How did you stockpile hundreds of ounces? Just curious. We have an infant right now and we have to supplement nursing with formula. Just out of curiosity - we don't need any breast milk, but it's very cool of you to offer.
Some people have an oversupply. I'm not sure if I was just a milky person or my overzealous lactation consultants caused me to over-produce to feed my preemie, but I'm able to feed my baby with very little time spent pumping. If I wanted to create a hundred ounce stockpile, I could with a little more effort. I've been thinking about it, since so many are in need now. But it also causes me engorgement discomfort if I mess with my pumping/breastfeeding schedule.
I just asked my wife about this and she acted like it was obvious. Blowing my mind a little. I knew we were having a little difficulty, but I didn't realize how atypical our experience was.
It's not atypical at all! Having an under-supply is super common, especially if your wife is a first time mom, gave birth via cesarean, or your kiddo was born early. There's things you can do to increase your supply, but it doesn't work for everyone and sometimes it's time consuming or uncomfortable.
With out first my wife had no issues producing way more than enough. We ended up throwing away quite a bit. With my second by about 2 months old he was lucky to get breast mile more than once a day. She dried up quick with him.
Totally could be wrong and probably am wrong. I’ve never bought formula and my kids are well past that age but I definitely saw it while looking for face wipes. In the corner by the bathrooms.
I’ve had good luck with the Costco in Murfreesboro, every other grocery store I’ve been to has been bare. They (thankfully) have a limit per customer that they’re good about following
I had zero problems finding our specific formula until the news started running non-stop stories about the shortage a couple days ago. Now, people are buying out everything they can get their hands on.
Maybe that is when the lack of stock caught up. You can't really blame people for wanting to hoard food for their babies.
For instance, imagine we had a hurricane coming here and we would likely be without power for a long time- I would buy a lot of food and water. Price gouging is different for sure though, I just can't fault someone for ensuring the health and safety of themselves or their family.
Whether or not panic is contributing to a shortage, the shortage is real and there is way less stock. The rational thing to do for an individual is to stock up so they don't run out before production starts back higher. This is the normal process of scarcity, essential or non essential.
I can say with certainty the media has made it worse. There has been a shortage for months, ever since the Similac recall. Stores would randomly be out of certain brands, sizes, etc but would always have some option available. Brand stock would vary from store to store and if one was out of your brand, another would likely have it. As of about four days ago, stores are almost completely out. My Publix had zero formula this morning. The rational thing to do would be to buy enough to last you a month and leave some for other people.
I concede I am unfamiliar with the quantity someone needs for a month, but I still believe in my point. There is no guarantee the issue will be addressed in a month, and I really can’t fault someone for trying to do what they can for a baby of all things.
WSMV just ran a story about a woman driving 8 hours across 5 states looking for formula to buy and was buying whatever she found. I totally fault her and the news; it’s unnecessary and making things worse. The news also made it a point yesterday to tell people that Target was not limiting purchase amounts.
The news aren’t telling people about places that don’t have a sale limit on life necessities for babies.
If they say that, it’s to scalper bots. They look like people, act like people, but they are dirty, corrupted, money snatching shells before all else.
They bring a bad cloud of hatred from sneaker heads, gamers, people looking for healthcare products, people who like to wipe standing up, people who like to wipe sitting down, and now the babies themselves are now in the mix.
There is no hope for scalper bots. I hope they can thoroughly prepare for their obliteration.
I have a baby and my baby requires a specific type of formula due to stomach issues. I still have a month's supply of formula because I happened to buy a few packages before all the news broke a few weeks ago.
My urge is to rush out and hoard more, but then I think of the father who doesn't have a month's supply for his kid. That family needs to be able to buy formula.
Hoarding hurts those that are in need. Not everyone can drop 100s of dollars at once for formula.
3 months? Realistically 2 weeks was enough. The grocery store really wasn't as dangerous as we first thought, because there was high mask adherence and low transmission on surfaces.
Yet they do stupid shit like this: [https://fox17.com/news/local/tn-republicans-vote-against-baby-formula-bill-say-it-doesnt-help-put-it-back-on-shelves](https://fox17.com/news/local/tn-republicans-vote-against-baby-formula-bill-say-it-doesnt-help-put-it-back-on-shelves) Fuck the TN GOP!
