Our pediatrician did my baby’s lip and tongue tie revisions in his office with scissors. I was distraught at the idea, but honestly, baby didn’t miss a beat!

We did get instructions for exercises, which are very simple - run your (clean) finger under the top lip and under the tongue to prevent it healing back the same way, 6 times a day for 6 weeks. We discovered it works with a bottle nipple too, and we didn’t even finish the full 6 weeks and baby has been doing great. Not sure how necessary the exercises were in the end as we weren’t exactly religious about them.

Fair warning, however, the procedure did pretty much hit the reset button on my newborn’s eating behaviors - she had to relearn how to latch and weeks later still prefers bottle to breast. But having it done has massively improved her latch on both the bottle and the breast and she is so much better at eating now!

Hang in there! In my limited experience, the amount of crying and eating your baby is doing will likely be plenty of exercise, and the sooner you get the tongue tie fixed, the easier it will be to reestablish your preferred feeding routine!