> << And isn't the amount of formula given out by WIC actually *less than*
>  the amount needed by a typical baby in a typical month?  Isn't this an
>  egregious violation of the WHO code? >>
>
> WIC is a SUPPLEMENTARY agency.  Mother's who choose formula are told this
> repeatedly.
>
> Theresa Chmiel, CLC, ICCE
> former WIC Breastfeeding Specialist


But the *other* items WIC provides AREN'T provided in less-than-needed
amounts.  For example, we got (if I remember correctly) like 3 or 4
boxes of infant cereal every month.  No matter how much cereal my 7
month old might have eaten, she'd NEVER eat that much!  I was on it
and BOTH my daughters were on it and we ended up with something like
ten gallons of milk, 6 cartons of eggs and about 3 lbs. of cheese
every month.  There's no way we'd use up all that food (we ended up
just not using a lot of the coupons).

Anyway, when the *other* foods aren't supplied in less-than-necessary
amounts, but the formula is, isn't there a problem with that?

Teresa G in NC, thinking there IS a problem there somewhere...

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