Children

Here you will find some of the photos submitted to us by parents of children with a cleft lip. This photo gallery is intended to give new and expecting parents an idea of what their child might look like and what can be achieved by modern surgery.

PLEASE NOTE: While no photos have graphic surgical content, some show babies and young children very soon after surgery, and in some cases there is visible blood, swelling and bruising. We publish these photos to help parents prepare for their child’s surgery, but we know that these may be distressing to some, so please carefully consider if this something you are comfortable viewing.

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Aimee

Alfie B

Archie

Arthur

A newborn baby with a cleft lip is lying on a white sheet wearing a white babygrow and hat — Newborn Arthur

A baby with a cleft lip is smiling at the camera, sitting in a baby seat — Arthur the day before surgery

A baby with their eyes closed has stitches above their lip — Arthur a few hours post lip repair surgery

A baby is lying down smiling and looking at the camera — Arthur 4 weeks post surgery

Austin

Ava Ruby

A baby with a unilateral cleft lip looks at the camera and wears a fluffy hood — Ava Ruby at 4 weeks old

A baby with a unilateral cleft lip is lying down and looking up at the camera, wearing a headband and a yellow dress — Ava Ruby at 6 months old

A baby with a faint scar by her lip is sitting up on a chair wearing dungarees and a headband — Ava Ruby 4 months post lip repair

Bethany

Bella

Blaine-Zachary

A newborn baby lying in a cot and looking at the camera — Blaine-Zachary at 7 hours old

a man is cradling a young baby and looking at the camera and a woman is leaning over his shoulder smiling at the camera — Blaine-Zachary and parents

a young boy is holding a spoon upright in a milky bowl, looking away from the camera and wearing a yellow hat — Blaine-Zachary at nursery, 2 years old

a woman holds a young child and sits on a bale of straw next to a man — Blaine-Zachary and parents now

Buddy

Cai

Caleb

Callie-May

Charlie

Charlie T

Charlie S

Charlotte

Chester

Cody

Curtis

Daisy

Daniel

Darcy-Rae

Darcy-Rae, 6 1/2 months after lip repair

Dylan

Eduard

Edward

Edward B

Edward U

Ellis

Emily

Ewan

A baby with a feeding tube taped to their face, wearing a white hat. Their eyes are closed. — Ewan at 2 days old

A baby is sitting surrounded by tops smiling and looking at the camera — Ewan at 8 months old

Ewan

Feargus

Finley

A white background with a baby looking at the camera, wearing a white babygrow — Finley at 3 weeks old

A baby lying down on their stomach in a coat, smiling and looking up. They are wearing beige dungarees and are next to a blue toy — Finley at 6 months old

A toddler stands up, looking at the camera and leaning on the arm of a sofa with a door in the background — Finley at nearly 1 year old

Finley

Florence

Florence after her lip and palate repairs

Frankie

Fynn

Gracie

Gracie-Mai

Gracie-Mai two hours after palate repair

Gracie-Mai on her 1st birthday, 6 months after lip repair and 3 months after palate repair

Harrison

Harrison age 2, about to take part in a CLAPA Sponsored Walk

Harry

Hayden

Honor

A young girl sits upright on a sofa wearing a pink jacket and pink headband. She is looking at the camera and smiling gently. — Honor at 10 months

Idris

Isla

A baby lying down with their mouth open, showing their cleft palate — Isla at 8 weeks old

A close up photo of a baby's mouth showing their healed palate post repair surgery — Isla at 13 months old, 1 month post palate repair surgery

Isla-Mai

Issa

Jack

Jackson

Jacob

Jacob M

Jada

James

Jamie

Jayden

Joshua

Jaxon

A baby crying, showing their cleft palate — Jaxon

Kataleena

Kieran

Kirah-Jewel

Kyle

Layla

Leo

Leo W

Liam

Libby

Libby M

Lilah-Rose

Lincoln

Logan

Lorena

Lorena age 2 after 3 surgeries ( 2 lip 1 palate)

Lucas

Luka

Macey

Maldin

Max

Maya W

Megan

A baby being held, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a yellow hat — Megan 30 minutes after birth before being taken to SCBU

A baby lying down asleep with a feeding tube in their nose

A baby with a feeding tube in their nose looking at the camera — Megan in SCBU

A baby sleeping — Megan day 7 in SCBU and allowed home

A view inside a baby's mouth, showing their cleft palate — Megan 8 months old and 2 months before surgery

A baby's mouth post surgery, showing a bit of blood by their nose — Megan day 1 after surgery

The inside view of a baby's mouth showing a healed palate after surgery — Megan’s healed mouth, 4 weeks post-surgery

Mia

Miah

Miguel

Mikey

Moaz

Nate

Noah

Noah M

Oakley

A baby with a cleft lip lying asleep in a hospital under a blanket — Oakley at birth

A young child with brown hair and yes is smiling widely close to the camera, with a faint scar above their lip — Oakley at 11 months

Oscar

Oscar O

Poppy

Rafferty

Ralph

Rex

Rhianne

Robin

Rocco

Ronny

Rorey

Rory

Ruari

Reuben

Ryan

Sam

Sean

Spencer

Spencer playing for Crosfields ARLFC Club

Sophia

Sydney

Teddy

Teddy E

Thatcher

A photo of a baby's mouth, showing their cleft palate and feeding tube — Thatcher 1 week old

A baby is sitting in an elephant high chair with their mouth open, showing their cleft palate — Thatcher 11 months old

a baby is standing outside and leaning on a large pumpkin, surrounded by lots of pumpkins — Thatcher 1 year old

Toby

Toby now, at 10 month, soft palate also now repaired

Trai

Tristan

A baby wearing a hospital gown sits up and looks at the camera — Tristan just before palate repair surgery at 11 months old

a baby is standing up and leaning on the edge of a cot — Tristan the morning after surgery

a toddler is standing up and leaning on a large toy looking surprised and staring slightly upwards — Tristan home and recovered

a toddler is smiling at the camera and sitting on a large toy — Tristan at 16 months old

Thank you to all the parents who have submitted the above photos!

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