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"?
New mom here of twins now 1 month old; also, very experienced Labor & Delivery nurse 10+ years. I had to have a C-Section at 38 weeks--one was vertex and the other with unstable lie. I pumped, breastfed, did syringe feedings at the breast with my colostrum. I did end up using my organic Earth's Best formula the following week when both twins were readmitted to the hospital, the larger one for hyperbilirubin & phototherapy, and the smaller one for weight loss greater than 10% (weight was 4lb2oz at that point). I breastfed and supplemented with my organic formula. It's a month later and my milk has finally come in yesterday. It's a challenge feeding twins. Where I live, breastfeeding is the cultural norm, and I still feel like a failure sometimes because I still use formula when they're ravenous after breastfeeding for 2 hours straight.
My friend suggested donor milk; I said no--I don't know who has had the clot shot or not and didn't want to risk my babies dying from it or having any other potential issues with diseases/immunity, etc., or having someone else's DNA being put into my babies. Plus, what if they got used to a stranger's breast milk and didn't like my milk afterwards?
I'm surprised no one has brought up the following points:. 1) parents are being groomed to use Enfamil & Similac. With the spying they do on people's internet searches, mothers receive advertisements and free Similac/Enfamil bags filled with free products and coupons. Additionally, when I was working in the military hospitals (Army veteran) as a L&D RN, we handed out these Enfamil & Similac formula kits to all of our moms. We asked parents if they wanted to use formula while they were in the hospital, and which of the two brands they wanted. We had no other options in house (no organic, or other brands). Newborns who were considered high-risk, small or large for gestational age, or seemed hypoglycemic had their glucose levels checked. If it was low blood sugar levels and there was no colostrum available, formula was the only other option. I did help my patients with syringe feeding at the breast with the formula; I promoted and helped to teach my patients successfully how to latch their babies. I was a champion for breastfeeding and still am. But sometimes it is just not an option.
The formula available in the U.S. is pure crap. It's got a bunch of awful things in it. Even the "organic" ones had a bunch of things that I didn't want to give my babies, but it was the only options I could find locally. I didn't have the time to purchase a goat (also, the protein content in goat's milk is to high for a newborn's kidney and if not properly diluted the infant's kidneys could shut down. It is recommended for toddlers after the first year of life--or so I've discovered after research. Do an online search for Mt. Capra goat milk--they had a great formula mix for goats milk that had over 7 different products that you mix together. Shipping to where I live was $50 plus though, so not an option for me.
A lot of work places do not provide new mothers with pumping areas or the time to pump.
U.S. moms have such a short period of maternal leave in comparison to other first world countries in Europe.
We need to celebrate our mothers. Did anyone else see Calvin Klein's Mother's Day ad, where they have a "pregnant man" showcased to help support the new concept of the new family? It was a trans couple--a female with cut off tits and fully looked like a man but had a uterus and was probably around 5 months pregnant, and her trans wife who was obviously a man. They are trying to destroy the nuclear family. We are on attack from all angles--the pregnant "man," the terminology of "birthing parent" instead of mother (and all those other fucked up terms they are using to describe males and females), the grooming of children, the Planned Parenthood and abortion agenda. It's all satanic, and we need to unite and hold these people accountable for what they are doing to our families and our children.
Why is no one talking about how Pfizer (I think it was them) said that breast milk is no longer recommended and that Bill Gates just came out with his artificial breast milk, which is supposedly superior to human breast milk? This just came out this week.
These grooming of new mothers should enrage people. The lack of education for new moms, the shortened hospital stays, the short maternity leaves, the lack of support for new moms in the work force, the poor quality and control of the formula industry (which is one of the most profitable industries in the world)--these need to be brought up with this "formula shortage" that they are creating.
While we're at it, we need to support our mothers with breastfeeding. We need to hold these companies accountable for a better quality formula. And screw Gates and Pfizer.
Finally, God wins, and we need to assist with all the winning. Wishing you all the best--and to the moms out there, happy belated Mother's Day. Thank you for all that you do.
Excellent comment.