Hmmmm.....the parents need formula. There is no formula to purchase. What are their options? If they don’t have a way to feed their child because there are no supplies to do so, what do they do?
I’m not a woman. So maybe one on the site can share if there are situations where not every woman can breast feed.
I’m sure there are lots of variables but I don’t think this has anything to do with the medical and online resources in the greatest country in the history of the world.
This is production and logistics.
This has been covered here ad infinitum - do a search. Some women can’t breastfeed; some women haven’t breast-fed their babies from the beginning. (It’s doesn’t turn on and off like a faucet.)
Some babies have nutritional needs that aren’t met by the home-made preparations and need specific formulas.
There are all sorts of reasons why this shortage is a real crisis for many families.
My grandchild needed far more than My DIL could produce. She did both.
My husband and I saw this coming and last fall we drove around and bought formula. Other family members did the same and they were well stocked throughout the winter.
There is always more that can be done. Gerber at one time produced a dis-continued meat product for a nutritionally
challenged baby in their research lab facility voluntarily.
If there is an unused research lab somewhere with any manufacturing capability, now is the time to engage with this problem.
I think anyone with an IQ above 90 and half an oz of initiative could find a recipe and prepare a reasonable baby formula.
Something like this. https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/childrens-health/formula-homemade-baby-formula/
And healthy fats would not be removed and replaced with vegetable fat.
I am not a woman but I do know there are many instances where women cannot breast feed and having made the decision not to they can not just decide to start. My understanding is once the milk stops, it stops for that kid. Another pregnancy can restart the milk production process.
Some women...a lot of them cannot produce enough milk to feed their children...thats why many communities had wet nurses in the past.
And finally, some kids simply cannot eat regular milk. They have to have formula and some of those are pretty precise in what they deliver.
FJB and his tribe of heathens caused this. Its been a totally manufactured crisis since the beginning, as most of our shortages and issues are. All deliberately caused and orchestrated.
There are some legitimate cases where a woman cannot breast feed but it is rarer than some people would like you to think.
Since this has become an issue, a few weeks ago when it was being noticed, every single woman who is giving birth needs to be completely informed about the formula situation and the need to breast feed, which includes coaching from an experienced lactation consultant and at least a few weeks of occasional follow up to make sure everything is still going smoothly.
Since it’s pretty obvious the government is not going to do anything about the formula shortage soon, and it seems pretty clear that it is behind it in the first place, counting on a supply of formula these days is foolish.
As many women as possible ought to be nursing, which would leave plenty of formula for those who can’t for various reasons, which include: just not being able to produce milk, sickness, medical treatment, foster parents, and adoptees, to name a few.
IMO, “convenience” is not a legitimate reason.
We used to use cows milk and survived quite well on it. How stupid can a parent be? Forget I asked.