Feeding: How it's still working out

I saw Anna (our Speech/Lang. Pathologist) while we were at the orthodontist last week and mentioned that Wyatt could feed himself with the Haberman bottle. We don't have to squeeze it at all and he downs it in 10 minutes. She said we could try different bottles and Wyatt might even be able to use a "regular" bottle. He still can't suck but with a bottle with a faster flow, him making compressions and maybe a little help from us with a bottle we can squeeze he may be able to do it.

Here is what we have been up to this week... trying different bottles and bottle modifications.

Bottles from left to right: MeadJohnson, MeadJohnson bottle w/ Dr. Browns nipple, Haberman, Avent

Dr. Browns Bottle

So far it looks like the Dr. Browns nipple on the MeadJohnson bottle is the winner. We already have a ton of MeadJohnson's bottles (they are super cheap and what we started out using) and you can buy Dr. Browns bottles/nipples at Target. Hooray. I really hope this works. If I can get the nipple to flow faster by modifying it or buy a faster flow he may be able to use the whole Dr. Browns bottle. From what I have read online a lot of clefties have had great success with this bottle.

Another nice thing I found out from the surgeon today is he will let Wyatt have his bottles after surgery. No syringe feeding for this guy. He also won't have to transition to a cup/sippy cup before his palate surgery like some doctors require. I am so glad because I want things to be as normal as possible for him. The poor thing has to go through enough as it is.