Operation Smile started back in 1982, they are world-renowned children’s medical charity that helps children of all ages improve their health and physical appearance. Since the day the company started they have helped over 130,000 children from all over the world. The children that have been treated by Operation Smile were born with physical deformities [...]
If your child has been born with a cleft lip and palate then you should be expecting to have surgery done within the first year of their life. The cleft lip is repaired between 4 and 6 months and the palate is repaired from 9 to 16 months. The surgery itself is routine and we [...]
During the 42 weeks of pregnancy as each week goes by the baby’s facial features begin to develop. In between the 6th and the 11th week of pregnancy the baby’s lip and palate are starting to form together. Child who are born with clefts in the lip and the palate, this simply doesn’t happen. [...]
Most often babies who are born with cleft lips or palates are required to stay a bit longer in the hospitals than other babies. This is due to the special feedings that babies with clefts need. You can’t simply place a bottle in the baby’s mouth and they start drinking. With cleft babies there are [...]
When I was five months pregnant I was going for my normal doctor appointments and so far everything was going well. I had just gone to my sonogram and a few days later I got a call from my doctor. She had informed me that my baby was going to be born with a cleft [...]
Babies born with cleft palate will encounter many different problems and one of those problems is oral sensory. Kids that are born with cleft palates will have trouble feeding right from the start. These days cleft lips and cleft palates can be detected before the baby is born. When a parent knows that their [...]
One of the most challenging things for a baby born with a cleft palate is bottle feeding. Since surgery is not done until the third or fourth month, feeling your baby can be very stressful and challenging. If your baby was born with a cleft lip, cleft palate or both chances are they will [...]
