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.
Accreditation Recognition:
- 2.0 Nursing Contact Hours (through December 22, 2027)
- 2.0 L-CERPs (through December 31, 2027)
Notice: Due to IBLCE® changes, CERP recognition and domains after December 31, 2025 might be slightly different from previously approved recognition.
Price: $48.00
Lactation Education Resources has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, Lactation Education Resources attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.