Sarah and Randy Morrow with triplets Rhett, Luke and Beau, and daughter Ryleigh, 4. The Morrows have contacted up to 18 stores to find formula for their triplets, who were born in July. Butler Eagle file photo

Justin Guido

While other supply chains appear back on track, certain types of baby formula remain elusive for families trying to feed newborn children.

Sarah Morrow, who had given birth to triplets in July, was searching in November for the ready-to-feed, liquid formula recommended by the doctors providing her care.

“We called as many as 18 stores, from here out to Indiana, Pa., and the whole way up to Oil City and Titusville,” said Morrow, whose husband, Randy, searched for formula with her. “And none of the stores we called in any of those areas had the formula.”

“We had friends looking,” she said. “We had family looking. We called all around, and we had no luck with that.”

Morrow’s three children — Beau, Rhett and Luke — all came into the world premature, and the Centers for Disease Control website recommends that families raising premature babies avoid powdered formula.

The CDC also recommends liquid formula for any child younger than 2 months old, although pediatrician Brian Donnelly recommends the baby reach at least 3 months of age before they switch to powdered formula.

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