Hi Matilda's Mum,

The particular teat that I am using is called a Traz Chu Chu Easy Feed Teat, that is the name of the teat I am using....not aware of any other chu chu teats but I'm sure there are some....like you said every baby is different and while some may pick up on it, others may not and prefer the pigeon teat....it is definately worth trying it if you are still unhappy with the way her feeding is with the feeding methods...have not used the Habermann but would have been the next option if this teat did not work....I used the Traz chu chu teat on Taylor when she was about 4 weeks old and she picked up on it straight away...like purplemamma was saying she can use the chu chu teat with any bottle, not necessary just a squeeze bottle, I find that so much milk comes out easily without squeezing the bottle so you could use a normal bottle, just replace the "normal teat" with the chu chu teat and should be fine, the only thing is that sometimes it leaks but I have not had any problems with our bottles.

Yes, give Cleft Pals a call or those numbers I gave you on the previous blog, they should be able to assist you

Annemaree - I really understand how you are feeling, Taylor's cleft was not picked up until a few days later when I was in the hospital, none of the midwives picked up on the cleft palate, because it was so far back in her mouth I guess they just never noticed it or considered that was what it was, it was not until I contacted a breastfeeding specialist in the hospital who tried to assist and then a speech pathogist was contacted after Taylor had no food after her 3rd day....it's amazing that you had to go through that much time before her cleft was picked up! I remember feeling very nausous when they told me what she had (I had the 3rd day baby blues badly) but at the same time was relieved that there was something we could do....

I am so glad there is a website like this where we can all support one another and everyone has been really helpful to me and I'm sure to all of you's too! I'm very thankful!!

Have a wonderful week and hope Anne Maree that your appointment was successful today!