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This probably won't be very helpful, but:
1) I'm sure I've heard of some sort of device for use with babies with cleft
palates - something you put in their mouth that lets them nurse properly
2) don't assume that all this baby's breastfeeding problems have to do with
his cleft palate
3) try nursing in as upright a position as possible, like a modified
football hold with baby upright in front of mom, straddling her thigh
4) I once knew a child in Mali who was thriving at age 4 years, was
breastfed like any other Malian baby, with solids starting at 9-10 months,
who had bilateral cleft of the soft and hard palates and bilateral cleft
lip. His speech was a little hard to understand, that's all.
5) Tell the mother to get a second opinion on the surgery. Maybe even a
third opinion, from a doc who is bf friendly!
Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
Specialist in infant feeding and child health
College Station, TX 77843-4352
e-mail to [log in to unmask]
(409) 845-5256
(409) 778-4513
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