, no, no. The midwife checked him at the hospital and she said he was fine. She was like, no, no, he's severely tongue tied. I'm just like, this could have all been prevented. Had they just done their checks properly. But there's such a common problem.
And we took him to a specialist and they said, do you know your baby's tongue, lip and cheek tied? I went, pardon? I was like, no, no, no. The midwife checked him at the hospital and she said he was fine. She was like, no, no, he's severely tongue tied. I'm just like, this could have all been prevented. Had they just done their checks properly. But there's such a common problem.
I don't know about America, but in the UK, it's such a common problem. They just misdiagnose things. They just look past everything.
I don't know about America, but in the UK, it's such a common problem. They just misdiagnose things. They just look past everything.
I don't know about America, but in the UK, it's such a common problem. They just misdiagnose things. They just look past everything.
Yeah, so it was painful for me. And poor Reggie. He was taking in so much air because he couldn't...
Yeah, so it was painful for me. And poor Reggie. He was taking in so much air because he couldn't...
Yeah, so it was painful for me. And poor Reggie. He was taking in so much air because he couldn't...
latch properly he was just using it as a dummy really yeah he wasn't taking anything in so then he cried he's hungry but hang on you've just been feeding for like 20 minutes so it was really really difficult to know that was a stressful period that yeah so the the guy because luckily he was still only a few weeks out no six weeks at this point yeah six weeks old um laser lasered it all off i don't know how you do it in america but in here they just laser laser it all off and he didn't even he didn't move it didn't move yeah it's crazy screen and just
latch properly he was just using it as a dummy really yeah he wasn't taking anything in so then he cried he's hungry but hang on you've just been feeding for like 20 minutes so it was really really difficult to know that was a stressful period that yeah so the the guy because luckily he was still only a few weeks out no six weeks at this point yeah six weeks old um laser lasered it all off i don't know how you do it in america but in here they just laser laser it all off and he didn't even he didn't move it didn't move yeah it's crazy screen and just
latch properly he was just using it as a dummy really yeah he wasn't taking anything in so then he cried he's hungry but hang on you've just been feeding for like 20 minutes so it was really really difficult to know that was a stressful period that yeah so the the guy because luckily he was still only a few weeks out no six weeks at this point yeah six weeks old um laser lasered it all off i don't know how you do it in america but in here they just laser laser it all off and he didn't even he didn't move it didn't move yeah it's crazy screen and just
Yeah. Wow. But that definitely solved a lot of problems. But by that point, he was still having issues. And then it turns out he's got a dairy intolerance. And did you know there's dairy in your breast milk? Because I didn't.
Yeah. Wow. But that definitely solved a lot of problems. But by that point, he was still having issues. And then it turns out he's got a dairy intolerance. And did you know there's dairy in your breast milk? Because I didn't.
Yeah. Wow. But that definitely solved a lot of problems. But by that point, he was still having issues. And then it turns out he's got a dairy intolerance. And did you know there's dairy in your breast milk? Because I didn't.
i felt like yeah yeah oh my god right well i can't imagine you if he wasn't getting the milk out and so i was having to soothe him pump with the other one and then because that wasn't enough coming out to have to then formula feed him like it was just like it was like a triple triple system yeah yeah exactly so for so long it was just like a triple thing all the time we were just like
i felt like yeah yeah oh my god right well i can't imagine you if he wasn't getting the milk out and so i was having to soothe him pump with the other one and then because that wasn't enough coming out to have to then formula feed him like it was just like it was like a triple triple system yeah yeah exactly so for so long it was just like a triple thing all the time we were just like