{"id":28047,"date":"2022-05-10T23:08:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T23:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/05\/10\/parents-worry-about-dwindling-baby-formula-supply-never-did-i-think-i-would-ever-be-rationing-formula\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T23:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T23:08:04","slug":"parents-worry-about-dwindling-baby-formula-supply-never-did-i-think-i-would-ever-be-rationing-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/05\/10\/parents-worry-about-dwindling-baby-formula-supply-never-did-i-think-i-would-ever-be-rationing-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents worry about dwindling baby formula supply: “Never did I think I would ever be rationing formula”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taylor Miller can’t afford to waste a drop of baby formula. With empty shelves across the country and some limiting retailers infant formula<\/span> shopping to avoid hoarding, the Texas mother has to ration the formula. <\/p>\n

“I never thought it would ever be a rationing formula,” Miller told CBS News. <\/p>\n

Miller now feeds his 4-month-old daughter, Magnolia, two ounces every two hours, instead of four ounces every four hours, hoping to avoid the debris he might have to throw away because it is damaged. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re literally wasting an entire gas tank in a day trying to find formula and maybe we\u2019ll just find a can,\u201d Miller said. <\/p>\n

Miller has not found a formula for weeks and is reduced to a two-week supply. <\/p>\n

According to Datasembly, out-of-stock rates of infant formula across the country continue to rise. In November, the rate of depletion was 11%, jumping to 31% in early April. It has since risen to 40%. <\/p>\n

A February withdrawal from manufacturer Abbott Laboratories contributed to the shortage, but experts say supply chain problems and inflation were major factors. <\/em>before then.<\/p>\n

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it is working to increase imports and facilitate the review process to add more supply. <\/p>\n

Increasingly desperate, Miller and his sister, who also has a baby, have turned to others for help. <\/p>\n

“There’s family in Louisiana. I had some friends in Georgia and Tennessee. We have family in Delaware. I mean, literally from coast to coast, and no one has found anything,” Miller said. <\/p>\n

The decline in supply also worries doctors. <\/p>\n

“Our biggest fear is that parents will dilute the formula and that’s a big no-no,” Dr. Dyan Hes, medical director of Gramercy Pediatrics, told CBS News. “The diluted formula gives too few calories. When you dilute it, you’re giving your baby less energy, fewer calories.”<\/p>\n

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