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In reply to the discussion: Homemade baby formula is NOT safe or recommended [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)93. My Sister Definitely Was
I was 11 when she was born, so my memory is pretty clear on that.
She is, however, 6 years younger than your brother.
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Formula isn't even good for you . Both recall this year and there are more.
Demsrule86
May 2022
#117
I worked in neonatal...We fed commercial formulas to premies..many of these infants are tube fed
LeftInTX
May 2022
#120
Do you really think that was an appropriate response to a sincere warning from the OP?
hlthe2b
May 2022
#6
I have repeatedly provided some response to this in the thead. I can't make you read
hlthe2b
May 2022
#26
Some said order on Amazon from Canada...they have plenty...just the corporations
Demsrule86
May 2022
#57
No. but on DU they have a right to civil discourse, not attacks for presenting health safety info
hlthe2b
May 2022
#38
Nor is watering down canned formula to make it "stretch..." The latter is deadly
hlthe2b
May 2022
#4
It's a surprise we made it at all before the salvation of corporate america's baby formula
Fullduplexxx
May 2022
#5
Of course breast feeding is superior, but it is not an answer for women NOW who are no longer
hlthe2b
May 2022
#10
Yes. It requires hormonal influence so you aren't going to cause a woman to lactate
hlthe2b
May 2022
#39
Pituitary-Prolactin loop only works in those who have had a hormonal influence, not in men
hlthe2b
May 2022
#76
I never said USE of hormones is necessary. Honestly, you don't to follow what others here
hlthe2b
May 2022
#81
I have repeatedly stated facts. You chose to ignore them and try to redefine what I am saying
hlthe2b
May 2022
#88
I have a pituitary tumor and can confirm this is true. I could have been a wet nurse
Lettuce Be
May 2022
#124
You are being too simplistic or disingenuous about what I and others have said.
hlthe2b
May 2022
#67
Yes. I've worked and observed a lot of good laction nurses and they are marvelous, but those
hlthe2b
May 2022
#69
Actually, human milk is not superior. It's the evolutionary norm and where the bar for comparison
ARPad95
May 2022
#52
CNN keeps having these pediatricians on who give these warnings. OK, what does one do
Hoyt
May 2022
#8
Powdered formula is available in some of these areas. For babies older than twelve months,
hlthe2b
May 2022
#17
Unfortunately, trade is one of the issues that caused enough Democrats not to support Clinton,
Hoyt
May 2022
#27
No. Canada has already offered. They DO have surplus because this is not a worldwide issue
hlthe2b
May 2022
#28
Hospitals have long been subject to lobbying efforts by manufacturers to use their product
hlthe2b
May 2022
#71
Maybe read the thread instead of throwing out your ire at the OP who is merely trying to help
hlthe2b
May 2022
#20
Breastfeeding might have been 90% in early 20th century, but when my babies were born,
Arkansas Granny
May 2022
#36
" He also prescribed vitamin drops for babies on homemade formulas and breastfed babies."
hlthe2b
May 2022
#37
Nice of you to twist my words. I never advocated that anyone "grab a can
Arkansas Granny
May 2022
#102
Words do matter. The poster with whom I was conversing should have clarified after I and others
hlthe2b
May 2022
#111
It is perfectly safe and their are recipes online...the formula comanies have been gouging for
Demsrule86
May 2022
#58
If it is not safe why aren't the people born in the 1950s and 1960s all dead?
former9thward
May 2022
#42
Gosh, what about all the people born before 1940? How did they survive infancy without antibiotics?
LeftInTX
May 2022
#53
"I wouldn't recommend using this for more than a couple days as an emergency stopgap"
867-5309.
May 2022
#60
That is ridiculous...and there is all sorts of crap in commercial baby formula. Baby boomers
Demsrule86
May 2022
#56
My sister, who produced a LOT of milk while nursing her kids, used to donate to a
tblue37
May 2022
#65
I agree and if I had been forced to bottlefeed, I would have made my own formula. I made my
Demsrule86
May 2022
#116