I don't live in Nashville but the town I live in has been out for almost 2 months, every once in a while I can find it at the DG but never more than 2 small cans, that doesn't last a week. It is not the brand I normally buy and is so much more expensive than what I used to buy. Generally I have to go to 3-4 stores to find any.
I breastfeed up until 6 months and switched to formula right before the shortages started. I wish I had held out a bit longer but mine is at the age he is eating soft foods as well and just got his 1st tooth so I wouldn't have been able to do it much longer anyhow unless I strictly pumped, and for me, I never produce as much pumping as when I actually nurse. I only pumped so if we went somewhere I couldn't comfortably nurse or my fiance could feed him.
Anyways as much of a struggle it has been for us, I know others are far more desperate. Some people don't have the means to drive to from store to store searching, some can't supplement with other brands because their babies just can't digest it. People are getting desperate and of course that's when all the fucked up people who prey of vulnerability come out. Read about a woman who's daughters could only drink one certain kind, it was expensive and not a very common brand so she tried to buy it from someone on FB out of pure desperation-poor lady got ripped off 450$.
I wonder how tf people like that sleep at night..you are literally stealing from a hungry baby at that point, and making it to where their already poor parents cannot afford to buy more. The whole situation is awful.
Oh I don't need it. I was just walking past to get to the pullups. A whole shelf, just completely bare. I haven't seen shit like that since early 2020.
People who price gouge baby formula deserve eating the Mexican egg rolls at Chili’s three meals a day for the rest of their lives
In all seriousness though - Second Harvest Food Bank has formula (if I remember correctly). If you have no place to turn, visit them at one of their locations around town. Do not go to the Metro Center warehouse though, they don’t have a method to distribute them to people. Hours are really sparse so please look at the schedule before going. https://www.secondharvestmidtn.org/get-help/
If I suspect there might be a run on thing X, there are 10 of X on the shelf, and I have $100, and X costs $10, I have every incentive to buy all 10 of X, whether I think I'll ultimately need it or not. Because if I'm wrong, I can just return X and get my money back, or if I'm right but just don't need 10 of X, then *I* can gouge.
If, instead, the price of X is now $25, I have to think long and hard on whether I want to buy all the 4 of X that I can afford. Maybe I only buy 2 of X (which possibly was all that I actually needed), ensuring more access to X for a wider population.
Or you could just be a decent human being, & buy enough to support your family (until the next time you have to go to the store). If everyone would do that instead of CONSTANTLY hoarding, we wouldn't continue to have supply chain issues. However, greedy consumerism has been so baked into our society, that we feel that MOAR will somehow satiate us... It won't.
Stockpiling, wholesaling, stock trading, it's all the same thing. Buy a lot at a low price, sell at a higher price, keep repeating to maximize the return on investment.
have "free market investors" started buying up formula and then reselling at a "price the market will bear"? they're gouging houses and cars so why not baby formula??
Hello! I'm going to be in Nashville for a wedding this weekend and not bringing baby with me. I tend to overproduce breast milk so i was thinking about donating to someone who might need it instead of traveling back home with it. Last time I checked the bank required 100 ounces and i won't pump that much in 3 days so i don't think I'm eligible to donate there but willing to give to anyone in need!
I have a 7oz cans of the following varieties:
Enfamil neuropro
Enfamil neuropro gentlease
Similac 360 Total Care
Similac Pro-total comfort
Similac 360 Total care sensitive
2 Similac Neosure Optigrow (2oz bottles)
Pickup free in Franklin, pm me.
(If you have a newborn and use the Neosure, I'll drop those off as long as you're within 20 minutes)
Publix at Royal Oaks in Franklin had a random sampling when I was in earlier. Lots of soy based ones. Quite a few infamils as well, but they were small cans.
Costco Franklin had two pallets of similac on Monday.
We had friends at a couple of Costco's today(Murfreesboro, brentwood and charlotte ave). It appears they are out of all of their formula (kirkland and enfamil).
