special dummies?

[tasha21]

does anyone know of anywhere i can get a special dummy for lo, hes driving me up the wall as he has a cleft lip and palate and cant hold a normal one in, ive tried every shape and size that you can get in the chemist but they are useless. im so tierd not getting any sleep. ive tried googling it but nothing is coming up. also is anyone else using the haberman feeder?

We use a Haberman for my DD, who has a high arched palate (not cleft though).

She couldn't suck so didn't use a dummy so can't help there sorry. Does he need a dummy? Do CLAPA have any advice?

No help with the dummy I am afraid but I have had a little experience with a haberman feeder. My DD has Down Syndrome and I used one briefly with her when she was first born. She came off of NGT and I used a haberman for a couple of weeks.

Thanks i never even thought of clapa. my ds3 is on the haberman feeder and he is getting his milk thickened, its really hard for him to get the milk out and its been suggested to me to make the slit bigger in the teat, should i try this on such a rediculously priced bottle

I used NUK bottles and dummies for my dd when she was a baby, as she has a high arched palate.

These weren't perfect, but she was able to hang onto them for a little longer than the others.