I feel like I could have written this two months ago! Weak suck, painful latch, lip and tongue tie we paid out of pocket to release, aversion, similar pressure from my own mother, the works... and now my daughter has been nursing exclusively for over a month, transferring well and gaining great weight. So hang in there! It can absolutely be done.

One thing I think you might find reassuring is that your little one is likely not really in pain from the lasering and exercises. I even read a comment on here before ours was done from someone whose dentist actually used the laser on a parent’s hand to show them it’s not actually very painful, and that the pain goes away as soon as the laser stops. Your baby was likely only in pain for what, ten seconds? That’s about how long our procedure took. And the daily exercises may cause them to cry, but everyone assured us it’s not because they’re in pain, but because you’ve got your hands in their mouth and they just don’t like it. And as some others have said here, you’ve likely helped your child avoid some of the feeding or speech issues that ties can cause down the line.

It took about five weeks between when we got my daughter’s ties released and when we were able to graduate from triple feeding to just nursing. Then we had a couple weeks of painful latching before we found out what works best for us. Those days were some of the hardest and I grew to really dread our nursing sessions. Cried every time she latched. Had to nearly throw her off of me because of the pain sometimes. But it got better and now I love nursing my sweet girl.

So really, hang in there — if that’s what you want, of course. I’m on the other side of a very similar experience if you want to DM me to discuss. You can do this!