Hello Everyone! So glad to have found your site. My name is Trish and I am expecting my second child in October, a girl, who we have found out will have a bilateral cleft lip and a cleft palate. In doing alot of research we have come up with a few questions specifically for parents of children with the bilateral cleft--first off, feeding tips? Did you exclusively use Haberman bottles? Was your child able to breast feed or not? Secondly, anyone's surgeon use prosthetics to create symmetry and roundness in the nostrils? How has your child tolerated it? We are researching physicians and specific techniques, concerned about sloping of her nose.
I'd appreciate any info you'd be willing to share and I'm sure I'll be back as the months progress!! thanks in advance.
Trish