On March 22nd, 2016
Quality Nutrition for Violet
One immediate concern for a baby with cleft lip and/or palate, like little Violet, is feeding and good nutrition.
Baby Violet when she entered our Healing Home in November 2015
Because of the cleft lip or palate, an opening between the mouth and nasal cavity, the baby cannot create the suction needed to efficiently pull milk from the bottle or breast. It is like trying to drink from a straw with a crack in it. Read more.