Ep 256: Fed is Best with The Formula Mom, Mallory Whitmore

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mallory Whitmore knows her stuff about formula! She’s a certified infant feeding tech, leader of education at Bobbie–the only mom-founded and mom-run U.S. formula brand–and she’s the face behind The Formula Mom, an online platform for infant feeding info and support.

To be clear, she’s not against breastfeeding, quite the opposite in fact! Her mission is to help parents make informed, confident, and supported infant feeding decisions–without guilt or shame. If that means all breastmilk, all formula, or someplace in between, all that matters is that your baby gets the nutrition they need!

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

How formula compares to breast milk
Which “bioactive components” are found in breast milk
What parents should look for in a formula - ignore the marketing hype!
What types of formula are available
How to figure out which formula is right for you
What signs can indicate a formula is not working for your baby
How long you should give it before you switch to a different formula
How to feed a combination of breastmilk and formula
What actually makes DIY formula risky
Why it’s so important to destigmatize formula feeding
What the difference is between absolute risk and relative risk

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0:00.0	This episode is about formula feeding, and I so wish we would have had this information when we had to choose formula for our daughters.
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0:27.7	Calloway-Rankens, a practicing board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over
0:33.1	a thousand babies into this world. I've been a doctor for over 20 years and I'm here to help you
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1:23.7	Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 256, whether this is your first time listening or you have been here before. I am so glad you're spending some time with me today. Super excited to have on the podcast today, Mallory Whitmore. Mallory is a mom of two educator, advocate, and certified infant feeding tech.
1:46.6	She leads education at Bobby, the only mom founded and mom-run U.S. Formula brand, and she's the
1:54.1	face behind the formula mom, an online platform that helps new parents make informed, confident,
1:59.8	and supported infant feeding decisions
2:02.2	without guilt or shame. She has built quite the platform there indeed with a following of over
2:08.6	200,000 on Instagram. Now, to be clear, Mallory is not at all against breastfeeding, quite the
2:15.8	opposite, as a matter of fact. She's really about making
2:19.5	sure people have the information they need to make the best decisions for themselves,
2:25.5	their families, and their babies. And let me tell y'all what, Mallory knows her stuff about
2:31.9	formula. Okay. So we have an incredibly informative conversation about
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