“It might end up being that your physician may recommend a formula that they didn’t think of (before) and that’s ok. “So, there needs to be a little bit of flexibility,” said Francis, who also serves as an assistant professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Parents should first check with their baby’s pediatrician and if switching formula brands, do so gradually. Department of Health and Human Services suggests that if parents can’t find their specific brand of formula, they can substitute it for another brand. There are 73 authorized WIC vendors across the city of El Paso. “Across Texas, WIC has been closely working with grocers and vendors so that we can direct our clients to the stores that carry what they need.” “The problem hasn’t been so much that there’s no formula available as much as that they’re having trouble finding their specific formula,” Archer said. WIC allows for substitutions of types, brands and can sizes. On average, the WIC program provides up to 10 containers of formula per infant a month, Archer said. The program in El Paso serves 26,000 residents, including 6,400 infants, though not all babies in the program are formula-fed. Supply in stock at WICĪdriana Archer, El Paso program manager for the Texas Women, Infant and Children, or WIC, program, said she was not aware of any parents trying to find formula in Mexico at the peak of the shortage. The formula should be pre-packaged and labeled in individual servings or retail-size packages. from Mexico as long as it’s for personal use. Travelers can bring liquid and powder milk infant formula to the U.S. supply issue came up,” Maier said in an email. “Personal imports of baby formula have been few since the U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso spokesperson Roger Maier said that customs officers have not seen a spike in formula being brought across the border. Gerber products were also readily available. The shelves of the Superette grocery store on Avenida Abraham Lincoln were fully stocked with Nestle NAN and Nestle Nido Kinder formulas. Shelves at the Superette along Avenida Abraham Lincoln in Ciudad Juárez were fully stocked with Nestle NAN and Nestle Nido Kinder formulas on June 24. The same can from Farmacias Benavides in Ciudad Juárez sells for about half the price.
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Some El Paso parents found themselves crossing international lines to find specialized baby formula and other products, which appeared in full supply and at lower costs during a recent visit.Ī 14-ounce can of Puramino formula can cost $60 in El Paso. “The main point here is to help moms or parents in general find formula so you’re not wasting your gas running like all over the city,” Hernandez said. Sil Hernandez created the group in May when she was having trouble finding lactose-free formula for her son, who is now 5 months old. While the formula shortage has eased, messages from parents in search of specialized formulas – hypoallergenic, lactose-free, amino-based or those made for premature babies – continue to be posted on the group’s page despite the increasing supply of formula on store shelves. Monroy more recently said she is able to find Puramino through Star Medical Specialties, a nutritional and medical supply company, since the ramp-up of formula production and Operation Fly Formula. Shelves at the Target store at 1901 George Dieter Drive restocked with Similac and Enfamil products on June 3.
That led her to join the El Paso Finding Baby Formula Facebook group, which has grown to more than 1,600 members. And it’s not like I can just switch her from one formula brand to another that I might be able to find at the store.” “We were afraid to serve her an extra ounce just for fear that she wouldn’t drink it and then be short the next day or not have any. “We were living day-to-day,” Monroy said in Spanish in late May. The stress of looking at formulas each day was not helping. Monroy had intended to breastfeed but had to be on a special diet. The search became more than frustrating for new parents like Nichole Monroy, whose daughter Sophie was born prematurely in April. But that has not alleviated all concerns for parents who need specialized formulas.Īdditionally, there continues to be a shortage of select baby products such as Zarbee’s Baby Cough Syrup + Immune with Agave and Ivy Leaf A&D zinc oxide cream used to treat diaper rash and Caldesene baby powder.
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