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making up bottles while out??
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hi i have just my third baby 10 days ago. when i hd my first it was still ok to make bottles up beforehand and store them in the fridge for reheating, then with my second it was ok to keep water and powder seperate and mix them when needed, now with the whole thing of making each bottle as you need it, i find it difficult to know what to do when im out for any length of time. i have been using cartons of ready made milk when im out, but this costs alot, and obv since he is only taking about 5 oz per feed i am wasting half a carton each time as i cant store it til home.
What do you do when you are going out? would you bring a flask of boiling water and powder seperate or would you make up bottle beforehand? i thought i had it all sorted until midwfire let me know im not supposed to do it the way ive been doing it. and that since mums have been doing it the way ive been doing it (keeping water made up and adding powder when required) the levels of gastro bugs in babies is the same as developing countries! this kind of shocked me, and i obv dont want my baby to be ill, or for me to feel guilty in any way about it, so i would like to try my best to do it the "new way".
what do you all do??
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What do you do when you are going out? would you bring a flask of boiling water and powder seperate or would you make up bottle beforehand? i thought i had it all sorted until midwfire let me know im not supposed to do it the way ive been doing it. and that since mums have been doing it the way ive been doing it (keeping water made up and adding powder when required) the levels of gastro bugs in babies is the same as developing countries! this kind of shocked me, and i obv dont want my baby to be ill, or for me to feel guilty in any way about it, so i would like to try my best to do it the "new way".
what do you all do??
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I fill up all my bottles with water the night before and store in the fridge. If going out I then pack it and let it get to room temp for feeding. They also said that microwaving to warm it slightly is fine.
As long as u add the powder only when u need it that is fine (form what I've been told) as its the milk that can bread bacteria and cause tummy probs.
Hope this helops rathet than confusing u further! I would amybe ask another midwife or HV and see what they say, seems silly to be stressing if this midwife might just ahve got it wrong or misunderstood
My twins were 8 weeks prem and I am obsessive about the rules as am so scared to make them ill - that said, so many people don't follow 'the rules' and their babies are fine, so don't worry too much.
I'm very aware that 'the rules' have made me very very stressed and worried for the last 10 months, much more that I should have been. Don't become like that, it's hard work for all concerned! x