I just want to know one thing. Where’s the baby’s milk? You know what I mean, baby formula. I’m sitting here scratching my head (again).
We live in the world’s most powerful nation, and all of a sudden, out of the blue, mothers who cannot breast-feed their babies suddenly have to scramble around trying to find baby formula? What kind of mess is this?
I’ll get to the explanation in a few minutes, but first, I think I need to point mothers and other caregivers of our babies in the right direction in Philadelphia to find baby formula at this time. So here goes.
State and federal agencies and health care websites have started to provide tips for parents on where to obtain infant formula during the current shortage across the United States.
The healthychildren.org site of the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that in urgent situations, caregivers should check smaller stores and drugstores, which may not be out of supply when the bigger stores are. The academy also suggests that parents buy formula online if they can afford to until store shortages ease. But they caution that people should purchase from well-recognized distributors and pharmacies rather than individually sold or auction sites.
For most babies, it is OK to switch to any available formula, including store brands, according to the academy and the Louisiana Health Department. An exception applies if your baby is on a specific extensively hydrolyzed or amino acid-based formula such as Elecare. Ask your pediatrician about recommended specialty formula alternatives available for your baby.
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