Hi all,

We have a baby born last night with a cleft palate and they are
questioning pierre-robin syndrome. The cleft involves the entire soft
palate. An ENT specialist saw the baby and said she cannot breastfeed
because of the connection between the palate and the eustachian tubes and
that this baby would get lots of ear infections.  He states it would be
ok to feed ebm until they to the corrective surgery at 10 months! We are
now feeding formula with a haberman feeder and she does ok-slow but sure.
  Is this a case of breastfeeding sacrificed on the alter of ignorance or
is there any validity to this??  This mom was going to breastfeed but now
is unsure.

Thanks,

Jane