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First item for preventing cronobacter infections: Breastfeeding. This is one of the best things that can do for the infant's health, and benefits include preve

First item for preventing cronobacter infections: Breastfeeding. This is one of the best things that can do for the infant's health, and benefits include preventing many kinds of infections. Reports Cronobacter infections among infants who were fed only breast milk and no formula or other foods are rare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_food_safety#Infection_prevention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_food_safety#Infection_p... I wonder how long we will continue with this whack-a-mole debugging of systems regulating systems regulating systems before people broadly realize that evolution has already done a damn fine job--one that is awfully hard to improve upon.

mmastrac 4y ago
Perhaps the parental leave policies in the United States need to account for this, then? There's no social security net that will allow babies to be breastfed in the majority of all cases, so we shouldn't be surprised that parents choose formula.
- georgia_peach 4y ago
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triceratops 4y ago
My partner could literally not produce enough breast milk. She breastfed day and night, pumped constantly, took supplements, whatever it took. It just wasn't enough. I'm glad I'm not in the market for formula now; it seems like a terrible situation.
- georgia_peach 4y ago
  Knowing what I now know about formula manufacturers[0], wet nurses & the breastmilk market seem like a better solution[1]. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby-milk-scandal-food-industry-standards https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qIupLeLAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qIupLeLAc
  - triceratops 4y ago
    Nestle did some evil stuff in the 70s so everyone should hire a wet nurse? Get off your high horse, friend.
    - georgia_peach 4y ago
      Abbot did some evil stuff last October. Nestle is just an on-topic citation. If 20 years of seeing, first-hand, across different industries, how much "professionals" will sweep under the rug to keep the paychecks coming in is a "high horse," I choose to remain mounted.
- treeman79 4y ago
  Was in same situation a dozen years ago. But we needed speciality formula. We learned the local shipping schedules for stores and would be there waiting as they rolling product off the truck. Was scary. When second child was same. Decided to adopt after that.

mmastrac 4y ago

Perhaps the parental leave policies in the United States need to account for this, then? There's no social security net that will allow babies to be breastfed in the majority of all cases, so we shouldn't be surprised that parents choose formula.

georgia_peach 4y ago
- mmastrac 4y ago
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    - ok_dad 4y ago
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triceratops 4y ago

My partner could literally not produce enough breast milk. She breastfed day and night, pumped constantly, took supplements, whatever it took. It just wasn't enough. I'm glad I'm not in the market for formula now; it seems like a terrible situation.

georgia_peach 4y ago
Knowing what I now know about formula manufacturers[0], wet nurses & the breastmilk market seem like a better solution[1]. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby-milk-scandal-food-industry-standards https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qIupLeLAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qIupLeLAc
- triceratops 4y ago
  Nestle did some evil stuff in the 70s so everyone should hire a wet nurse? Get off your high horse, friend.
  - georgia_peach 4y ago
    Abbot did some evil stuff last October. Nestle is just an on-topic citation. If 20 years of seeing, first-hand, across different industries, how much "professionals" will sweep under the rug to keep the paychecks coming in is a "high horse," I choose to remain mounted.
treeman79 4y ago
Was in same situation a dozen years ago. But we needed speciality formula. We learned the local shipping schedules for stores and would be there waiting as they rolling product off the truck. Was scary. When second child was same. Decided to adopt after that.