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Prioritized because they serve a medical purpose as they ar for babies with cow s milk protein allergies. once in the u.s. the formula will be distributed nationwide by a third party contracted by the department of health and human services, this as more babies with sensitivities are admitted to the hospital, five for formula issues at children s health care of atlanta this is an unprecedented time i think we ve really taken for granted that we ve had a pipeline of formula to feed infants and children for a long time. so we are doing the best we can. reporter: 4 month old payton from texas has struggled with different brands his spittle was curdled and he began screaming. his hair was falling out on the side and we noticed some rashes. reporter: he had been on abbott formulas that were recalled back in february since then his moms have turned to a donor milk bank as a stop gap measure. with donations limited they got clearance from their pediatrician to start him on solids two ....
Each other primarily just through facebook. and we were able to then connect moms to send cans to each other. we have been driving them all over. my husband and i shipped everything we could. we thought that was a stop gap measure in february. and then we rolled into march. well now, there s nothing left to share. everybody has used everything they had. i actually heard someone the other day speak of now there s pregnant women who are buying what they can for fear of having infants born soon who will not be able to feed them. so people are panicked. now we have the idea of hoarding. we have mothers who have been taken advantage of. people who have flown across the country with empty suitcases to get there and be ghosted and find there was no formula to be had. this is a problem many have been managing and trying to support each other through for about three months now. and there s so much finger pointing going on in washington right now, at the fda, well deserved, at abbott, which ma ....
Especially not before six months of age. six months the first six months, literally, you re totally dependent on either breast milk or formula for your intake. it s got to supply all of the nutrients. now, when you have some solids in your diet, a little bit of for instance, if you can t find formula for a day or two, whole milk is probably it s a stop gap measure. it s far from ideal. it s really not recommended until you re a year of age. a stop gap measure, the idea of it s either feed my child nothing or potentially this stop gap measure. is it a concern health-wise? what are you telling parents in terms of what they re supposed to do when you re treating them? well, yeah, there s also there s some next step toddler tom formulas, for instance. those are not as complete. they re not designed for infants. but as a stop gap measure while you re looking for formula, a ....
Neil: perhaps of more immediate interest to our viewers for the time being whether they benefit are if these other packages or not, lucas, is where they stand on this stopgap measure to sort of fund the government before the lights presumably could go out september 30th. where are they on that? reporter: that s right, neil. the end of september here in washington which means one thing, a budget crisis. you have to fund the government for another year, that includes the u.s. military. there s no bill, you have, you know, just one-year stopgap measure, it s going to be a showdown. we expect congress to be in session many weekends coming forward, that s according to our own chad pergram. neil: which means you will be in session for many weekends. [laughter] lucas, thank you very much. great reporting, my friend. let s go to senator mike braun on all of this, the indiana republican, senate appropriations committee. senator, if you were a betting man, do you think a stop gap measure could ....
The border. and whether this will be a solution, a long-term solution or even a near-term solution given that there are court decisions out there dictating what can happen with these children and whether or not they can be held in these environments. and to phil mattingly on capitol hill, phil, it sounds very much like abby s reporting there, what the president said, the administration, the president will sign something, giving him the justification, but it sounds like that they are worried about losing on legal grounds. and it s a stop gap measure. when we talked before we heard from the president, you said that members of capitol hill knew little or nothing about this. have they been briefed during the last 25 minutes or so? reporter: still waiting to hear specific details, at least according to the ones i m talking to. an interesting development though, john, a group of house republicans, including house flun le republican leaders, are heading to the white house now, according t ....