He's So Vain, He Probably Thinks This Blog Is About Him

Shaan, or as he has come to be known more commonly, Little Bean, had an elective surgery for the first time in his life on his three month birthday, back on May 10, 2007. You see, my son is tongue-tied. Literally. He was born with the condition known as Ankyloglossia. Basically, his whole tongue was connected with no free part at the tip. So the snipped it. Now it looks normal. The condition is genetic, and it was passed on courtesy of his mother, who also had the medical procedure done, known as a frenulectomy. If untreated, he condition, which varies in severity, can cause speech and feeding impediments. Little Bean has been growing like a weed, so there was no issue there, but it was affecting how he was eating, causing a lot of pain to my wife.

He was no worse for the wear after the surgery and it doing his normal routine, including eating, sleeping, pissing and shitting every third day. But I guess it begs the question, if the condition, was not known to have any negative effects for him, would we still have had the procedure done. If it had just been something that would have caused him to be teased, would we have tried to spare him that. No doubt people do it all the time with teeth, in the form of braces, but where does one draw the line with looks, and being comfortable with what you are given, or from the parents point of view, raising a child, who will be comfortable with the hand the genetics has dealt them. Parents sometimes can not see flaws in their children, for other, the stand out like full moon on a clear night. I guess its just another aspect of life you have to find a fine balance in. Although I must say, dealing with what you've got, and making it work for you, is a lot easier. To dodge my own questions, I don't know what I would have done.