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Tongue Tie to be recognised and made a compulsory check on Newborn Babies.

Closed 1,712 signatures

What the petition asks

Tongue Tie can affect around 4-11% of newborns and it's a malformation which restricts the movement of the tongue. It can cause difficulties from a young age and as they grow. It can cause mothers issues around breastfeeding or terminate breastfeeding like in our case.
Our son is 15 weeks old had tongue tie up until very recently where we gave in and had a private consultation to have his Tongue Tie divided due to it causing him problems. His bibs were saturated, hasn't gained much weight, couldn't latch onto the teat and pooling milk in his mouth and not swallowing for several sucks.
It can cause speech & dental problems and the inability to chew solid foods as well as emotional factors. It can cause mums problems like sore/cracked nipples, low milk supply and mastitis. Unfortunately it went unrecognised for 15 weeks in our case even though we pointed it out. It takes just a few seconds to snip and would potentially reduce the amount of appointments and referrals if dealt with early on.
Reference: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tongue-tie/

Timeline

26 Feb 2018 Petition opened for signatures
26 Aug 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,712
Status Closed
Opened 26 Feb 2018
Closed 26 Aug 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.