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Howard
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Went out to do a regular stock up of nappies and formula. Plenty of nappies but couldn't find our normal brand of formula anywhere. Not a big deal, can switch brands. But when I was in the local big Tesco looking at the other brands, a very nervous looking woman with a (she told me) 2 month old asked me what all the different brands meant and which one should she get (I had mini_com with me in the pushchair, I don't normally come across visually as a parenting expert). She said she normally breast feeds but saw everyone panic buying and got scared so thought she should do the same. It was fucking heart breaking, to think that people over filling trolleys with bottled water and bog roll had made this young mother feel like if she didn't do the same immediately, that she would put her baby at risk.
For info, I told her (after also trying to say she doesn't need to be worried) that they are all much of a muchness but that the midwives in the hospital gave us Cow & Gate so don't feel bad about buying that.