Joyful Milestone: 7-Month-Old Baby Girl Laughs and Speaks Clearly Following Her First Cleft Palate Surgery.

Riley Johnson, from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, was born without a complete palate, the features of the mouth and upper lip of the girl were not developed in the womb.

With this deformity, girls have trouble eating, and pronouncing some letters will also make it difficult for girls.

However, last month, the little girl had surgery on her lips and the bottom of her nose, which made the 7-month-old  girl laugh and say the letters ‘m’ for the first time.

Beautiful smile of a baby girl after the first surgery.

Her mother, Angela, said: ‘When my baby finished the surgery and left the operating room I cried, the baby was so beautiful, I felt very lucky.

“Before the baby’s mouth was open and her nose wasn’t attached to the mouth, she didn’t seem to have any nostrils.”

From 2 months of age, the girl has been fixed with a cleft palate.

“Now that he’s settled, the baby will be able to participate in  social  activities and won’t be subjected to any objections, the baby will grow up happy and confident.”

“The baby can completely close her mouth and seems very happy, plus if she doesn’t want to eat now she can keep her lips closed.”

“The baby smiles a lot now, the smile is so different from before, it was always wide and drooling.”

Riley’s mouth laceration was discovered shortly after an ultrasound at 20 weeks.

The baby girl’s malformation was discovered at 20 weeks of age.

The baby’s mother added: “I worry about social prejudices, my daughter will face other children and especially the appearance of a girl to a boy.”

“Strangers often stare and show lack of tact when asking about my daughter”

But after seven-hour surgery last month, the girl is smiling more and is learning to pronounce the word ‘mom’.