Symptoms of cleft palate

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Now, because of many pollution problems in the environment and life, many babies will have cleft palate after birth, so many mothers are very worried, especially when feeding the baby. Now I will share the symptoms of the baby with soft cleft palate.

Symptoms of cleft palate

First, cleft lip baby's upper lip orbicularis muscle development deformity, discontinuity, baby's sucking ability will be relatively poor, easy to fatigue when feeding. But because their mouth and nasal cavity are not connected, so when sucking, the mouth can still maintain normal negative pressure, will not affect the feeding.

Second, the milk is sprayed into the mouth of the newborn through sucking in the mouth and the breast spray reflex. The sucking of the newborn with cleft lip and palate is not enough for the negative pressure in the oral cavity, and the sucking force is not strong. Sometimes the milk can enter the airway or nasal cavity by mistake, and even suffocate. Therefore, when feeding this kind of baby, the newborn should sit on the mother's thigh vertically, and the mother can squeeze the breast with her hand to promote the breast spray reflex.

Third, if the Department of cleft lip, the mother of children with cleft lip fingers can be used to increase the sucking force of the newborn. Because of the low sucking power of children with cleft lip and palate, they may eat less milk each time. Therefore, after each lactation, they should squeeze the milk in the breast by hand, and then feed it to the newborn with a small spoon or dropper, so that the newborn can grow up healthily.

matters needing attention

Once the baby with cleft palate finds the milk flowing out of the nostrils during the feeding process, it means that the feeding speed is too fast for the baby, and it needs to be adjusted immediately; If the amount of milk flowing out of the baby's nostrils is large, you need to stop feeding, and then wipe the milk in the nostrils with a cotton swab; If choking occurs during feeding, do not panic, immediately put the baby's head down, gently pat on the back, so that milk will not flow into the respiratory tract.