special circumstances where you do need to talk to your doctor about that. what i would say and i absolutely don t recommend doing it and i know this is hard but you know sometimes parents say can i water down the formula and make it more dilute, we don t recommend that. it is not safe and can cause serious problems for babies. that s what s so important, the whatnot to do. desperate times call for desperate measures but there are certain acts that could be harmful to your child. how about trying to find alternate sources? you mentioned the idea of availability of other formulas. i was able to breast-feed both of my children and i supplemented late in that stage about that t, my kids did not te every type. when it came to formula, they vomited. what are parents to do in stter
advance a little bit but also not to buy up more than about 10 to 14 days of formula for your child to make sure everybody gets the formula that they need while we can get this issue corrected. dr. lee beers, thank you. i know abbott is still telling everyone they re waiting for fda approval to restart their plan, it could start as ten weeks to get their products back on the shelves. the question is how much longer? these are women who carried during the pandemic and thinking now they have to deal with this issue and supply chain shortage of formula. doctor, thank you. this serious hepatitis outbreak among children. several young children died and dozens hospitalized and there is no cause of what s causing any of these.
timely way. the first thing is we do have to be working together as communities to try to make sure get the formula where it needs to be for families. we don t want babies to go without nutrition. i think you do point out it is really worth emphasizing there are risks to babies of alternate feeding methods, diluting formula, that could be immediate consequences to that baby and could get quite ill or having seizures or babies will suffer death from that. the long-term consequences of suffering from nutrition as well. i think it is an important point that you bring up and the most important thing for us is to work together and get the formula they need and we do ask families not to horde formula. it is important to plan in
shelves, not going online baby per se and there are some concerns about going outside of the country to get formula, but i know you are talking about those that are recommended and asking pediatricians about these issues. how long for many parents, we are talking about and one woman said she was concerned about how long she could sustain. when i think about how important nutrition is for a developing baby s mind, hitting the milestones and long-term consequences and malnutrition, things you don t expect to happen. what are the long-term consequences? is there is sort of a moment when it becomes so critical that this must be resolved? first of all, i want to say absolutely you want to make sure every baby has the formula they need when they need it. we are in a difficult time right now where some families and communities are having trouble accessing that formula in a
to do to figure out whether it is a medical risk or vomiting it up or trying to acclemate the new prouduct. it is a great question. if your baby do not tolerate it, reach out to your pediatrician. one, if you have oa little old formula, you can mix it a little bit. sometimes taste is a little different and the baby could get use to the taste. when you do feed your baby, a little bit at a time and take a second or two break and a little bit more so they are drinking it slowly and getting used to it and being sure that nutritionally most of these formulas are similar and very much the same. methodically it is great for a baby and perfectly fine to switch formulas and sometimes it takes a little getting used to. those that are on the