For children with cleft lip and palate, the lack of a palatal seal makes it difficult to establish effective internal pressure inside the mouth while sucking milk during the sucking process. Furthermore, the cleft lip and palate child’s mouth is connected to the nasal cavity, making it easy to swallow too much air during sucking and to choke milk out of the nose through the cleft in the palate. Although it is difficult to feed children with cleft lip and palate, there are many examples that show that parents can still make their little ones enjoy normal feeding with proper feeding skills and more persistence, patience and love. The warmth of the mother’s embrace and the warmth between mother and child when breastfeeding is preferred is incomparable to artificial feeding; the breast itself has a certain stretch to fill the gap in the lips during feeding. Artificial feeding Pacifier: special, sold on Taobao, many foundations will give away as long as the application. Bottle: squeezable plastic bottle to use. Feeding process Hold the baby diagonally to an angle of 35°~45° from the ground. This angle is conducive to the flow of milk to the pacifier due to gravity, and also avoids otitis media caused by the easy flow of milk from the short and straight eustachian tube into the middle ear when feeding in a horizontal position. Adjust the teat so that it is located on the inside of the non-cleft side of the cheek and not at the throat. Gentle pressure on the bottle, in conjunction with the infant’s sucking motion on the pacifier, allows the milk to reach the tongue easily and the swallowing reflex to occur naturally so that uniform and effective feeding can be achieved. Palatal shields: and with cleft lip, custom-made pre-operative braces are available. It is important to see a professional orthodontist. Those without cleft lip can be worn and feeding efficiency is greatly improved relative to infants who do not wear them, subject to frequent adjustments. Feeding before and after surgery Try to transition with a spoon a week earlier before cleft lip and do not use a bottle after surgery. Infants with cleft palate, on the other hand, should not be breastfed again for a short period of time. During this time, care should be taken to preserve the sucked milk in a special milk reservoir, while the infant can drink the preserved milk from a cup or spoon.