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Originally Posted by Mom2BabyNatalie  She can swallow.... and before her stitches fell apart, she could suckle pretty well... (she tried hard and got good suction... but I'm sure it's pain that would make her release and tire) so I continued to use the dropper... and today also started with a 1cc syringe.
Oh... also, it's not so much her mouth that we're concerned with... I mean, sure - if she can form her mouth properly to suckle better... that's great... but the palate is repaired and her tongue is just fine, so she could still nurse without dealing with the lip problem.... but it's her nasal passage that he wants to repair... right now, it's wide open - no protection.... once he "put her together" we were waiting for that to heal so he could then create the nasal passage, etc. |
Z's nasal passage is completely open to his mouth. I can see tiny openings into his sinuses. Anything that goes into his mouth is also in his nose. I have pulled SO much stuff out of there, including a feather that was making him sneeze continuously, LOL.
The only problem we've had with that is the chronic sinus infection. He has been on an antibiotic off and on for his whole life. (fourteen weeks)