Indications for Infant Frenectomy:
- Baby's inability to properly latch on the mother's breast
- Failure to thrive (poor weight gain)
- Inability to stimulate milk production through vigorous nursing, which results in a low milk supply and/or termination of breastfeeding
- Improper tongue mobility may inhibit infant’s swallow
- Colic
- Reflux
- Longer, more frequent feedings
- Sleep deprivation for mother and infant due to frequent feedings
- Painful nursing (for mother)
- Speech development difficulties