Tongue Ties & Lip Ties: Do These Affect Baby's Ability to Self-Feed with Dr. Shaina Holman, DDS, PhD

#52: If your baby has a tongue tie or has had a tongue tie release, you might be wondering if there is anything you need to consider when transitioning your baby to solid foods. In this episode I’m joined by SHaina Holman, DDS, PhD - a very different kind of dentist - because she is a dentist that specializes in infant tongue ties, but who has also done research on infant feeding practices and takes a multi-disciplinary team-based approach to diagnosing, treating and managing babies with tongue ties. Dr. Shaina is walking us through tongue ties: what they are, where they come from, and how having one or having had a tongue tie released may impact your baby’s ability to self-feed. Many of you with tongue tied babies may have struggled with breastfeeding - and I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag - but I think you’re going to like what Dr. Shain has to say: that transitioning to solid foods and starting solids with a baby-led approach is something you CAN successfully do, and in our interview she talks all about why and how that is possible. Listen to this episode to learn: WHAT tongue ties are, WHY you’re hearing about them more frequently and HOW she works with her lactation consultants and infant massage therapists to diagnose, treat and manage tongue ties and lip ties in newborns and babies. HOW having a tongue tie may impact your baby’s ability to breastfeed, bottle-feed and eventually transition to solid foods...and she’s also covering how that differs if the baby has had the tongue tie released Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/52 Links from this episode: Dr. Shaina’s private practice website and her tongue tie clinic Dr. Shaina’s instagram account Leave a review for the BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast on Apple podcasts please Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices