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 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html