Yes, of course people do do this but where is the evidence that people do more bad feeding practices if they are not given infant formula by the government? I don't think it exists.
Karleen Gribble
Australia



On 09/03/2012, at 5:02 PM, the juliest person you know wrote:

> Stories on parents diluting (or overconcentrating) formula: 
> http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=warning-a-little-water-can-hurt--es-2008-12-04
>  
> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080801184428AAolR9p
>  
> http://www.ismp.org/consumers/Formula.asp
>  
> On a related note, I once heard this story from an ER nurse.  A mom brought in her baby at 2am (!), and the baby had been pooping bright green all day.  Why did she wait until the middle of the night to bring him in?  No idea.  In any case, the nurse asked what she'd been feeding the baby.  Kool-aid.  She'd run out of formula.  (I wonder how she could afford Kool-aid on her budget.)  So, yes, people do do this.  
>  

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