Getting Frustrated Buying Formula Milk for Newborn Babies

For poor families, buying formula milk can be a heavy financial burden. It even drains their savings and puts them into debt.

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A woman chooses formula milk at a mini market in Medan Satria District, Bekasi City, West Java, Thursday (29/9/2022).

Since the birth of their first child six months ago, Kiki Septiani (26) and her husband, Imam Budi Nugroho (24), have been frantically looking for money to finance their baby's formula milk. With an uncertain income, this couple, living in Sukoharjo, Central Java, is always worried about the cost of formula milk.

At present, Kiki and Imam still live at their parents' house. “I once ran out of money to buy milk, so I had to borrow from my mother. But I was asked to return it immediately, because my father has no regular job, " Kiki said on Monday (5/9/2022).