Posted on 09/24/2010 10:45:11 AM PDT by Immerito
SARASOTA - New parents with new babies in tow listened to last-minute advice at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Celebration Going Home Brunch on Thursday.
But this brunch included information on a large-scale recall of Similac infant formula.
"We wanted to give you the education as to what you need to do at this point," nursing manager Judy Caravello said to the parents.
Like many hospitals, SMH passes out diaper bags as a parting gift to parents.
Some of the bags include a can of Similac.
Caravello said that as soon as a Similac representative contacted the hospital, it immediately replaced the recalled powder formula with approved ready-to-feed liquid formula.
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The following are the specific products that were describe as 8-ounce, 12.4-ounce and 12.9 ounce cans of Similac powder that have the numbers:
* 87932T20
* 88117T26
* 78208T2
* 88136T20
* 91433t20
* 800-986-8850
* 800-545-5216
* 800-515-7677
* 800-986-8800
* 847-937-6100
* (847) 935-8865
* (847)935-3456
* 66128RB6
* 61251 RB6
* 61347RB
* 84314 RB
* 85454 T2
* 86580 T20
* 88137T20
* 90372T20.
Breast feeding is the best way to go.
Obviously, but not always an option.
And I know many a new dad would appreciate a take home goodie bag with the equipment for doing so included.
Where is this stuff "made"? What kind of safety precautions are being used? This is absolutely disgusting on so many levels.
Anytime man messes with God’s design it gets screwed up. Why we feed our precious babies milk intended for baby cows that has to be processed to the point that it is not even recognizable is beyond me. God gave every woman the ability to produce the perfect food which He designed for human babies. There are ingredients in breast milk that haven’t even been discovered yet and each time a new one is found, the formula companies are racing to play catch up. Thankfully, my own babies were not subjected to such an inferior product.
Never fed any of this junk to our kids. All four of them were breastfed all the way to toddlerhood.
Not exactly correct...
Our first daughter was born 8 weeks early - My wife desperately wanted to breastfeed her (and the neonatologist HIGHLY recommended this, especially with the premature birth). Unfortunately, little Anna did not have the strength to breastfeed - so the pump came home - my wonderful wife dutifully pumped and pumped - and thankfully at least was able to do enough to supplement -but never produced enough to be the exclusive food for our tiny newborn. My wife felt like a failure - and it was battle getting beyond.
When our second daughter was born, we had high hopes that the breastfeeding thing would go better - full term an all. Well - disappointment. My wife didn't produce enough milk to feed anything but her frustration. Pump didn't help, nothing at all - and she tried everyone's advice.
Both children are well and growing these days (6 and 4 years old).
So your remarks, though probably well-intentioned, are more hurtful (and misinformed) than any possible good they might do. We both firmly believe in breastfeeding - and that is what we both wanted for our girls. But is apparently wasn't meant to be. I guess by your statement that maybe we should have just relied exclusively on breast milk - and if the girls starved to death... oh well, must be God's design...
I hope and pray that isn't what you meant..
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