That is all.
EDIT: Boy, did this get lively. And we have a new term here: "Mom shaming."
Interesting how all these people interpret the question in the title their own way, one that has nothing to do with this simple question, nor its intent.
Is all the formula sold for babies whose mothers can't breastfeed? No. Has baby formula been around the 150,000 years that Homo sapiens has been around? No. There's a fundamental problem here.
We humans need to be free. Free from large corporations. Free from government. If babies are dependent on large corporations and "supply chains," there is something seriously wrong.
The globalists created a fake "women's rights" movement to get women out of the home into fake careers so they could control and tax them. It is at that point that so many children stopped being breastfed. For 150,000 years it was totally normal for mothers to breastfeed their babies, then suddenly not? Seriously question this.
So then a manufactured shortage of baby formula causes complete chaos.
You are being manipulated, folks.
Some mothers physically cannot breastfeed. Is the answer to that to make those mothers dependent on corporate supply chains? Isn't there a better way to handle this? Shouldn't this be something produced on a household or local level?
Lots of the discussion below sounds like a pack of Wokes. It is based on emotion, not logical thought. Playing victim is never the answer. Finding practical, local solutions not dependent on the globalists is.
Here is a quote from the comments: "It's pretty easy for a man or non-mother woman to talk about breasts." Why does this writer assume that's who is writing this post? And "Mom shaming"?
Its such a touchy subject. I want to share this bc I really have experienced all sides more than anyone I know, being honest. My last nicu nurse told me she will always share my story bc it was incredible and helps other moms. I talked to her a cpl years later, she says she shares it all the time.
Ive had 2 nicu babies, one for 3 weeeks but one for 2 months--and it was so hard--but I did breastfeed. However, during the nicu days I needed to supplement a couple feedings bc my supply was low. Ive had surgery there and it cut ducts, being transparent so hold the jokes.
Nicu 1 they have to give some formula to fill in gap of what I could not. When baby was home, I went straight to only BF. 1st dr appt, the dr said baby was 'starving' and would be readmitted if I didnt fatten him up. So I added formula again. I cried many nights bc LISTEN: AT EVERY SINGLE FEEDING, it took 3 things: BF, then bottle of formula, then pump to increase supply. By the time one feeding over, it was time to start again. Ive never been so exhausted but after a cpl mths home, he was FULLY BF, only. It took everything I had. He gained the weight, never went back, did awesome. Is a big and super strong teen.
Nicu 2, same story with my BF supply issues, but this time my dear friend also nursing with a massive supply, donated to me. My gosh she would drop off so many bottles, I wished for so much milk. So, her donations continued to fill in gap and my baby was only BF, while in nicu. I did the same thing as nicu 1, BF, bottle, pump--except bottle was mainly her donated milk,. But after discharge a weight gain formula the drs insisted I give 1x a day was added for about 1-2 months. Again, after awhile she was fully BF as well.
For both cases I had the chips stacked against me, long nicu stays, severed ducts but I wanted to BF. It hurt, made me cry, and made me pray and depend on God and dig deep to keep it up.
I dont want anyone to feel bad, and I say this to say if you want to BF, its possible but in some cases like mine it will take all youve got. Im a fighter forever and from many years of training have a different mindset so Im only offering my story as an anecdotal account that anyone who reads it, should you or anyone you know, ever in the future want to refer to this-- to help you see it thru, trust me you can.