WIC covers people living at 100-185% of the poverty line depending on state policies. For a family of 2, that's ~$17K - $31K. The average household income of a woman led household with children in the US is around $36K.
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fine fuk u!!
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I encourage breast feeding as much as possible even though I know some women simply can't produce enough breast milk to feed their babies. Breast milk is better for brain development I think.
But because I'm not a Republican fucktard, I'm not going to try to pass a law telling women what I think they should do with their bodies.
But because I'm not a Republican fucktard, I'm not going to try to pass a law telling women what I think they should do with their bodies.
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Any idea on statistics of breast feeding? Do most women breast feed? Of the ones who do, do most have to supplement with formula?
How do you go about doing this?
When you see a woman breastfeeding do you pat her on the head and give her your support, or are you more aggressive? Like when you see a formula bottle being prepped for a baby do you knock it out of mom's hands and scream "Whip out a tit!"
Different women likely require different types of encouragement, so I'm interested to hear how you choose to engage.
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Nearly every woman could breastfeed physiologically. In my experience, very few actually need to supplement with formula.
Far more breastfeeding while trying to do all the same stuff as a man, going to work, etc etc is the difficulty. It's exhausting and sometimes insurance companies block pumps which are very expensive So it's difficult to offload the task to the partner.
Around 3/4 of all women will start breastfeeding. I don't know the up-to-date numbers on how many continue doing so after several months.
Regardless, the demand for formula is significantly out of step with supply no matter what the number is.
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A friend of mine was back to work at 6 weeks. She's certainly not poor, but she's not wealthy enough to just not go to work.
Listening to the dismissive nature that Psaki addressed the problem with was one of the more appalling things I've ever heard from a politician.
It was this:
Where she implies that people buying am extra package or container because they're worried about their babies not having food are akin to morons hoarding toilet paper.
White House goes on defense on baby formula shortage
The White House was on the defense on Friday over its reaction to the shortage in baby formula, emphasizing that it quickly took action on the issue. “We have not waited to take action,” White Hous…
thehill.com
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There was a recall in February. Physician groups have been putting out statements on this since at least that time. So that's a couple of months. The FDA made public statements about monitoring store buying limits. There was such a shortage that stores had to implement limits per customer, at least at the beginning of April. That would have been the time to address this. This is not a shortage of just some luxury item. The moment stores are having a ration it you need a fix.
So last week when Biden said "If we'd been better mind readers, I guess we could have" (responded sooner) - that was a bunch of bullshit?
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I don't know the context of that but I will I can't find anything other than the administration. Absolutely screwing this up.
I guess fault is irrelevant at this point.
They just need to fix it. Fast.
don't worry, they're very good at printing money and giving it to their friends every time there's a catastrophe.
Listen, bro. Nothing gets formula on the shelves quite like giving the FDA $30M to hire inspectors. Don't be such a cynic.
anyone who voted against that just hates babies and is a complete hypocrite on abortion.
It's got baby formula right in the name!!!!
the Bidenites grave-dancing Bush The Younger for his Freudian Confession have selective memory.
View: https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1527145189936095232?s=20&t=uYolr1WJC_eNie8vHV9Ezw
View: https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1527145189936095232?s=20&t=uYolr1WJC_eNie8vHV9Ezw
Fault is still relevant. To a parent who's newborn needs it this is the equivalent of a city having a water shortage.
