Kathy - just for my own education - can this not be repaired? Are there implications for the child later in life? Anita ABA Counsellor, Australia On 08/09/2009, at 5:47 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Re loud clicking while breastfeeding: Someone should assess this > baby for a > sub-mucosal cleft. Babies that have this make a "Maggie Simpson on a > pacifier" noise--learned this at an ILCA conference in Acapulco, > or maybe > Chicago. Anyway, that's exactly how it was described and I've > since seen it. What > you or pedi will see when looking in the mouth with a light is > either an > absent uvula or a v cleft where the uvula should be. I don't > believe there > is a real fix for this. These babies have a good mouth seal on the > breast > but lose suction because of the weakness of the soft palate. Some > babies can > nurse ok with this--others have more difficulties. Regardless of > what this > baby's issue is if the nipple shield is making feeding more > comfortable for > this little one then I would use it. And I agree with Nicki--this > baby > needs a full assessment by a specialist or pedi ENT. > > Now I'm remembering that one of my colleagues when I worked at > Stanford > picked this up on a baby and I think ENT did a procedure. I could > get more > info re procedure if anyone wants it. And what alerted her was the > "Maggie > Simpson clicking noise. > > Kathy Boggs, RN, IBCLC > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an > email: set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet > welcome *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome