• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Women Deserve Better

Women Deserve Better: For us, that means better information, better support, and better choices. Life brings challenges. We bring empowerment, because we’ll never underestimate women.

  • Work
    • Find a Job
    • Build a Career
    • Take Maternity Leave
    • Thrive As a Working Parent
    • Know Your Rights at Work
  • Learn
    • Earn Your Degree As a Parent
    • Know Your Rights on Campus
    • Finance Your Education
    • Medical Care for Student Moms
    • Housing for Student Parents
    • Child Care While You’re In Class
  • Live
    • Child Care
    • Feeding Your Family
    • Elder Care
    • Housing
    • Clothes
    • Medical Care
    • Getting Around
    • Money Matters
    • Gardening
    • Special Needs
    • Fun
  • Love
    • Adoption
    • Bonding
    • Fathers
    • Your Parents
    • Support Networks
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Contributors
  • Shop
    • Shop
    • View Cart/Checkout
  • Support Us
  • Donate
  • Home

What Do You Do When You Can’t Find Your Infant Formula?

May 19, 2022 by Bethanie Ryan

mom looking for formula

For a number of different reasons, sometimes it is difficult to find your child’s preferred formula. It can be stressful and heart-wrenching after getting used to one formula and having trouble finding it. Some kids are picky about their formula. Some kids because of various health issues can only have certain kinds of formula. There are things you can do to get your child fed. 

  1. Do not dilute your formula. This can cause major health problems for your baby. It is not worth stretching the formula a couple of bottles by risking making your baby sick.
  2. If your child needs a particular formula for medical reasons, call your pediatrician. S/he may have connections to help you get some.
  3. If you are tempted to make homemade formula, call your pediatrician. This may be an option for some kids, but don’t assume that your kid is one of them. Your pediatrician will have a good idea of what is safe and healthy for your child.
  4. It is safe to change brands. If they are out of your preferred brand, you can switch to another brand that sells a similar type of formula. (For example, if you always get Similac for gassy babies, you can switch to the store brand for gassy babies if that is all that is available.)
  5. Ask family and friends to keep an eye out for you for your preferred brand. It always takes a village to raise a child, and it is all more true when there are difficulties. Let them know you are looking and to text you if they see it anywhere.
  6. Connect to online parenting groups. Local parenting groups online can be good resources to find formula.
  7. Search off the beaten path. Look at different stores, drug stores, gas stations, your corner grocery store, and online. You may be surprised by some of the places that sell formula. 
  8. Spring for already-made formula. Formula that is already mixed and ready to drink, can be more expensive and for that reason, it is often easier to find.
  9. Check out your local milk banks. In many localities, women donate breast milk to milk banks for babies in need. These milk banks can be a good resource when you can’t find your formula.
  10. If you are partially breastfeeding, you can pump more to try to encourage your breasts to produce more.
  11. If your baby is over 6 months, cow’s milk can be a temporary replacement. 
  12. If your baby is around 1 year old, toddler formula can be a temporary replacement.
  13. Formula for premature babies can be a temporary replacement, but please don’t do that if you have any other option. We should keep the premature formula on the shelves for premature babies.
  14. Do not hoard. Formula shouldn’t be used after the best-by date, and hoarding isn’t going to help anyone in the long run. Remember the toilet paper shortages of 2020?

It can be scary when you can’t find your baby’s usual formula, but there are options to find something to feed your child. Helping one another and thinking outside the box will get your family through.

By Bethanie Ryan

Filed Under: Feeding Your Family, Live Tagged With: baby formula, formula, formula feeding, formula shortage, looking for formula

Primary Sidebar

Featured Articles

  • Need Help with Phone and Internet Costs?
  • What Is ADHD, and How Do I Get a Diagnosis?
  • What Is Sleep Training?
  • 7 Tips on How to Talk to Your Child About Scary News
  • Know Your Plant Hardiness Zone to Have a Successful Garden
fb-share-icon

Footer

Women Deserve Better

17 hours ago

Women Deserve Better
Some practical gentle parenting posts if yesterday's article appealed to you. ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Women Deserve Better

2 days ago

Women Deserve Better
Congrats, Katie Clark! 🎉 ... See MoreSee Less

Ohio Mom Refuses to Let Teen Pregnancies Stop Her from Becoming a Doctor: 'I Feel Nothing But Gratitude'

people.com

Katie Clark's dream of being a doctor seemed to get further away with each year that passed after she became a teenage mom — but now the 43-year-old parent of four is proving it's never too late to ...
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

womendeservebetter

Check out "Learn the Basics of Unemployment Benefi Check out "Learn the Basics of Unemployment Benefits," courtesy of Women Deserve Better Expert and legal aid attorney Susan Schoppa.
https://www.womendeservebetter.com/learn-the-basics-of...

 #womendeservebetter
A woman out of work recently sent us the following A woman out of work recently sent us the following email. We wanted to share her thoughts with you:
The most common feelings I experience as an unemployed job seeker: 
1. Rejection/Sorrow. Something is wrong with me… because it cannot be that I don't have more than the required training or education or experience... so it must be me.
2. Anxiety from inadequacy of effort. Something would come along if I just tried harder (more than daily searches, weekly job clubs, outreaches on LinkedIn, etc.).
3. Aloneness. Other people with fewer skills, less education and experience… are getting jobs. They won't understand how alone I am in this. Other people must have a lot of resources to not have to work for this long, and I am barely making it and can't afford things now. I am alone in this.
4. Hopelessness. Scores of applications and letters to employers have gone unanswered for weeks and now months. What's the use?
5. Blaming myself and/or self-doubt. Why didn't I see the writing on the wall and find something while I still had a job? I guess I really am as stupid as these employers think I am.
6. Confusion. I am now out of my routine, so things don't fall into place like they once did. Am I getting dementia? Is this normal?
7. Anger. If my employer thought I was so great to give me a very good review several years in a row, why haven't they told me of other available jobs after this one ended? Shame on them!
8. Embarrassment. People may think I lost my job because I was a marginal or lazy employee. They don't know how hard I worked, and that the termination was due to issues not of my doing. They may see me as someone who deserved this.
9. Fear. What if I can't find a job in time before we lose our place to live?
10. Happiness. It can be a good thing to start over sometimes.
Have you ever felt like this woman? Please know that there is help. Check out our latest article on Women Deserve Better, "Find Help When You Can’t Find a Job":
https://www.womendeservebetter.com/find-help-when-

#WomenDeserveBetter
Are you struggling to pay your rent or mortgage? A Are you struggling to pay your rent or mortgage? Are you worried about losing your home? Here is some information about what could happen if you can't pay all of your rent or mortgage, courtesy of Women Deserve Better Expert and legal aid attorney Susan Schoppa.

www.womendeservebetter.com/how-to-find-legal-help-for-evictions-and-foreclosures 

#WomenDeserveBetter
Load More... Follow on Instagram
Thanks for signing up!

GET OUR LATEST NEWS

ABOUT

  • Our Mission
  • Contributors

SUPPORT US

  • Donate
  • Become a Partner
  • Share Your Story or Your Expertise
  • Promote Women Deserve Better

Women Deserve Better: For us, that means better information, better support, and better choices. Life brings challenges. We bring empowerment, because we’ll never underestimate women.

Copyright © 2022 — Feminists for Life of America • All rights reserved.