Questions about bottle feeding baby??
I am planning to breastfeed my baby exclusivly for only about 3 weeks, I want to try it so I dont regret it later but hate the idea of "just being a feeding machine" and plan to go on to mixed feeding after this for another 3 weeks and then onto bottle feeding exclusivly.
Hubby has been reading his baby care book tonight and has read about electric bottle warmers or warming the bottle in a pan of hot water?? Now becasue I plan to breat feed at first this was never something I thought about, but which in your opinion is better?
Also, his firend told him that what he and his wife do is make up 2 or 3 bottles in the evening, put them in a mini fridge overnight in their bedroom so when LO wakes up for a feed, he just warms it up in a bottle heater which they also have upstairs and dont have to leave their bedroom. Is this a good idea/ If anyone can give me any advice on bottle feeding that would be fantastic.
Thank you so much
Kayleigh
27 weeks today with a baby boy!
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Hubby has been reading his baby care book tonight and has read about electric bottle warmers or warming the bottle in a pan of hot water?? Now becasue I plan to breat feed at first this was never something I thought about, but which in your opinion is better?
Also, his firend told him that what he and his wife do is make up 2 or 3 bottles in the evening, put them in a mini fridge overnight in their bedroom so when LO wakes up for a feed, he just warms it up in a bottle heater which they also have upstairs and dont have to leave their bedroom. Is this a good idea/ If anyone can give me any advice on bottle feeding that would be fantastic.
Thank you so much
Kayleigh
27 weeks today with a baby boy!
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anyway I put them in the fridge down stairs and when Lizzie needs a feed we put hot water from our hot wter disperser (tefel thingy) into a measuring jug and put bottle in there to warm it up, i dont use tefel thingy to make the bottles as its not boiling (only upto about 80 degrees i think, so I always make sure I use fresh filtered water to make up the bottles and only boil it once in the kettle.
Personally I find bottle warmers a waste of money as rather slow to warm a bottle as I had one with my first daughter and used it about twice!
At night I have a tray (invaluable with the amount I have to carry with 2!) with bottles filled with 3oz of boiled water and 4 of my premeasured pots of powder. I then fill a flask with boiling water just before we go to bed and take that up with me (normally when we do the DF at 10.30pm). They wake for a feed at 3am roughly so all I have to do is top the bottles up with boiling water, which makes them warm enough, and use the pots of premeasured powder to make them...tada - ready bottles! I have a bottle warmer but it took AGES and I was trying to warm 2!
I have lots of shortcuts with 2 but cant recommend the premeasured pots of powder enough. It makes life much easier when measuring bottles, especially when you are frazzled!!
I mixed fed Lily from about 3-4months old, I did buy a bottle warmer but she actually took her milk at room temperature so it was a waste of pennies!I found it took ages to warm up as well and although its not recommended if needed I would put the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds and shake it really well and obviously test the temp this was what I did with EBM which I had put in fridge or freezer.
As for the formula for night feeds I used tommee tippee bottles with the powder containers which fit the bottle. We would do bottles for a whole day/night put the boiled water in the bottles and then measure out the formula into the pots and they were ready for feeding as and when- also useful to just pop in your bag when you go out. I know lots of people who have used this method no problems. And I'll be doing it again for baby girl number 2!
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[Modified by: ILOVEMYGEEK2 on January 30, 2010 10:34 PM]
I wouldn't bother with a bottle warmer and just put the bottle in a jug of hot water to warm through if you don't want to use the microwave.
To be honest I think you will soon learn what works for you and find a method to suit.