Panic over formula shortage

RadishRose said:
Interesting.....
Paxton may have had, or still has, lactose intolerance or even a casein allergy....Argentina is a big dairy and beef country.
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I just remembered...Paxton never liked beef. Not when he was a toddler, anyway. He eats it now, but I remember it actually made him cranky....like, when I made spaghetti with ground beef in it he'd be all cranky after dinner. He liked meatless spaghetti just fine, and it didn't make him cranky.
 
Murrmurr said:
It's because the CDC advises against giving babies Karo syrup. I think that's stupid, but I didn't go read the studies or their reasons. I'm pretty sure it's because Karo is corn syrup, but I don't know if there were studies showing what harm it can do.

But anyway, that's why doctors advise against it...because the CDC does.
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Something I caught on TV today about the reasoning, forgot what show I was watching . (Inside Edition?) ... they said "too many" babies died from baby formula made at home.

In my heart of hearts, I really don't believe that was a problem back then. But I guess they will continue to promote their theory.
 

Bonnie said:
Something I caught on TV today about the reasoning, forgot what show I was watching . (Inside Edition?) ... they said "too many" babies died from baby formula made at home.

In my heart of hearts, I really don't believe that was a problem back then. But I guess they will continue to promote their theory.
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hmm. I'm gonna look into that. Maybe there's something online about it. And I'm sure there's a study or something on the CDC website.
 
That "homemade" formula didn't hurt any of our kids. all grew into healthy giants son topped out at 6'4", eldest daughter at 5'10" and the shorty of the bunch at 5"6", also a girl. Perhaps the important step in making the formula was responsible........you know sterilize bottles? Frankly someone is getting rich by scaring mothers out of making their own!
 
oldaunt said:
Been reading some scuttlebutt about the formula being sent to the southern border, but.......
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A picture from 2 days ago, of a McAllen, Texas immigrant processing center ....
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More questions ... who is supplying sterilized baby bottles, and taking care of that process for those people who have no living quarters?
 
The Similac processing centre in Michigan was closed because of contamination problems. Contamination is supposedly why mothers were told not to make their own formulas.

There are also the transportation issues still ongoing. None of these issues were caused by the government, other than some agency had the good sense to shut down an unacceptable plant. Anyone remember the melamine scandal of a few years, babies died.

If there’s a shortage, those who can will have been stock piling.
 
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"Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf gave a scathing review of “egregiously unsanitary” conditions at Abbott’s baby formula plant in Michigan during sworn testimony before a House subcommittee about the baby formula shortage on Wednesday.

Califf described bacteria growing from multiple sites in the facility, cracks in key equipment, leaks from the roof, standing water and a previous citation for inadequate handwashing.

“Frankly, the inspection results were shocking,” Califf told House lawmakers on the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. “This is so far removed from my previous experience with the company that I am concerned.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/25/wat...bbott-executive-on-baby-formula-shortage.html
 
With all the other "stuff"...going on these days...🙄

I'm glad I don't have that...in my life, too! 🤗
 
Jace said:
With all the other "stuff"...going on these days...🙄

I'm glad I don't have that...in my life, too! 🤗
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Lots of people do, though. Foster parents and working moms, mostly.

But I totally agree with everyone who said the old home-made formula does no harm.

Plus (I think I mentioned) there are mothers all over the US who donate their breast-milk to moms and babies in need. Donate. For free.

You can find them on Facebook.
 
Bonnie said:
Something I caught on TV today about the reasoning, forgot what show I was watching . (Inside Edition?) ... they said "too many" babies died from baby formula made at home.

In my heart of hearts, I really don't believe that was a problem back then. But I guess they will continue to promote their theory.
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And what I've been seeing on t.v. lately: class-action lawsuits for babies who developed some kind of serious intestinal problems or died presumably from popular baby formulas.
 
Honestly, do you think a Millenial Mom is going to feed her organically grown baby Karo syrup? I think not. Having said that, I think the baby formula shortage is awful, and surely could have been averted.
 
Update:

"Abbott is restarting infant formula production at its Sturgis, Mich., facility today after meeting initial requirements agreed to with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of the consent decree entered into on May 16.

Abbott is starting production of EleCare and other specialty and metabolic formulas, with initial EleCare product release to consumers beginning on or about June 20. We're also working hard to fulfill the steps necessary to restart production of Similac and other formulas and will do so as soon as we can."

https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom...s/abbott-update-on-powder-formula-recall.html
 
Another update ... Abbott is shutting down again! ... Storms have caused damage to the plant.


Abbott has halted production once again at its Michigan plant that has been at the center of the nation's months-long baby formula shortage crisis - this time for severe storms that flooded parts of the building.

The facility in Sturgis, Michigan had just reopened on June 4 after being closed since February 2022 for a bacteria contamination which triggered a nationwide baby formula shortage.

On Monday, severe thunderstorms and heavy rains swept through southwestern Michigan, flooding parts of the plant, forcing it to close once again.

Abbott said in a statement on Wednesday night that it needs to assess damage and re-sanitize the factory, but did not indicate how much damage the factory sustained.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddr...ere-storms-flood-parts-of-building/ar-AAYxK9s
 
Jules said:
The Similac processing centre in Michigan was closed because of contamination problems. Contamination is supposedly why mothers were told not to make their own formulas.

There are also the transportation issues still ongoing. None of these issues were caused by the government, other than some agency had the good sense to shut down an unacceptable plant. Anyone remember the melamine scandal of a few years, babies died.

If there’s a shortage, those who can will have been stock piling.
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but they were given the green light to be opened up again ... the closure lifted a week or two ago company said would take 6 weeks to get into full production .... maybe they cleaned up their act but more likely reaction to public opinion....
Many health inspections are given a chance to clean up etc before they are shut down

I think many will NOT suggest home made formula because .... Liability ....... honestly a doctor who suggests then baby has issue ... i see lawsuit..... this is behind Many play it safe doctor moves....
 
Today, June 16th, they shut down again.


From my above link:
Abbot baby formula plant shuts down for second time in four months as severe flooding hits building

Maybe they should move.
 
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If that homemade formula was so dangerous why didn't we hear about it at the time?
SeniorBen said:
Don't women have the ability to create their own baby formula? I know they used to.
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I'm with you.

If the only women bottle feeding were those who physically couldn't or who absolutely had to work outside the home, there wouldn't be a shortage.

I would have thought that any woman who got pregnant during the pandemic would have been extra sure to try to breast feed, if for the natural immunities to disease if nothing else. We had just all seen how things can run short! It's all about the convenience of the mother these days. Heaven forbid anyone sacrifice some of her freedom for a few months out of their life.
 
I'm a little surprised at all the brouhaha around the baby formula scarcity. When I had my baby 42 years ago, they urged "breast feed, breast feed, breast feed". Are they still not urging mothers to breast feed their babies? That was supposed to be the most natural, greastest act a mother could do for her baby. And she was supposed to do this for months if not for years. How many babies out there aren't getting breast fed now?
 

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