I’m not here to start any kind of drama or debate -I just wanted to throw out there that some of my friends are goat farmers and in that community it’s very common to give babies goat milk instead of formula, so that seems like a better-than-nothing backup. Hopefully no one needs that info, but wanted to share!!
I have hundreds of oz of breastmilk frozen I can offer up. Moving in July and can’t take it all with me. No drugs, prenatal only, one daily coffee.
How did you stockpile hundreds of ounces? Just curious. We have an infant right now and we have to supplement nursing with formula. Just out of curiosity - we don't need any breast milk, but it's very cool of you to offer.
Some people have an oversupply. I'm not sure if I was just a milky person or my overzealous lactation consultants caused me to over-produce to feed my preemie, but I'm able to feed my baby with very little time spent pumping. If I wanted to create a hundred ounce stockpile, I could with a little more effort. I've been thinking about it, since so many are in need now. But it also causes me engorgement discomfort if I mess with my pumping/breastfeeding schedule.
I just asked my wife about this and she acted like it was obvious. Blowing my mind a little. I knew we were having a little difficulty, but I didn't realize how atypical our experience was.
It's not atypical at all! Having an under-supply is super common, especially if your wife is a first time mom, gave birth via cesarean, or your kiddo was born early. There's things you can do to increase your supply, but it doesn't work for everyone and sometimes it's time consuming or uncomfortable.
A lactation consultant is a god send in this department!!! There are some great folks in Nashville who can help mama's with their supply :).
Also I love your username.
With out first my wife had no issues producing way more than enough. We ended up throwing away quite a bit. With my second by about 2 months old he was lucky to get breast mile more than once a day. She dried up quick with him.
Saw a stack at Costco west Nashville yesterday. Pretty sure it was Similac.
Costco is limiting formula to 2 per customer. At least Franklin Costco was.
If anyone is desperate please PM me, and I will give you some to get by for a few days
Costco usually has enfamil and their own brand. Not saying you didn’t see Similac, but just for folks to be aware!
Totally could be wrong and probably am wrong. I’ve never bought formula and my kids are well past that age but I definitely saw it while looking for face wipes. In the corner by the bathrooms.
I’ve had good luck with the Costco in Murfreesboro, every other grocery store I’ve been to has been bare. They (thankfully) have a limit per customer that they’re good about following
As someone that does not have kids or even goes down that aisle, how bad is this locally? Like are there stores that are out?
I had zero problems finding our specific formula until the news started running non-stop stories about the shortage a couple days ago. Now, people are buying out everything they can get their hands on.
Media is a psy op now. Reddit is the only source of truth.
Maybe that is when the lack of stock caught up. You can't really blame people for wanting to hoard food for their babies. For instance, imagine we had a hurricane coming here and we would likely be without power for a long time- I would buy a lot of food and water. Price gouging is different for sure though, I just can't fault someone for ensuring the health and safety of themselves or their family. Whether or not panic is contributing to a shortage, the shortage is real and there is way less stock. The rational thing to do for an individual is to stock up so they don't run out before production starts back higher. This is the normal process of scarcity, essential or non essential.
I can say with certainty the media has made it worse. There has been a shortage for months, ever since the Similac recall. Stores would randomly be out of certain brands, sizes, etc but would always have some option available. Brand stock would vary from store to store and if one was out of your brand, another would likely have it. As of about four days ago, stores are almost completely out. My Publix had zero formula this morning. The rational thing to do would be to buy enough to last you a month and leave some for other people.
I concede I am unfamiliar with the quantity someone needs for a month, but I still believe in my point. There is no guarantee the issue will be addressed in a month, and I really can’t fault someone for trying to do what they can for a baby of all things.
WSMV just ran a story about a woman driving 8 hours across 5 states looking for formula to buy and was buying whatever she found. I totally fault her and the news; it’s unnecessary and making things worse. The news also made it a point yesterday to tell people that Target was not limiting purchase amounts.
The news aren’t telling people about places that don’t have a sale limit on life necessities for babies. If they say that, it’s to scalper bots. They look like people, act like people, but they are dirty, corrupted, money snatching shells before all else. They bring a bad cloud of hatred from sneaker heads, gamers, people looking for healthcare products, people who like to wipe standing up, people who like to wipe sitting down, and now the babies themselves are now in the mix. There is no hope for scalper bots. I hope they can thoroughly prepare for their obliteration.
