PROUD MOMMA
Priya is accomplishing new things almost daily! The latest ones have been clapping, standing, and taking her first steps with Mommy holding her hands! I am pretty sure that a mom is as proud of the daily small accomplishments of her child as she would be if they were winning a Nobel Prize.
We recently received a new bottle valve/nipple combo that I ordered from overseas, and it allowed Priya to finally be able to hold her own bottle and feed herself this week! (Thank you, Japan, for the Pigeon brand products! I am sorry I ordered them from Thailand!)
Before, we used a Medela specialty feeder for cleft palates, which had a much longer nipple. Because of the cleft palate, Priya does not have the negative pressure to suck by herself. The Medela nipple allowed us to pump a little to help her. The chamber was too long, making it awkward for her to hold up her bottle properly; plus it has to line up a certain way for the membrane inside to work, and the nipples tore every week and cost $17-22 to replace each time. The Pigeon nipples for cleft palate (Y cut) are short like regular nipples, so there is not a leverage issue like the other. The bottom of the nipple is soft and the top part is hard, so when Priya's tongue or gums push against the bottom, milk flows through a one-way valve and gets trapped in the nipple and milk is squeezed into her mouth for her. It's amazing! It is so much cheaper even though I had to order from Thailand and the shipping almost doubled the cost! This is a pic of the two nipples for comparison. I so wish I had used Pigeon nipples earlier!
Priya turned 10 months old today. The three of us drove to Columbia, SC, to do some exploring. Priya loves getting out and going for walks with her mom and dad. Here is a link to a short clip of our walk:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201814682383500&l=5905088739792927130
We recently received a new bottle valve/nipple combo that I ordered from overseas, and it allowed Priya to finally be able to hold her own bottle and feed herself this week! (Thank you, Japan, for the Pigeon brand products! I am sorry I ordered them from Thailand!)
Before, we used a Medela specialty feeder for cleft palates, which had a much longer nipple. Because of the cleft palate, Priya does not have the negative pressure to suck by herself. The Medela nipple allowed us to pump a little to help her. The chamber was too long, making it awkward for her to hold up her bottle properly; plus it has to line up a certain way for the membrane inside to work, and the nipples tore every week and cost $17-22 to replace each time. The Pigeon nipples for cleft palate (Y cut) are short like regular nipples, so there is not a leverage issue like the other. The bottom of the nipple is soft and the top part is hard, so when Priya's tongue or gums push against the bottom, milk flows through a one-way valve and gets trapped in the nipple and milk is squeezed into her mouth for her. It's amazing! It is so much cheaper even though I had to order from Thailand and the shipping almost doubled the cost! This is a pic of the two nipples for comparison. I so wish I had used Pigeon nipples earlier!
Priya turned 10 months old today. The three of us drove to Columbia, SC, to do some exploring. Priya loves getting out and going for walks with her mom and dad. Here is a link to a short clip of our walk:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201814682383500&l=5905088739792927130
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