When my granddaughter was a baby my son in law flew the coop for greener pastures. My daughter was breast feeding but the stress dried her up. I bought the formula to help her out...it was outrageously expensive, but I bought enough for the whole month and then some each month. I had a hard time finding enough of the brand we used on the shelves, store clerks and managers thought I was nuts to buy it all at once. I knew if worst came to worst the baby was eating! I cannot wrap my head around people like this!
We have a 4 year old and 2 year old. Mom and I made the decision to buy in bulk, in advance, at least 6 month of formula. We actually bought more than that. We got hit HARD in the wallet, but we knew in a crisis our children would eat, and when they moved to solid foods, the churches, disaster recovery assistance teams, and the needy really appreciated our New-In-Box excess formula!
The feral population is large. If you recall there was a house fire that killed two children and during the interview with the aunt she was quite cheery but upset that she couldn’t get in to the house to get her food stamps from her purse.
“My daughter was breast feeding but the stress dried her up.”
That is an unfortunate situation. I find it strange that most women don’t even consider breast feeding to begin with or that society as a whole is so against it. Formula is great as a back up but really the breast was developed by God for the baby, sorry guys but that is the way it is.