'We are such a small town, as soon as the formula got recalled and production stopped, we could find anything for two months,' said Kathryn Bauerle, mother of 8-month-old Laurie in Cleveland, Ga.
For two months, Kathryn Bauerle, 21, mom of 8-month-old Lori, has been scrambling to find baby formula.
“We are such a small town, as soon as the formula got recalled and production stopped, we couldn’t find anything for two months,” said Bauerle. WIC benefits can’t be used to buy formula from online retailers like Amazon AMZN, +0.19%, and in many areas, WIC will only cover certain sizes of canned formula, so parents who can’t find that specific size are out of luck. The program is only open to certain income levels, and, more importantly, it’s been particularly hard hit by supply-chain issues and the Abbott recall. “More than 1.
After doing some research, she and her husband thought the refusal may have been related to their household income. Bauerle was pregnant with Lori when she applied, so their household may have been counted as a two-person one. Bauerle said securing formula has turned into both a group effort with friends looking out for each other and a field trip that requires hours of driving.
It’s a Catch-22 for parents who are already on WIC: Some have reported that their baby formula benefits don’t help at all, because they couldn’t find the formula in stores. “Nobody is helping you. You call the doctor’s office for your son, and they can’t help you. You call WIC, and they can’t help you, and even though it says on the news to call your doctor’s office, they don’t help,” Bonneville said.WIC programs in different states instruct parents to use a mobile app to find program-approved stores and that sell formula covered by WIC. For example, New York State uses WIC2Go, and Connecticut uses WICShopper.
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