Parents are struggling to keep up with the nationwide shortage of baby formula – with several retailers now limiting how much you can buy. So what do you do if you can't find any?
So what do you do if you can't find any? CBS 2's Marissa Perlman got some answers Monday, as well as a warning from pediatricians.
For the first time, they have been forced to cut Piper's formula with cow's milk – which hasn't gone smoothly.Pediatricians advise against drinking cow's milk before age 1. But O'Keeffe says she has no choice for her daughter – showing us her last six bottles of formula. Supply chain challenges, inflation, and recalls are all preventing formula from hitting store shelves.
"It's sad, because a lot of people just don't have an option at all and need formula," O'Keeffe said.
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