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>> i imagine, as you noted, some parents are panicking at the very least, highly stressed about what theyre going to do. what do you say to them to try to ease their worries? >> i just tell families, take this one day at a time. most children are tolerate a variety of formulas. while it might not be ideal to switch brands or varieties, for the most part, children can tolerate a variety of things, and again we need to help for people looking at the grocery store to get a little bit here and there...

Its not unheard of the last couple years. most of us that provide health care have had to look at the relationships and use them more than ever. >> weve heard of some of the damaging effects this shortage has had on a lot of families. the medical university of south carolina, musc says at least four babies have been hospitalized for complications related to the formula shortage. they said three were due to intolerance of formulas, parents had to try, because of the shortages, while another was s...

Once babies are above six months old, they can get a lot of their nutrition from food. you can terry just about anything in a blender, and if you can get a balanced diet with some very and some meat and some vegetable all blended up, you can get good nutrition to your child. the american academy of pediatrics has even said the for six months and up, on a temporary basis, go ahead and use whole mouth, cows milk. and just make sure that there is iron and other nutrients from food. thats a real for...

By. but we will keep buying as much as we can find as long as we can do this to keep helping. >> so youre mainly buying now as opposed to getting donations. if thats the case, where are you buying from? where are you finding the supply? >> we have a lot of friends and a lot of people that are in our small network that go to every store. i have ladies that will order extra formula when they can. and anybody that is switching from one formula to the next and still has some in their cupboard have b...

>> in a matter of a week or so, we should be dealing to see some supplies, but in several weeks we should be seeing an increasing supply, id say within the next 30 days will begin seeing -- theres gonna be a fly thing coming into dallas later this week, thats gonna help. so, were just gonna continue -- >> so, that fight that is expected this week is gonna be carrying that gerber formula, a court thats such a fan at the store shelves, on the secretary tells us that well be right to need to see th...

Everyones eyes are on this, elliott, he recently wrote about -- baby stimulus checks of $250 a month, tell me more? >> yeah,, part of the issue with which is that even if you expand the flexibility you still need to go to a store that except wick, essentially theres no ability to use it a lot for lower income, what that means is a smaller storm may have supply, again, formulas expensive you can afford it wick does you absolutely know. good theyre not calling for direct financial assistance to lo...

Post on the group i created she had none to last her the rest of the night. thankfully we got her some to the end of the week. very scary. rachel: good to note you have a facebook page where you have other moms are coming in. youre networking shows the way moms work together through the crisis. unbelievable, throughed end of the month. i never thought that would happen in america. alex, you have a six-month old baby. talk to me about inflation, but also how youre dealing with the baby formula sh...

There might be -- where there may not be access for families directly? >> i think thats it in part. to be very honest, especially for the shipment that arrived today for these medically complex cases, we as the pediatric community, this is work we do pretty routinely. you mentioned earlier that sometimes we are writing prescriptions for those types of formulas. were used to working with families and patients to get what they need. working with sometimes with wic offices and sometimes just making...

The hospitals to try to get formulas. but this group has as of today 461 members, most of which have kids. most of which are needing formula and are trying to get together with someone to try to either locate it, keep eyes opened, or even thankfully for a lot of people just share. there has been a couple of people that have gone and said, hey, i am at the store. they sell this, sometimes they order online. people offered to thankfully purchase it and then either give it away or purchase it and s...

Its time to pull out all the stops. >> what is tangible advice you can give to parents in this might mayor right now. i have seen posts, can people water down their formulas. that sounds like it could be dangerous. what are precautions that need to be taken when it comes to trading breast milk? >> ill be the first to admit the options are not great right now. this is a really tough situation. ill direct people to go to the american academy of pediatrics website. they have info section on what to...