Hi Everyone,
I am new to this board. My son was born in April with a cleft lip/palate and a club foot. I am wondering if there are any other moms out there whose child was born with a cleft lip/palate. Also if their are working moms whose babies had surgery I am wondering how long you took off work for your child's surgery. My son has his next surgery in March and I have no idea how long to take off. I have told my employer two weeks but I am second guessing it thinking I need to take off more time. Any input is appreciated.
Thank you!
Re: Cleft Lip/palate
my daughter was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate..
all kids are different- but i can share our experience.. my daughter wore the NAM (an appliance) for 3 months and had her lip surgery done at 5 months. Her recovery was awesome! I took 2 weeks off but went back a few days early because she was doing so great. Her palate surgery was done at 9 months and again, her recovery was quick. I took off 2 weeks but ended up going back a week early. She had no issues whatsover..
If you have any other questions email me at lumaryh at hotmail.com
My son was born with a unilateral cleft lip/palate and is now 14 months. He had his lip repair when I was on maternity leave but had his palate repaired at 10 months when I was working. I took a total of 2 weeks off of work (surgery was on a Monday morning and I went back to work 2 weeks later) and it was the perfect amount of time. Halfway through the second week he was back to himself and we were out running errands and doing things. I think you will be fine with two weeks.
Good luck on the palate repair and his lip repair looks really good!