Thanks, good luck for the lip repair. I know people have probably told you to prepare yourself for the shock of your boy looking so different. I was stunned how different Stephen looked after the op. It took at least 2 weeks for me to get used to it. The first day was awful. He was pretty sore and unsettled and was very swollen but by the next day he really picked up and even took 200mls from the bottle in 1 go and it was all uphill from there really.

Well done on still going with EBM. I am in awe of you. Such a fantastic effort.

I was interested that Kane is having his palate repair at 18 months, Stephen will be just under 7 months for his. It's amazing how everyone does things slightly different. btw do you use normal teats or special teats with the squeeze bottles. We use normal ones (on the advice of our speech path) but I've heard of some using special teats.
Will Kane have ear tubes put in? Stephen's ENT examined him in theatre and as he had fluid in his ears put the tubes in when his lip was done. We actually just had an ENT check up today and tubes are still in and ears are looking good so we don't need another lot in yet. We have a formal hearing test just after the palate op but I have no doubts about his hearing.