BY: C. Harrison/ June 3, 2022/ 11:22 PM
New York, NY …. Today we have a crisis on our hands in the United States, babies are going without there formulas because of empty supermarkets shelves. Mothers around the country are going bananas trying to find places that do have some left over.
The cause of this conspicuous interruption began February 2022, when Abbott Laboratories, one of the biggest marketers of baby formulas in the United States, closed one of its manufacturing facilities in Sturgis, Michigan, after a recall of some infant formulas. That action send off a nationwide collision. Though the bleak and grim outlook of the hiccup which seems daunting, we have to remember that eras gone by the late 1950s, 60s, early into the 70s…poor people could not afford formulas for babies thus, poor White and black people, poor people living in third world developing countries, poor Caribbean people and even dirt poor people living in the south, in the United States; and some, rich people that could actually afford at that time, to buy formulas for their babies left it up to nannies to feed those babies, all did the same thing, feed the babies with what they knew.
Experience mothers and none experience mothers, leaving hospitals today are told how to feed babies, which is a very good thing but, they are further told to use baby formulas and actually given goody bag filled with formulas and other goodies again, nothing wrong with that except that there are other products besides formulas out there to feed young babies.
News flash, babies can survive on other forms of milks besides regular generated formulas. First of all, if, you live in any remote areas or in the country area where there are plenty of Goats, Cows, and Sheeps you have milk to feed the baby. Those babies that can’t tolerate cow’s milk, you have your goat or sheep milk. Second there are products like Milo, Horlicks and Ovaltine…make them just like you make a regular baby’s bottle of feeding. There are also dried powered milk, make very thin and add a pinch of sugar. You also have old fashion oats…blend it up boil it, make thin strain it and add a pinch of sugar or a small teaspoon of condense milk.
In addition, you have Caribbean people’s favorite, cornmeal –use this to make porridge. Again, make the porridge thin and add a pinch of sugar or a touch of condense milk, if the baby can tolerate it cool and pour into baby’s bottle. More importantly, you have Irish Mash and Linseed, boil it and strain it. I could go on and on but, I will stop here and voiced that there are slues, of healthy products out there that could be used in place of formulas for the long halt; if it ever comes to that and I must say here that our President Joe Biden, would never allow or let that happens.
