by mrobida » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:22 pm
I am sure that some of the decision is based on the type of repair but some is just surgeon preference. Some surgeons don't want any chance of disrupting the repair. Our surgeon only allowed a "real" cup, no sippy cups either. I was real nervous at first, but they also allowed her to be fed by syringe, which is the route that we eventually chose. It took her a couple of days to catch on to the new routine. We stayed two nights in the hospital, in fact we almost stayed three just because she wouldn't eat. But she finally got the drill and started eating no problem. By the way, she had a soft and part of the hard palate cleft. Anyways, we did the syringe for 2 full weeks, at which time they let her go back to her bottle, the Haberman. We stuck with that for another week and after that she was able to learn to suck from a regular nipple so she is now using an Avent with no problem. We haven't tried any sippies yet.