The Baby Formula Shortage

Crappier jobs, no lactation support?

Maybe, an urban retail consists of smaller neighborhood stores that can receive and accommodate less stock, unlike a suburban supermarket? Although my suburban supermarket was fairly depleted, so who knows.

It's because the media frames minorities as being stupid and poor and pretty much like children who need looking after. It's insulting.

Creating racial division. Let no hair go unsplit!

𝟓𝟎% of infants needing formula are on WIC

Why do you want to starve children of color?

Because people in their neighborhoods were stealing formula.

Why can't they give babies milkshakes diluted with a bit of sprite?

It's more of a problem for minorities because minority women don't breastfeed as often and rely more on formula than white mothers. Black mothers tend to have jobs that make it hard to breastfeed.

What about local Wet Nurse groups, are there any?

This is to intimidate the USDA and FDA to stop their doing their jobs to protect the public health.

Oh FUCK OFF you sniveling rusted and busted asshole. You know *nothing* about poverty and inter-generational trauma. You are

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[quote]Why can't they give babies milkshakes diluted with a bit of sprite

Are you crazy?? That’s full of a ton of sugar and additives!! They need to give babies Brawndo. It’s got electrolytes. That’s what babies crave!

R8, are you under the impression that white mothers don't have jobs?

Pineapple juice?

Women with better paying/white-collar jobs tend to have an easier time breast-feeding because they can take regular, private breaks to pump. If you work in a retail or fast food type job your boss might not look so kindly on a 20 minute break to pump.

What? Whitey McWhiterson can’t google this?

[quote] What about local Wet Nurse groups, are there any?

Some vigilante wetnurse groups are forming apparently but wearing Disney costumes.

[quote]𝟓𝟎% of infants needing formula are on WIC

That many people had children they can't afford

[quote] That many people had children they can't afford

We prefer to call them our base

This site has been taken over by right wing trolls.The DNC base is anyone who isn’t an evil bigoted idiot who wants to turn America into nazi Germany

Some years ago I was working a second job at a Kroger's. We consistently had rings of thieves who would steal diapers and formula to resell. Sort of a black market thing.

Meanwhile, the Republican base:

I wish they would use the formula shortage to emphasize breast feeding more. The American Pediatric Association recommends babies are exclusively breast-fed for at least the first six months of life. Supplementing with formula is one thing, but I think more women should breast-fed. There are so many important benefits that come with it.

Go woke go broke.

They want to divide people. I hear this stupid shit from woke people all the time. No matter how bad your situation is as a white person, you couldn’t possibly suffer as much as a minority. Just because.

We don't have a baby food shortage, we have a surplus of babies.

Wrong!

It affects US most of all!

Just like abortion!

If everyone would have just boycotted baby formula after that nasty Nestles situation there wouldn’t be a problem.

[quote[We prefer to call them our base —DNC

You do know that more white people receive, WIC, food stamps, medicaid and welfare? They do

Generally speaking, minorities are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Wealthier people can afford buy in bulk. Wealthier people have the time and money to bounce around several stores to find what they need. Wealthier neighborhoods have a greater number of local stores. People in poor neighborhoods are out of luck when the one supermarket in a 30 mile radius isn't getting restocked in a timely fashion.

R23 I hope you’re joking. As a new parent, the hospital shoved breastfeeding only cultism down our throats the entire hospital stay. They also shame you for using breast milk but in a bottle and bottle feeding. It’s crazy how much hospital staff talk down to women and couldn’t care less about their well-being as new mothers.

R28 Of course they do. They're the largest demographic. They also make up the most car owners for the same reason.

And I even say that as someone whose partner DOES breastfeed. But if you don’t, prepare to get talked shit to for years by medical professionals and shamed over and over and told you just aren’t doing it right if it hurts and you need to try harder.

R28, which is it? White women are more dependent on welfare or white women are more affluent and able to breastfeed in comfort?

I swear, the racial bullshit is just too fucking much.

