Sylvia Krian, a mother of a three-month-old who was born with a cleft lip and palate says this condition prevents the baby from breastfeeding properly. “I was shocked when I first saw my child.

The cleft areas easily become encrusted with milk, which makes them prone to excoriation and infection. A small amount of sterile water can be offered to the infant after each feeding to clean the ...

[15] With a CL, it is imperative that this systematic examination be completed before a feeding, due to the potential ... have a tongue that falls into the cleft and obstructs the airway.

It can happen just in the lip, it can happen on one side or both sides, and it can happen right through the gums and affect the back side of the soft palate. When you look down the cleft, you’ll see ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

In 2006, Valerie Catherine Smith-Orr travelled to the Philippines for a six month research for her studies at the University of Queensland on ‘feeding children with a cleft palate in a ...