Moms including Hillary Demmon are donating extra breast milk to help parents hit hard by the formula shortage.
"It's just such a nightmare scenario to think about," said Demmon, who has a 1-year-old and who works at the University of Pittsburgh.
For the week ending May 22, almost three-quarters of formula products nationwide were out of stock at some point, up from 45% the week before and about 5% at this point last year,
Sympathetic to moms who must now go from store to store in search of food for their hungry babies, Demmon decided she couldn't just read about it, she could do something about it.
"I realized I have a deep freeze full of milk, and I'm still pumping," Demmon said.
She decided to start pumping exclusively so she could donate to a local milk bank.
More baby formula is heading to store shelves as early as this weekend
More baby formula is heading to store shelves as early as this weekend
"I figured this is something that I can tangibly do in this nightmare timeline we are living in right now to concretely help some other families," she said
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