I have an 8 week old ds. We are attending a party next week which is approx 100 miles away and travelling with a friend's family in their car the day before. Ds is breastfed but happily takes bottles of formula once a week or so from my MIL. since birth he has cluster fed for 2-3.5hours EVERY evening from 7pm until 9.30pm when he will settle for the night (usually 4 hours or more)
When at the party I was hoping to give a couple of bottles of formula in the evening to allow me to be a bit more sociable and ds to be more settled (ie. I won't have to sit with my boob out in front of 100 strangers for 3 hours) but am clueless as to how to travel with bottles/formula!
If i take ready made cartons and I sterilise and seal bottles on the Friday evening before we leave I assume they won't still be sterile by Saturday evening? Even if not opened?
Other option is I still have the starter pack of little ready made bottles and teats from the hospital which I could take but they only come in 3oz bottles. Ds can take up to 8oz in one sitting! And at £7 for 6 x 3oz bottles I don't think I can justify it.
So.., any suggestions? Probably easiest just to go with it and spend the party breastfeeding in a corner to avoid a screaming fussy baby :(
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