Tongue Tied No More!

This morning we took Zoey to an Ear Nose & Throat specialist to look at her tongue. He didn’t have to look at it long to determine that she had a tongue tie. He explained the procedure to us and told us if we got it done before she was 3 months old it would be a simple in-office procedure. If we waited, it would have to be done in the operating room.

We opted to get it done today so they took her into another room to do the procedure. I think she was gone for less than 5 minutes. It was a very quick procedure! She came back to us sleeping soundly. However, that didn’t last long. By time we checked out and got to the car, she was inconsolable. Not screaming at the top of her lungs, just crying as if she was uncomfortable. We tried to console her as much as possible in the car and I even fed her a little but finally decided to just go home. On the way home, I held the paci in her mouth and she finally started to suck on it and dozed right off.

She hasn’t been AS fussy today as she was yesterday after her vaccinations but she has been more fussy than usual. She has been sleeping on and off and eating small amounts. She hasn’t had any more oozing or bleeding since right after the procedure so I’m happy about that. Today I saw her tongue come out to her lips, for the first time ever!! I started laughing and cheering and saying how happy I was to finally see her tongue and she got a little startled by all of my excitement and started crying. Haha.. Oops!

So earlier today I was changing her diaper in her room and my dogs started going crazy. They were barking REALLY loudly and I could hear people’s voices that sounded like they were coming from my front porch! But no one had ever knocked or rang the door bell. I finished up the diaper change and walked into the kitchen and I could hear the voices loudly and I could hear my outside water faucet going! I peeked out the window and I could see a man bent down in my front garden area.

By time I got to the front door and opened it, they were standing at the car that was parked in front of my house on the street. I stood there and they finally saw me and turned around. The guy said “Hello” and I replied “What is going on?” and he pointed to a little boy with a cup and said “The boy needed some water” and then followed up with “I just delivered your new phone book” and pointed to my front porch. I looked down and saw it, grabbed it and went back in. First of all, I don’t mind if your kid needs water and you need to use my water. But why not KNOCK and ask first?? You don’t just go to people’s houses and use their water! I have to actually PAY for that water. There is a freakin’ 7-11 right across the street from my neighborhood! Buy your kid some REAL water! I was sooo annoyed. Why scare someone like that? In my personal opinion, if you don’t ask for something like that and just take it, it IS stealing.