Yaffa wrote:

>It seems that someone has found a way to make use of a
>nipple shield that has been cut out around the top and bottom to >help
babies
>with cleft lip/palate.  The idea being that proper stim will still occur >at
the
>areolar area to keep up milk production but that the shield will act to
>fill in
>the cleft.

This sounds sort of like a modified obturator, but I wouldn't think the
shield would fit far enough back into the mouth to cover a cleft of any size.
 I'd be interested to hear more, too.

Judy D.