• 3 years ago
There's a nationwide baby formula shortage and parents are desperate for solutions.

Here's what we know so far ...
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00:00This is the third week in a row that the formula section has looked like this.
00:05If anybody sees this formula, Similac Pro Total Comfort anywhere, I will send money.
00:11I will pay shipping.
00:12None in the formula section.
00:15I'm going to insert a picture of what my daughter looks like when she has cow's milk because
00:24she has a huge cow's milk protein allergy.
00:27So what am I going to do when I go to the shelves and I can't get my formula I need?
00:31This is super scary for moms who depend on formula to feed their baby.
00:34My daughter's on it for reflux and now we cannot find it at all.
00:39Please help.
00:45I came to Target to get formula for Noah.
00:48He will be one next month so I will be speaking to his pediatrician about transitioning out
00:54of formula.
00:55What are we going to do?
00:57Where are we going to go from here?
00:58How to formula moms feed their kids.
01:16As a parent who brought their first child into the world during the middle of a pandemic
01:20and their second during the middle of a national formula shortage, I just have one question.
01:24What the f***?
01:25I'm trying to decide if I want to breastfeed or exclusively pump.
01:35The way mine and my husband's schedule works out and childcare and everything, I want her
01:41to be used to a bottle.
01:42I'm planning to breastfeed in the beginning but I definitely want to have some formula
01:48to supplement.
01:49It doesn't look like I have much of an option.
01:52So not knowing how much she's eating with breastfeeding gives me major, major anxiety.
02:00Which is why a part of me is leaning toward exclusively pumping but I don't know.
02:04Expected moms, like what are you doing with us right now?
02:16For the vast majority of babies, swapping out one brand with another is totally fine
02:21and a way better alternative than using something like cow's milk or watering down the formula
02:26you have, which is very unsafe.
02:44I know parents all across the country are worried about finding enough infant formula
02:48to feed their babies.
02:50As a parent and as a grandparent, I know just how stressful that is.