As if we needed any more proof that these are tough times: a Florida mother recently found out the hard way
why you must never dilute baby formula to "stretch it." Jeri Moss, a
23-year-old mother of two, was trying to save money when she watered
down her infant son's formul, adding far more liquid than the powdered
carton's instructions called for. She says she did the same with her
toddler daughter, with no ill effects. But five-month-old La'Damian,
who weighs just eight pounds, was admitted to a local hospital
suffering from malnutrition and water intoxication. He survived, but it
could have gone either way. "Another hour, he
would've been dead," according to the doctor at the Tampa hospital that
treated the baby.
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