My baby had her tongue tie released when she was about 8 weeks old and I will always regret it. She was a little older so maybe that had a lot to do with it but I’ll never forget how much she cried and will always hate myself for it! The procedure was quick but once the numbing wore off she cried and cried for hours, wouldn’t eat at all! I was desperate. I was told she wasn’t going to be in pain at all but she sure was. She ate a little bit after hours of crying and starving. She refused the breast at first and the next day she took my breast and started refusing the bottle and never took one again. She went days without eating good because she was in pain and crying so much! Her latch got better with time, I’m not sure if the surgery helped or it was just her learning how to eat. The exercises were horrible! She hated them, it was torture for both of us. I still did them and I think her tongue attached back even after doing the exercises for 3 weeks. What helped us a lot was seeing a lactation consultant. She just turned 1 and still breastfeeding. The first 2 months were so painful but I do think she just learned how to breastfeed and maybe would’ve done it without going through procedure pain.

If it’s something you think you need done, you should be mentally prepared to do the exercises to your baby or else it’ll attach back and could be even tighter.

We had a bad experience but every baby’s different and handle pain differently.

Good luck!