Tongue Tie: Can Breastfeeding Be Part of the Solution?

Working with tethered oral tissues can be stressful for parents, babies, and lactation professionals alike. This course offers a unique approach to this common and challenging issue—the Concorde Latch technique—which can provide therapeutic benefits for tongue-tied babies and others with oral restrictions.

You will learn specific ways to hold and offer the breast, as well as strategies to support and position the baby, which promote relaxation, a wider open mouth, and greater range of motion for the tongue and jaw. These techniques can help improve parent comfort and milk transfer, while enabling the baby to develop effective use of their tongue and jaw.

For babies with tongue ties, the Concorde Latch turns breastfeeding into a flexible and adaptable training facility, supporting babies in their healing and development. This is particularly relevant for babies recovering from frenotomy or those who have other challenges such as receding chins or reflux.

Your instructor, Myrte van Lonkhuijsen, MA, IBCLC, a private-practice lactation consultant and the creator of the Concorde Latch, will guide you through the technique via discussion, demonstration, and video of real-life dyads. You will leave with practical skills that can be applied before, after, or even in the absence of surgical procedures, enhancing your practice with a gentler, more holistic approach to working with babies who have tethered oral tissues.

This Course Awards:

• 2.0 L-CERPs
• 2.0 Nursing Contact Hours

Price: $48.00