Every child is a gift from God, an angel who falls to earth and needs to be cared for with the utmost care and attention. However, young parents with cleft lip and palate babies are often at a loss when it comes to feeding their babies due to their special physiological structure: they can’t suck, they choke and cough easily, they eat less, and they are malnourished. The following article will give you some suggestions. A, the impact of cleft lip and palate deformity 1, due to the presence of cleft lip and palate baby, can not form a closed oral and nasal cavity environment, so the lack of sufficient negative pressure role sucking milk, or sucking strain to produce feeding fatigue. 2, eating food from the mouth into the nasal cavity, and then overflow from the nasal cavity, causing choking and coughing, and may even cause aspiration pneumonia; baby inhalation of excessive air when eating will also cause hiccups, flatulence. 3, more serious cleft palate is often accompanied by alveolar cleft, missing milk teeth, after the eruption of milk teeth due to the lack of teeth caused by chewing efficiency, food can not be fully mixed, nutrient absorption is limited. 4. Long-term eating disorder will cause the baby’s appetite to decrease, insufficient nutritional intake and developmental delay. Suggestions 1.For babies with less serious unilateral cleft lip and partial cleft palate can be breastfed. Take a sitting position, do not lie flat to avoid choking and coughing, face to face feeding to facilitate observation. When feeding, put the cleft side close to the breast, so that the breast can fill the cleft, forming a more complete closed oral and nasal cavity environment, which is conducive to baby sucking, and can finger plug the cleft lip to reduce the occurrence of choking and coughing. 2, for bilateral cleft lip, or more serious cleft palate baby can use bottle feeding. It is recommended to choose a squeeze bottle and a soft cross-open teat to control the feeding speed and reduce frictional trauma. The bottle should be held at an angle to the floor so that the milk flows into the mouth by gravity. And make the pacifier should be located on the inside of the non-cleft side of the cheek, the position should not be too deep, gently squeeze the bottle to prevent choking and coughing. 3. For babies with poor breast and bottle feeding results, especially for a period of time before and after cleft lip and palate surgery treatment, spoon feeding should be used. It is recommended to use a squeeze bottle with a spoon to avoid scratches caused by the sharp edge of the spoon. A small amount of food should be spooned onto the baby’s lips and gently poured into the mouth. When feeding after cleft lip and palate surgery, try to avoid lip movements and sucking motions that may cause the wound to split. Note that the amount of single feeding should not be too large and the speed should not be too fast. 4. No matter which feeding method is used, avoid inhaling too much air, insist on small amount of multiple feedings and burping after meals. Reduce local stimulation and avoid irritating food. If milk spills or refluxes from the nasal cavity, feeding needs to be suspended and continued after the baby coughs or sneezes. Although it is difficult to feed children with cleft lip and palate, parents can still let their babies enjoy eating if they master feeding skills and put in more persistence, patience and love.