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J'Vera said her family was ultimately \"super blessed\" as their friends, family members, and even exes reached out to help them find formula in places as far as Canada for baby River.

\"What I've been doing now, we're just giving away any extra formula, because people are still bringing it to us very nicely as a surprise. People are like, 'Oh, yeah, I saw this. This is for you. You don't have to pay for it. It's fine. Just take it.'\"

J'Vera said any extra formula goes to those they know who still need it.

\"We're like, 'Hey, do you want this formula?' and we're just trying to pay it forward,\" she said.

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\"Things are supposed to be changing, but we can't seem to get a clear timeline on any of the changes exactly,\" she added. \"We keep hearing that idea like everything is in the works … but we don't know when any of that is going to actually hit the shelves.\"

An end to the crisis is hopefully starting to take shape as more response plans take off. Datasembly, the firm tracking formula out-of-stock rates, told \"GMA\" late Tuesday, \"While the infant formula stock situation in the US continues to be quite volatile, there are measures being implemented to drive inventory into the market and it is expected that we are nearing the peak of the out-of-stock situation.\"

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