The Medela Special Needs Feeder is designed for babies who cannot create a vacuum due to certain syndromes and neurological disorders or because they were born with a cleft lip or palate.

Feeding babies with special needs

The Medela Special Needs Feeder is designed to allow the baby to use compression when they cannot create a vacuum to extract the liquid. The one-way valve prevents air from entering the teat. The caregiver can control the milk flow easily, thanks to the slit valve mechanism.

Benefits of the Medela Special Needs Feeder

The teat's line mark helps the caregiver find the right position (three different flows).

The slit valve makes the teat sensitive to any feeding effort and closes completely when the baby wants to pause. The one-way valve prevents air from entering the teat.

The SpecialNeeds Feeder comes in the standard size. If the baby’s oral cavity size requires the smaller Mini SpecialNeeds teat, the teat can simply be replaced.

The SpecialNeeds Feeder can be reused after it has been cleaned in accordance with the instructions:

Supports oral feeding in babies
Has a variable and controllable milk flow rate to suit the baby’s abilities and efforts
Is sensitive even to very weak feeding effort
Provides help when babies cannot create a vacuum