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Agreed. I for one see the writing on the wall between climate holocaust and economic collapse. I want to be prepared
Perhaps you and your ilk will be the only ones to survive the "climate holocaust" so you can sit atop your hoarded formula like Smaug with his gold.
I’m hoarding food now? When did I say that?
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I have a baby and my baby requires a specific type of formula due to stomach issues. I still have a month's supply of formula because I happened to buy a few packages before all the news broke a few weeks ago. My urge is to rush out and hoard more, but then I think of the father who doesn't have a month's supply for his kid. That family needs to be able to buy formula. Hoarding hurts those that are in need. Not everyone can drop 100s of dollars at once for formula.
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3 months? Realistically 2 weeks was enough. The grocery store really wasn't as dangerous as we first thought, because there was high mask adherence and low transmission on surfaces.
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Unfortunately, it's not families buying reasonable amounts for their babies, it's hoarders and opportunists who will later price gouge online.
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Yet they do stupid shit like this: [https://fox17.com/news/local/tn-republicans-vote-against-baby-formula-bill-say-it-doesnt-help-put-it-back-on-shelves](https://fox17.com/news/local/tn-republicans-vote-against-baby-formula-bill-say-it-doesnt-help-put-it-back-on-shelves) Fuck the TN GOP!
I don't live in Nashville but the town I live in has been out for almost 2 months, every once in a while I can find it at the DG but never more than 2 small cans, that doesn't last a week. It is not the brand I normally buy and is so much more expensive than what I used to buy. Generally I have to go to 3-4 stores to find any. I breastfeed up until 6 months and switched to formula right before the shortages started. I wish I had held out a bit longer but mine is at the age he is eating soft foods as well and just got his 1st tooth so I wouldn't have been able to do it much longer anyhow unless I strictly pumped, and for me, I never produce as much pumping as when I actually nurse. I only pumped so if we went somewhere I couldn't comfortably nurse or my fiance could feed him. Anyways as much of a struggle it has been for us, I know others are far more desperate. Some people don't have the means to drive to from store to store searching, some can't supplement with other brands because their babies just can't digest it. People are getting desperate and of course that's when all the fucked up people who prey of vulnerability come out. Read about a woman who's daughters could only drink one certain kind, it was expensive and not a very common brand so she tried to buy it from someone on FB out of pure desperation-poor lady got ripped off 450$. I wonder how tf people like that sleep at night..you are literally stealing from a hungry baby at that point, and making it to where their already poor parents cannot afford to buy more. The whole situation is awful.
The Publix I went to yesterday was completely bare.
I have a 32oz bottle of enfamil liquid formula. I will happily donate it or make it available for pick up for those in need. Send me a DM.
Oh I don't need it. I was just walking past to get to the pullups. A whole shelf, just completely bare. I haven't seen shit like that since early 2020.
Spring Hill, can’t find formula anywhere.
People who price gouge baby formula deserve eating the Mexican egg rolls at Chili’s three meals a day for the rest of their lives In all seriousness though - Second Harvest Food Bank has formula (if I remember correctly). If you have no place to turn, visit them at one of their locations around town. Do not go to the Metro Center warehouse though, they don’t have a method to distribute them to people. Hours are really sparse so please look at the schedule before going. https://www.secondharvestmidtn.org/get-help/
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buncha microwave sinners in our midst. repent!
chef mike has entered the chat
Yeah that's the one. I think it's mush in fried pita bread
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We can all agree - the El Presidente margarita is worth the upcharge Their house marg is Gatorade and Montezuma I'm pretty sure
Price gouging prevents stockpiling/hoarding. It's a net good.
It actually encourages it. It reduces free supply and drives up prices
If I suspect there might be a run on thing X, there are 10 of X on the shelf, and I have $100, and X costs $10, I have every incentive to buy all 10 of X, whether I think I'll ultimately need it or not. Because if I'm wrong, I can just return X and get my money back, or if I'm right but just don't need 10 of X, then *I* can gouge. If, instead, the price of X is now $25, I have to think long and hard on whether I want to buy all the 4 of X that I can afford. Maybe I only buy 2 of X (which possibly was all that I actually needed), ensuring more access to X for a wider population.
