I have a 3 month old who has a soft cleft palate and the Perrier Robien S--no trach, breathing tubes or feeding tubes required after birth.Eats fine, but breastmilk does comeback out her nose often.She is on the apnea monitor.She seems like any other little baby, hears fine(so far no ear infections).Is there any benefit in getting the soft palate repaired immediately or should we wait until she has grown more?Doctors are saying around 10 months.We do not want her to go thru several surgeries, so we want to know if we wait till her throat developes more then there would be less chances of repeat surgery.The back of her throat looks like a horeshoe shape, appears to be same size as at birth(not bigger slightly smaller)
Any comments or help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Marcia
craig@ccrtc.com