Reply #9: I suspected that, but it is only because I have seen so many [View All]

[murielm99]

cleft palate kids.

My son was born with a cleft palate. But in his case, he had no uvula and his soft palate was cleft. he did not have a cleft lip or nose.

The surgery was still awful. It was delicate, and his recovery time was difficult. But he is fine now, at 23 years old.

I saw many kids at his clinic and in the hospital that had very good outcomes. Only someone like me can detect the repairs and minute surgical scars.

I spent so much extra time sitting with my son during his recoveries that he learned to read early. I did not actually teach him, but we read many books and played a lot of games. He could read before he was four.