Parenting ‘Absolute No': Pediatrician Says Don't Water Down Formula, Don't Make Your Own “I would much rather you go to the emergency room to receive formula than even try to change the recipe of your formula,” says pediatrician Dr. Rebekah Diamond. She joined LX News to debunk misleading baby formula “hacks” that have spread on social media and explain why breastfeeding cannot solve the current formula shortage.
Babies During Baby Formula Shortage, Breastfeeding is Not an Option for All Moms Before baby formula was mass produced about 100 years ago, many babies suffered from malnutrition if their mothers were unable to breastfeed them, says Carla Cevasco, professor of American Studies at Rutgers University. Today, many moms rely on formula to ensure their baby’s health — and may not be able to breastfeed, or their baby may have different nutritional needs...
supply chain Everything You Need to Know on the Baby Formula Shortage A recall, inflation, panic buying and a weak supply chain all exacerbated the shortage of baby formula
Parenting How to Adapt to the Baby Formula Shortage If you’re running out of powdered baby formula, there are other varieties of formula you can feed your baby, says pediatrician Dr. Anthony Porto. NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker spoke with him and University of Miami business dean John Quelch to understand the shortage and help parents through it.
Babies What Not to Do During the Baby Formula Shortage There was already a supply chain issue impacting baby formula, and then a recall impacted the supply even further. But it’s a bad idea to dilute formula to make it last longer, says Dr. Michael Anderson. He’s a pediatric critical care physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C.
Babies Giving Poor Moms $330 a Month Can Help Babies' Brains Develop There are promising results from a study that tracked babies’ brain development after mothers in need were given a monthly stipend. There were no restrictions on how the money could be used, and it seemed to have an impact on infants having healthier, more active brains, particularly in the regions that support thinking and learning. Columbia University professor of neurology...
baby bust There's No Coronavirus Baby Boom — It's More Like a Baby Bust Initial stats show significant drops in Dec. 2020 births, compared to one year earlier
baby bust The Coronavirus Baby Bust: Why We Stopped Getting Pregnant in 2020 When pandemic lockdowns forced people inside in early 2020, there was lots of speculation that all those bored couples would create a baby boom. Instead, 2020 appears to be the year of the baby bust. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky investigates why we’ve stopped having babies — and what that that means for our future.
fertility Fertility Docs Reveal ‘Heartbreaking' Impact of Treatment Delays Caused by Covid-19 Shutdown Try explaining that fertility treatments are a non urgent procedure to a couple who sees their window for starting a family rapidly closing
ivf As Fertility Treatments Are Frozen by the Pandemic, Couples Are Left in Limbo After coronavirus cases first exploded in the U.S. in March, fertility treatments ground to a halt. Some women were forced to stop treatments mid-cycle, while others had embryo transfers delayed. NBCLX spoke about this painful process with four couples, as well as with Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, a fertility specialist who goes by “The Egg Whisperer.”
