My son is almost 9 months old and had his cleft lip repaired
at 2 months of age and his palate repaired at 5 months of age. He
has used the Haberman nipple system since he was 5 days old. His
cleft palate was a complete cleft all the way back. Completely
open, very severe. He is still using the Haberman system to this
day. When will he learn to suck normally? The doctors keep
telling me that he will eventually. He hasn't yet and he's going
on 9 months old. I wondered if anyone out there had the same
problem. Please send me some ideas on how to teach him something
that should already be his natural instinct.
Sincerely, Very Frustrated and Confused