Tongue Tie
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2021 Articles
Infant Mouth Breathing
In the Gillespie Approach infant mouth breathing is a red flag indicator. My first thought would be if the infant…
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Small Mouth Opening
After the second tongue-tie revision, the surgeon said the baby had a small mouth opening—here’s why. A five-month-old presents with…
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Stuttering
Researchers believe that stuttering is caused by four factors: genetic, brain activity, environmental, and language development. I would like to…
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Ten Weeks of Goopy Eyes
After 50 years of patient care, I finally saw my first “instant healing.” Mom brought in her ten-week-old fussy son,…
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A Tight Young Man
A young lad presented with the following history: His grandmother saw that “the doctor yanked him out with a twist.”…
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Baby Experiences Improvement in Breastfeeding
It was December 2013, and our oldest child was 11 months old. We’d fought a full 11 months (almost 12)…
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A Typical Gillespie Approach Fussy Baby
A two-month-old presented with sucking issues. He latched better after his tongue tie and lip tie revisions, but still had…
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Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight
A 14-week-old low-weight infant presented recently with plagiocephaly, torticollis, and failed tie revisions. This is a hypothetical progression of events…
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Infant Neck and TMJ Pain
Note from Dr. Barry Gillespie: All of these posted stories are derived from my practice in the Philadelphia suburbs. If…
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Mothers and Babies Struggle With Feeding
I receive emails from around the world about infant issues. Last night I chatted with an American mom after reading…
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