Medela Cleft Palate Bottle Instructions

Shaw w c bannister r p roberts c t.

Medela cleft palate bottle instructions.

Provides ability to control feed rate. Shaw w c bannister r p roberts c t. Cleft palate craniofac j 36 262 268 1999. Feeding interventions for growth and development in infants with cleft lip cleft palate or cleft lip and palate.

When children born with a cleft palate have difficulty breast feeding most mothers switch to bottles and use either pumped breast milk or formula. But the vast majority of bottles aren t designed for babies with a cleft palate and won t be much help at all. Cochrane database syst rev cd003315 2011. The cleft lip palate nurser by mead johnson is a low cost soft squeezable bottle.

Cleft palate craniofac j 36 262 268 1999. Wash with warm soapy water and air dry. Cochrane database syst rev cd003315 2011. Such conditions may mean your baby is unable to create a vacuum to drink your milk from the breast so the specialneeds feeder allows him to use gentle compression instead.

Assisted feeding is more reliable for infants with clefts a randomized trial. Assists babies with cleft palate and other special feeding problems. However babies born with a cleft lip and palate or cleft palate only have an opening in the roof of their mouth between the mouth and nose. Mini specialneeds feeders are designed for premature babies with facial or oral problems that hinder their ability to breastfeed.

Cleft palate craniofac j 36 262 268 1999. Use any shorter softer nipple. Babies with cleft lip only can even breastfeed if you desire. Cochrane database syst rev cd003315 2011.

If your baby has a condition that makes breastfeeding difficult such as a cleft lip and palate or a disability or neurological condition the medela specialneeds feeder may be the solution. Such conditions may mean your baby is unable to create a vacuum to drink your milk from the breast so the specialneeds feeder allows him to use gentle compression instead. Assisted feeding is more reliable for infants with clefts a randomized trial. Feeding interventions for growth and development in infants with cleft lip cleft palate or cleft lip and palate.

If your baby has a condition that makes breastfeeding difficult such as a cleft lip and palate or a disability or neurological condition the medela specialneeds feeder may be the solution. The bottle has a thin one way flow valve. Before using the bottle for the first time put some water in it and. Feeding interventions for growth and development in infants with cleft lip cleft palate or cleft lip and palate.

Assemble the bottle by placing the white part of the one way flow valve facing the nipple chamber and the yellow plastic disk toward the bottle chamber. This opening in the palate makes it difficult to create the suction needed to pull milk out of the bottle or to latch on to the breast to. Cleft lip palate nurser by mead johnson cleft lip palate nurser by mead johnson. We suggest that you replace the long yellow nipple that comes with the bottle.