The SFCV Journal

Our babies don’t get chubby all on their own; it takes a pretty steady diet of formula to make that happen.  And chubby do they get!  Within months, our smallest are transformed into rolly-poly chubness.  But in the last few weeks, the price of formula has significantly jumped, and in the last few months, the number of babies in our home has jumped by nine. We need some help.

If you know of anyone coming to the Beijing area who could bring in regular or soy formula for our children’s village, we’d much appreciate it.  Our staff & drivers are in Beijing often enough, we can even send someone in to pick it up.  We prefer the Nestle brand (in China) but any brand from the West is appreciated.  This need will be current through at least June.  Though we can purchase regular formula here, soy formula needs to be brought in from the West.

Another need, though not quite as dire, is for XL diapers.  We have an amazing team in Hong Kong that started a Hong Kong PHF Diaper Club, and they help supply our diapers each month.  We are forever grateful, especially as the nannies’ salaries, prices for food, and medical care has all risen in the last few months.  It has greatly alleviated our house budgets to cover those increases.  But, their company doesn’t make XL diapers.  We have some larger children, mostly House of Love kids like Judah & Xander, who still need diapers.   Again, if you know of anyone coming in who could help us purchase XL diapers, we’d much appreciate it!

UPDATE (2009.03.05): We use NESTLE or LACTOGEN brands for formula.  SOY is more difficult to get in China, but at this time, we can use both regular and soy.  Apparently there is more than one size for XL; size 6 (16+ kg) would be helpful.  Thank you!