I spent a lot of time with them helping the baby with feedings. It was difficult at first, but everyone got the hang of it and now it's going well. Right now the mom is expressing milk and putting it in a special kind of bottle that allows for a slower flow. This is good because of the way the baby's mouth is, and on one side it's open to the inside of the nose.
Anyway, the baby is doing well - they named her Kate and were discharged from the hospital yesterday. They are hoping to get down to Brazzaville and find someone there who can do the surgery.
I wish so badly we could get a doctor to come here for a few months who could do this kind of repair...then we could find the people who need it and schedule them for surgeries.
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Hooray for another Kate!
And Kate the First, have you ever tried cup/spoon feeding preemies or other babies who can't be nursed? In the BLISS training method, they advocate it over bottle feeding for mothers and babies with nursing difficulties, because it's more sanitary and because it's easier for the babies to transition to nursing, if they are eventually able to do so. In the case of this Kate that doesn't sound likely...but I wonder if spoon feeding might be even better than the slo-flo bottle?
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