Figure 1 shows that the biggest effect on
weight gain was determined by the type of cleft, and this remained significant independently of the
type of bottle and teat used for feeding. Changes in weight (dSD) from birth were therefore cross
tabulated with the type of abnormality. Figure 2 shows that iCP (complete) resulted in the lowest
median value weight gain. The cleft type of all babies was further cross tabulated with the SD score
to express the variables in weight velocity (Table 3). The mother of the baby with an iCP (incomplete)
whose weight was in the dSD >2 category indicated in her diary that the baby had a small
chin, breathing problems and was originally tube fed, suggesting that this baby was an undiagnosed
Robin Sequence. The results of cross tabulation of weight gain with type of abnormality showed that
babies with an iCP (complete) had the most significant problems with weight gain, whilst those with
a UCLP had the least significant problems, w2 ¼ 7.94; df ¼ 2; p ¼ 0.019.