Making up baby bottles
I'm not sure if things have changed in 3 years and I'm really confused. When I had my little boy in 2007, I used to boil a kettle and sterilise his bottles. 1/2 later, I would put the required amount of water in each bottle, put on lids etc and then put in the fridge. When I needed them I would take 1 out put in formula powder, shake, warm and feed. I would never use a bottle that had been in there for longer than 24 hours.
However, it seems that now the advice is to make it up just before the feed. Is this right...I am so confused!
Thanks girls. X
However, it seems that now the advice is to make it up just before the feed. Is this right...I am so confused!
Thanks girls. X
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What I do is I have an extra kettle (cheapy Tesco one) and in the morning I boil up a batch of water then leave it to cool. Then when I make up a feed, I add the powder to the sterilised bottle (which has been washed in v. hot soapy water, then sterilised in our steriliser), boil the other kettle and add an ounce or so of boiling water then top up with the cold boiled water from the other kettle.
It makes the feeds up fresh in just a minute or two and makes them sterile. Lots of people don't bother and just make them up with cooled boiled water but I'm a bit of a worry wart and like to do them properly.
I sterilise all the bottles in the evening once my daughters gone to bed, then just put the bottles together ready for the next day. xx
There are a few ways to do it, and it really depends what you are happy with.
You can make all the bottles up and put them in the fridge, and use them within 24 hours. (What I have always done, and have never had any problems)
Put some of the water int the bottles in the fridge, top up with hot water when adding the powder, then use.
Put the whole amount of water in the fridge, add powder and heat. (But you'd have to heat to 70 degrees, and allow to cool again...not sure you can guage 70 degrees to kill the powder 'bugs')
Hope I haven't confused you more. My steriliser only keeps bottles sterile for 3 hours if used in the microwave. But cold water sterilising for 24 hours. The way you describe, you are not killing off the potential bugs, and it really wouldn't matter how long the kettle cooled for as the water isn't being used there and then? xx
I add the powder at each feed.
Aleia is 15 days old and we've not had any probs.
When I had my son 6 years ago we used to make the full feeds up milk and all and put in the fridge and he was fine!! How times have changed.
I think you find what works for you and as long as baby is ok it'll be fine!
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If you do choose this, I've found that after putting the boiling water / powder in the bottle, if I sit them in a big bowlful of cold water they cool down within a few minutes so you're not hanging around waiting.
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