Dear Lactnet Friends:

Oh what a difficult thing it is to artificially feed a baby,between making
the formula correctly and being able to afford it.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/infants-at-risk-from-formula-stretching

Two-thirds of the families in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program – which provides
nutrition basics for low-income women with children – reported running out
of WIC-supplied formula toward the end of most months. Among food-insecure
families, 27 percent reported watering down formula or reducing feedings, a
practice that can have serious health consequences for babies’ developing
brains, leading to cognitive, behavioral and psychological issues.

In 2009 WIC decreased the amount of formula provided to infants over the
age of six months.

“We’re seeing the effects of those changes in our urban clinics,
highlighting that WIC is truly a supplemental program,” said Mary Carol
Burkhardt, MD, lead author of the study. “I would venture to say that
cities with similar demographics and poverty levels are seeing some of the
same behaviors found in our study.”


warmly,
-- 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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