How did people feed babies before grocery stores were invented

A lot of babies died

In a way they did. Many communities had wet nurses.

Infant formula is far inferior to breast milk, and it is not at all difficult to make your own baby foods that are healthy. The vast majority of these people either think infant formula is better, don't want the trouble of nursing, or are in work situations that make it difficult to nurse. Many who think they can't nurse just don't know the proper technique, which they teach. Besides, by four to six months, babies start going on 'solid' foods, that is, watery versions of peas and so forth, so it's a short-term issue anyway.

In the 60's and 70's they fed plain milk in a bottle and graduated to baby food in a small jar and then small chopped up regular food...and they diidn't have disposable diapers...babies did fine.

This is true, however powdered formula is not the only reason or even the biggest reason. Life expectancy was much lower in the 1800s and even early 1900s. Medical care was very bad compared to today.

Baby formula is imperative for some families but a luxury for others. I have two kids and bought plenty of formula, but we didn’t have to. It’s more convenient than prolonged breast feeding and pumping. My sister in law breast fed her kids until they were 4 years old. Weird to me, but effective.

I think this story is a little overblown, but certainly families that don’t 100% need formula are hoarding because of the shortage. I usually don’t like government intervention, but there should be some kind of quota system in place.

I think the post-natal care you get can really differ depending on how much money you have and what community your hospital is in. A friend of mine hired a lactation consultant because it was so hard for her to breastfeed. It didn't just come with the medical care at the hospital, which was probably also not entirely covered by insurance.

Someone who probably has to get back to work in a week probably can't look into that as they wouldn't be able to pump at work anyway.

And there are some women who won't be able to lactate or provide enough milk, no matter how hard they try. And then there are babies that are allergic to breastmilk and you have to try different formulas to find the right one.

How did any of us eat before grocery stores were invented?

I’d hate to go back to that time.

Even when most places closed at the beginning of covid, grocery stores were open.

Why and who are the two nimrods that down voted your post? Are they in favor of babies starving. I get some down votes but not when it comes to babies. Wtf is wrong with some people? Looking for some feed back from down voters.

Wow, in the early 19th century, every other baby died, and even at the end of the World War II, one out of twenty didn’t make it past two.

Allergic to breast milk? So now Darwin is trolling humans?

This has little to nothing to do with formula and can be attributed to advances in care and, mostly, to the dramatic improvement in mere sanitation.

The human species should be able to sustain itself on only mother's milk. If we couldn't we wouldn't have survived as a species

My twin daughters had nothing but formula since they were born. Both are crushing their milestones and they tower over kids their age, some kids their a head taller almost. So Im not sure what metric we're measuring what healthy is. I'm only 5'10 btw

70% of babies in The United States are fed formula, so if your kids are towering over others their age, then it's just genetics. Most of those others were raised on formula. There is no magic there. Studies DO show that breast milk is better as far as keeping kids from getting sick, but neither one is magic. Proper nutrition isn't gotten in just one best way.

Babies didn't die because of lack of formula. They died because of unhygienic conditions--especially with doctors not sanitizing hands or equipment in delivery--poor prenatal care, and diseases now resolved through immunization. Antibiotics have saved a lot of babies and mothers as well.

Formula-fed babies tend toward obesity, in general. They also skew the weight growth charts, but if you want to see what makes for tall adults, look to the Northern European diet.

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I’m pretty sure lack of Kroger was the reason for Infant mortality