At birth, 84% of American children are breastfed. That goes down to half at three months and to only about a quarter at six months, the period the World Health Organization recommends for babies to be exclusively breastfed.Though much progress has been made in the past few decades, the US continues to lag behind most other countries: globally, an average 40% of babies under six months are exclusively breastfed vs. 35% in the US. This means the current formula shortage affects about two-thirds of American babies who rely on formula for at least part of their nutrition in their first half year.Promoting breastfeeding as a solution to the shortage—or future ones—would be misguided, not least be
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