Medela Special Needs Feeder and Medela Special Needs Feeder

Medela Specialneeds Feeder (Formerly called The Haberman Feeder)

The Specialneeds Feeder is a specialized feeder designed for babies with cleft lip and palate and other special feeding problems. It can also be helpful with colic. This type of feeder rewards babies who have even the weakest feeding effort. The one-way valve prevents flooding and overwhelming the baby.

Special design features make the Specialneeds Feeder uniquely responsive to the baby's nursing efforts. The slit-valve in the teat regulates milk flow from zero to maximum, depending on its orientation in the baby's mouth. As milk is drawn out of the teat by even the slightest action of the baby's tongue and gums, air enters the bottle at the same rate through an inlet groove in the disc. Consequently, there is no turbulence. Milk flows in only one direction - into the reservoir behind the teat. The reservoir always remains full, and none of the baby's effort is wasted. If the baby cannot nurse at all, or needs a little help, the caregiver can squeeze and release a limited amount of milk (about 1/4 teaspoon) from the reservoir into the baby's mouth.

The Specialneeds Feeder never floods. Enlarging the hole of an ordinary nipple does not solve your feeding problems. Your baby cannot stop the flow of feed in order to relax and breathe. Panic and choking soon result. The Specialneeds Feeder has a slit-valve in the mouthpiece which opens only when your baby sucks. Your baby has complete control and is never overwhelmed. It also has the advantage of variable flow. Graduation from a large opening, down to a shut position, can be achieved to suit the individual needs of your baby. Whichever opening you select, it will always shut between sucks.

The Specialneeds Feeder may reduce gas, vomiting, and colic. Many babies swallow air while using some ordinary feeders. This is because a vacuum builds up inside the system and the baby must release his lips from the teat to allow air back in. Consequently, air is swallowed with the next mouthful of feed causing gas, vomiting and colic.

The Specialneeds Feeder may reduce air-swallowing. It has a special air inlet groove which allows air in at the same rate as feed is released from the system. There is no vacuum to work against your baby's sucking efforts and air-swallowing is avoided.

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