See how the baby formula shortage is affecting families in our area:
, Long Island parents are getting help from a Suffolk County grassroots charity. CBS2's Jennifer McLogan was there as emotional moms and dads got a small, coveted supply, much of it donated - and free. "Of all things, baby formula. How are going to deprive a baby of food?" Gina Cheeseman told McLogan."We feel helpless.
Some parents told McLogan they need to stretch supplies, and are wondering about diluting baby formula to make it last longer. Angels of Long Island has helped dozens of babies this week as doctors continue to urge parents to follow formula instructions carefully. The formula aisle at a supermarket in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and Dr. Larry Stiefel, a pediatrician in Paramus, worries desperate parents will try to use formula incorrectly.
"And so we're having a hearing on May 25th to try to get to the bottom of it, and in the meantime talking with FDA, talking to Abbott, talking to the White House to see what can be done," he said.
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