Cleft babies united

This week Mum and I have attended a course for cleft affected babies and their families. There were 8 of us babies + two older siblings of one baby and we came from all parts of Finland. They had arranged it so that each of us had our own child minder all through the week. And we had so much fun eating, sleeping and playing while the parents attended classes on various related subjects. The lecturers varied from plastic surgeons to social workers and speech therapists. Mum seemed to enjoy herself although she says the group used up the paper tissue supplies crying their eyes out during some of the group discussions. Some things are just too painful to talk about, says Mum. But mostly there was laughter and intense questioning of the experts. Hopefully we'll be called back for a reunion in a year or two and see how everyone has turned out.