Feeding babies with cleft lip / palate

Detailed information about feeding babies with cleft lip/palate is currently beyond the scope of this project and website.

The JHCH Speech Pathology Department hope to expand this section of the website in the future. If you have any questions regarding feeding infants with cleft lip and/or palate, please contact the Speech Pathology department at JHCH on 02 4921 3727.

Factsheets

John Hunter Children’s Hospital / Sydney Children’s Hospital / Westmead Children’s Hospital Factsheets:

• Cleft Lip and Palate – Feeding your baby
  
• Cleft Lip Palate Feeding Bottles and Teats
  
• Using the Pigeon Cleft Palate Teat Factsheet
  

Equipment

Commonly used feeding equipment:

• Pigeon: purchased through:
  • CleftPALS who will post equipment to families
  • The KCs Gift Shop, located in the foyer of John Hunter Hospital and run by the John Hunter Site Carers, sells Pigeon cleft palate bottles and teats
• Haberman  / Medela Feeder  
• Chu Chu teats: purchased through CleftPALS website
• Medela Soft Cup

Local pharmacists may also be able to order in equipment.

Movies / more Information

• Cleftline
• Kummer (2008) DVD clip 5-01 shows a baby feeding with a Haberman bottle
• Kummer, A.W. (2008) Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies: Effects on Speech and Resonance (2nd ed.). New York: Thompson Delmar Learning