A frenectomy alone isn’t a complete solution. Lasting feeding improvements require active oral motor therapy to support your baby’s recovery, function, and success.

Our Frenectomy Support Program offers:

• Pre-release therapy to prepare the muscles
   
• Post-release therapy to retrain oral coordination
   
• Suck training, wound care guidance, and functional healing
   
• Prevention of reattachment
   
• Collaboration with your release provider
   

Frenectomy therapy support for infants before and after tongue or lip tie release. Licensed SLP care in South Florida. Is Your Baby Struggling with Feeding?

Does your baby show signs of:

• Clicking while feeding on breast or bottle?
   
• Lip blisters or shallow latch?
   
• Reflux, gassiness, or excessive gagging?
   
• Difficulty holding a pacifier or maintaining suction?
   
• Slow weight gain or early feeding fatigue?
   
• Inability to transition smoothly to solids?

• Low Milk Supply?

• Trouble bottle feeding?
   

These symptoms may indicate oral motor challenges—or in some cases, a tongue or lip tie (Tethered Oral Tissues or Oral Restriction). But not always! Sometimes, feeding issues are due to oral muscular weakness or dysfunction, not structural ties.  

Even with a tongue or lip release, without therapy your baby may continue to struggle—or develop new compensations. Our licensed SLPs guide you through every step of recovery.

Whether your baby has been diagnosed with a tongue or lip tie, has already undergone a frenectomy, or simply struggles with feeding, oral motor therapy with a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) can make all the difference.

We specialize in:

• Suck training
   
• Oral strength development
   
• Tongue posture & function
   
• Coordination of suck–swallow–breathe
   
• Pre- & post-frenectomy recovery support
   

Unfortunately, many families are told that a tongue tie release alone will solve their baby’s feeding issues. But that’s only one piece of the puzzle.

A successful frenectomy requires:

✅ Pre-release therapy to prepare the muscles for function

✅ Post-release therapy to retrain oral coordination

✅ Active strengthening exercises guided by an SLP

✅ Consistent follow-up to prevent reattachment

Without clinical therapy support, symptoms often persist—or worsen. Many babies end up in our office weeks, months, or even years later still struggling to feed properly because they were never given the right tools for recovery.

Passive wound care stretches provided by your release provider are important—but they are not enough.

✅ Passive stretches = Help prevent reattachment

❌ Passive stretches ≠ Improve sucking, mobility, or feeding

Active Therapy, led by a highly experienced and trained SLP, uses evidence-based oral motor exercises that tap into your baby’s natural reflexes to:

• Build strength and range of motion
   
• Improve tongue elevation and coordination
   
• Promote functional latching and feeding success
   
• Reduce compensatory feeding behaviors
   

• Pre-release therapy: As early as possible
   
• Post-release therapy: Begins 1–3 days after frenectomy
   
• Recommended number of sessions: 4–6+, depending on severity
   

Even babies who do not need a release benefit from oral motor strengthening to improve feeding function and sometimes avoid surgery altogether.

• Families preparing for a tongue or lip tie release
   
• Babies recently released but still showing symptoms
   
• Infants struggling with oral muscle weakness
   
• Toddlers with lingering feeding challenges
   
• Any infant referred for “suck training” by a clinician
• If you have tried infant feeding/oral motor sessions alone, with no functional improvement of symptoms
   

All babies must first complete an Initial Infant Feeding Assessment before enrolling in sessions. The ideal time is before any release procedure is scheduled.