Kristie McNealy, MD

Before I get started today, let me state this clearly: there are many reasons, both medical and social, why women might need to use formula to feed their babies.  The rest of what I write here is not intended for families in these situations. That is, after all, why formula was invented in the [...]

Mom’s of preemies and NICU babies are encouraged to express breast milk for their babies, but typically, that milk doesn’t provide enough calories and nutrients to support all the needs of a growing preemie. Because of this, most NICU’s add a powdered cow’s milk based Human Milk Fortifier (HMF) to a mom’s expressed milk [...]

Providing breastmilk for your preemie or NICU baby can be stressful and time consuming. As a matter of fact, I’ve even found that breastfeeding a perfectly healthy term baby (who just happens to develop a million food allergies) can sometimes turn you life upside down. No matter what your circumstances are, finding the [...]