My mom chose to bottle feed exclusively. She said it was so dad could be part of the experience. Now I'm wondering what that says about women who don't want to breast feed? She also often to bottle feed my sibling. She had the ability to.

What really gets my goat is the media pushing the idea that homemade formula is basically poison, when we all know that is not true. The FDA is just another corporate shill for Abbot and other corporations. They're like "sorry there's no formula" but if you can't breastfeed they give absolutely no other options and fearmonger about home made formula which is basically just nonfat milk, water, honey or corn syrup and a bit of infant vitamins.

I was exclusively bottle fed. At 2 hours old, I was like boob? Ew, no.

Not nonfat milk, I meant evaporated milk. Whatever.

I always wondered if there might be a coronation between bottle fed vs. breastfed and the gays. Everyone state whether you were tit or bottle.

Bottle

Lol, yes, let’s crown the breastfeeder! All hail breast feeders!

Breast milk is good for babies, research has shown. Breast milk is free. Unless you absolutely cannot nurse during a shortage of baby formula, why on earth would you do anything else? Inconvenient? Yes. But it's a reliable source. Right? That's what boobs and nipples are for, isn't it? Or you can just keep worrying about the shortage. If that's what you want for you and your baby, fine. SMH

La leche league local R40 has spoken, embrace the boob and latch on for the long haul!

R8 nailed it— and R11 is on target. DL ignorance.

The same eldergays who rant and rail over Republican men getting up in women's business when it comes to abortion are more than happy to get up in women's business when it comes to breastfeeding.

I've never seen so many people lecturing others on something they have zero experience with but want to act like experts anyway.

Hitler’s mother gave him formula and look how he turned out!!

R44 = Mayim Bialik.

Maybe it’s a sign from the gods that we should be having a baby shortage?

[quote] Supplementing with formula is one thing, but I think more women should breast-fed.

Do you have a dick? Are you a lez? If so, shut up.

[quote] You do know that more white people receive, WIC, food stamps, medicaid and welfare? They do

Not true.

Every kid in my family was bottle fed and our parents were bottle fed. We're all healthy as horses and the odd thing is a lot of the kids who were breastfed got way more colds than us and many of the ladies I know who do it now have sickly kids.

Is there a correlation between infant maladies and getting crap from the mother? One girl has horrible allergies and so did both of her kids. Always sick and screaming. 🤷‍♂️

In the end it's no one's business whether women bottle feed or flop a tit out.

Some of the breast is best nuts sound like psycho bullies.

White House shamed into action.

Even with a nonsensical code name.

"Operation Fly Formula" sounds unsanitary. But hoof that they are finally, after 10 months, using the Defense Production Act to speed up production.

^good, not hoof

This is certainly the right question for this forum.

Coupled with the impending Abortion Ban, I honestly believe this is part of the GOP's war against infants, children, and families.

[quote]Breast milk is good for babies, research has shown. Breast milk is free. Unless you absolutely cannot nurse during a shortage of baby formula, why on earth would you do anything else?

once a woman's milk is dried up, she can't produce anymore. Got any suggestions for that Mr Know it all? Or should we call you Dr because you have your Google M.D?

And here's a little fact, if you feed your kids fast food once a week, that negates all the benefits of breast feeding. Now stop talking about things you know nothing about.

[quote]"Operation Fly Formula" sounds unsanitary.

That is a stupid name. The repugs will have a field day with that

Fuck off, R47.

I just find it odd that all the women boo hooing on the news about how hard it is to find formula and their baby might starve, never EVER say, "I'm going to therefore be breast feeding". Or "I've tried breastfeeding and my tits a useless". It's like "shhhhh, don't ever mention that they have to big free meals hanging right under their chin. Explain yourselves, women!

Thank your mother for the fact that she fed you at all, R59, frankly she (and the world) would be better off if she dealt with you the same way they used to deal with sickly and ugly children in Sparta.

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Chest milk contains micro plastics!!

OP - the media wants Americans to think that minorities are the only people who are marginalized. They also want Americans to think that only blacks are minorities.

That’s why.

My mom used a bottle. She said breast feeding was for savages. Seriously.