Catalyst Magazine Features B'more for Healthy Babies in the May 2022 Edition

This story is featured in the latest edition of UMB’s Magazine, The Catalyst. Tap here to read the full story.

B’more for Healthy Babies’ Incentives Sidestep 2022’s Baby Formula Supply Issues

 

In 2022, many parents of babies in their first year of life have faced a sudden need to explore whether breastfeeding is a viable option due to serious challenges in our nation’s supply chain, and in many communities, baby formula has become a rare commodity.

 

A combination of distribution setbacks, including a shortage of the raw ingredient in formula, led to a scarcity on some store shelves that continues to ripple into the spring. In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall on three brands of powered formula.

Inflation also hit an all-time high the same month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, making formula that mothers could find more expensive and, in some cases, doubling the previous cost.

 

For some mothers, the solution of swapping formulas was not a simple option, or maybe an option at all. Changing formulas can trigger allergic reactions or be rejected if a baby prefers a particular taste or texture. For each of these reasons, formula inaccessibility can be more than problematic. 

 

Yet choosing to switch to breastfeeding isn’t a simple matter, and it’s often not even considered as an option by countless families, especially among Black mothers. 

 

That’s where B’more for Healthy Babies (BHB) comes in, as they’ve offered one-on-one support to mothers from prenatal to postnatal options for moms with children from 0-5 years of age.

Happily, their work is helping transform and celebrate the good health of families in Upton/Druid Heights, as revealed by the dramatic 75% drop of infant mortality since 2009.


This good news about B’more for Healthy Babies is featured in the latest edition of UMB’s Magazine, The Catalyst. Tap here to read the full story.

 
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