Dear Ellen,
I have seen 3 babies with clefts only in the soft palate.  Unfortunately, I 
was the first one to diagnose two of them after they had already discharged 
from hospital!  How very traumatic for the mothers.
One used a regular Avent bottle and did fine, the mother pumped till 6 
months,
the other one used a Haberman.
Neither were able to breastfeed.  I was under the impression that this was 
impossible because they lose the suction due to the cleft.
Good Luck,
Jessica Billowitz, IBCLC
Israel 

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