About 2 weeks old with lip taping. This taping is meant to bring in the prolabium which is his little lip piece in the middle and premaxilla which is the little chunk of gums just under his prolabium. We did this taping until he got the NAM at about 5 weeks.

I wore him in my wrap (Ellaroo for the curious) while I fed him to give him that skin to skin contact my breastfed babies got and soothe a very fussy little guy.

Matt holds an unhappy Sean Michael. About 4 weeks.

Here is Dr. Garfinkle, the dentist/orthodontist who does the NAM (nasoalveolar molding) procedure at Doernbecher. This is the appt where the NAM was fitted for the first time since the mold wast taken. Sean Michael is about 5 weeks old here. He is not happy with being messed with, but nothing is hurting him at this time.

These photos give a really good view of Sean Michael's lip, nose and palate before the NAM.

Here he is with the NAM and his brother and sister at about 8 weeks