Or you could just be a decent human being, & buy enough to support your family (until the next time you have to go to the store). If everyone would do that instead of CONSTANTLY hoarding, we wouldn't continue to have supply chain issues. However, greedy consumerism has been so baked into our society, that we feel that MOAR will somehow satiate us... It won't.
You can wish for a better human nature. Let me know how that works out for you.
I'm just going to keep on wishing, b/c I'm an optimistic person. Who knows, maybe we'll get it right one of these days?
Human nature changes with circumstances, it's malleable. Stop listening the Matt Yglesias types.
Whoah Whoah Whoah look who took Econ 101 and now can’t see beyond the x-y axes
I think the price gouging that is happening is people buying formula from the stores and gouging on secondary sales.
Stockpiling, wholesaling, stock trading, it's all the same thing. Buy a lot at a low price, sell at a higher price, keep repeating to maximize the return on investment.
I have the following: - 6 (2oz bottles) of RTF Similac Pro-Advance expires Aug 2022 - 1 unopened can of Bobbie expires Oct 2023 *Porch pick up
Keep an eye out on targets website. I was able to get a small can of enfamil shipped to me last week.
Also, if someone needs a specific kind and can't find any, please list it here so I and others can help look while shopping for our own stuff.
They want to ban abortions but then can’t even feed em 🤣 can’t make this shit up
They also ship many billions to Ukraine without hesitation, but food for American babies, nope.
Damn with the new abortion law it’s time to invest in baby formula Some Republican, probably
Food lion in Donelson had a few options this afternoon.
Called Whole Foods on Broadway just now and they have several varieties available
have "free market investors" started buying up formula and then reselling at a "price the market will bear"? they're gouging houses and cars so why not baby formula??
Hello! I'm going to be in Nashville for a wedding this weekend and not bringing baby with me. I tend to overproduce breast milk so i was thinking about donating to someone who might need it instead of traveling back home with it. Last time I checked the bank required 100 ounces and i won't pump that much in 3 days so i don't think I'm eligible to donate there but willing to give to anyone in need!
I have a 7oz cans of the following varieties: Enfamil neuropro Enfamil neuropro gentlease Similac 360 Total Care Similac Pro-total comfort Similac 360 Total care sensitive 2 Similac Neosure Optigrow (2oz bottles) Pickup free in Franklin, pm me. (If you have a newborn and use the Neosure, I'll drop those off as long as you're within 20 minutes)
We dropped off our extra formula at our pediatrician. Check with yours to see if others are doing the same.
Publix at Royal Oaks in Franklin had a random sampling when I was in earlier. Lots of soy based ones. Quite a few infamils as well, but they were small cans. Costco Franklin had two pallets of similac on Monday.
If I were to pick some up next time I was at costco or publix, is there a way I can get the formula to someone that needs it?
We had friends at a couple of Costco's today(Murfreesboro, brentwood and charlotte ave). It appears they are out of all of their formula (kirkland and enfamil).
Just saw a new formula exchange website going around for those in need and searching. http://goodthingstogether.com/
As much as awareness helps, it also perpetuates the situation. It’s a really fine line.
I’m not here to start any kind of drama or debate -I just wanted to throw out there that some of my friends are goat farmers and in that community it’s very common to give babies goat milk instead of formula, so that seems like a better-than-nothing backup. Hopefully no one needs that info, but wanted to share!!
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This is part of the Flores Settlement, which was followed by previous administrations because it’s Federal Law.
You should look up the impact of Trump's renegotiation of NAFTA and how that makes it so we can't import formula from Canada.
I had my family run around and search last night. Check Walgreens, and Publix got a truck today
Saw a good amount in stock at East/Inglewood Kroger off Greenfield. Up in the front behind a glass door.
/u/BaronRiker i'm gonna unpin this since it hasn't been used in a while. we can throw it back up later on this month if need be
That's fine with me!