Here's a few photos of Emmeline's tongue thrust. Just as I did with her cross bite, I thought that the tongue thrust was just a habit that she might grow out of. Little did I know it was a symptom of her top jaw being a little too narrow.
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This photo from May 2015 is the first one that
I found with an obvious tongue thrust.
I believe this is when she began this habit. |
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In this photo from the Summer 2016,
you can just see her tongue poking out between her teeth. |
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November 2016.
This fall, her tongue thrust was much more prevalent. |
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November 2016.
In the fall, her tongue thrust was much more prevalent. |
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In this photo, she isn't pushing her tongue forward.
After her first appointment she was more
aware and did it much less. |
I hope this post is helpful. Emmeline is getting used to her tongue crib, so I hope that it will work to train her to break this habit. I have no idea if she could have trained herself not to do this without her tongue crib, but she is adapting quickly to talking and eating with it in place.
~Mama
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