A lady at my cleft group showed me photos of her son straight after his lip op.... and i'm glad she did. He looked awlful!! So i'm somewhat prepared.Still scared sh#@less though!!
Kanes cleft palate is very narrow, and will move a little closer together as he gets older, so our surgeon wont touch it till his older. He went over to the states to lecture on clefts and learn the latest techniques. So I hope his right!! He is the head childrens plastic surgeon so I hope so!! I wrote in another thread somewhere that our surgeon is the one that done the plastic surgery on little Sophie who was run over twice in Sydney, so wer'e pretty happy with him!!
Kane hasn't had any ear infections, and we had a diagnostic hearing test done at 10 weeks that showed perfect hearing, but he does have fluid build up. Our doc said he'll have a look pre-surgery and decide then. Since his only on EBM he might not have to.
Kane uses the special bottle and teats, but on occasion has used a regular bottle. The special teats are good because he has to roll his tongue up it to get the milk out himself. It's good for sucking and speech practice.

I'm so glad little Stephen is going well!! Off to some engagements for National Cleft Awareness Week... I'll post again afterwards!! I'm excited, it's both our little boys first one!!!