AIBU to not follow new guidelines?

[LittleSugaPlum]

Im pregnant with first baby and im almost 33 weeks.
I plan to bottle feed and have brought all the equipment already.

When i was a nursery nurse, around 5 years ago, it was common to "bulk make bottles" and store them in the fridge for upto 24hours.

When i mentioned to my midwife that i was bottlefeeding, she mentioned that the new guidelines were to make up a feed when needed and its not recommended to "bulk make feeds"

Have people honestly stopped doing this? Do people actually only make one feed at a time?

Im seriously considering bulk making, if it was fine for years, whats the difference now?

AIBU to not follow the new guidelines?

I bulk bottled DS's. Cooled them in cold water (more for the fridges benefit) and the put them in the fridge.

I did 6 every night.

And i dont want my daughter to see me as the "milk supply" whenever she sees me

That is one of the saddest things Ive seen in a long while, you poor poor baby

oldraver - why is the baby not going to be fed??

What a stupid thing to say

old "you poor poor baby* ???

Im not being funny but if i choose not to breastfeed then thats up to ME nobody else.

I'm at that ridiculous post!!

I didn't bf either of mine for the same reasons as you. I hated the sensation of it as well.

I bulk made my bottles and neither of them have ever been poorly. I always used water that was not long boiled (prob about 20 mins).

Don't feel bad about not breastfeeding.

wiggle I ve never liked the sensation of my nipples being sucked.

I dont feel bad, not at all :-)

There's no need. It's just stupid posters that try to make you feel guilty!!

My daughter never managed to breat feed - only took 3 days for me to decide sod all that, give her a bottle and sigh with relief that she slept properly. I only ever made one bottle at a time - hardly a big eater of time... never really thought of making it in bulk. Do whatever you want to do.

My dd, now 8 was on SMA staydown. It had to be made with fridge cold water. That was the guidelines on the tin so the powder wouldn't have been sterilised at all.

Ive always bulk made dds bottles.

I tried bf and hated it.

I also fed dd on a schedule so took.bottles out of the fridge an hour before to get to room temp. Shes never had a warm milk bottle.

You are a milk supply, no matter how you feed and thats what your baby will see you as. Have you considered pumping at least at first just to give your baby some valuable colostrum?

I think the OP has made it clear she wants to FF.

And they see anybody with milk as a milk supply if they have a bottle in their hand.

And i dont want my daughter to see me as the "milk supply".

It's your choice and having had to switch ds2 to formula at 3 months (much earlier than I would have preferred) I've experienced both ebf and ff and in hindsight, now realise that I didn't need to feel so horrendously guilty when I had to give ds2 formula.

However, I am deeply saddened by your comment since actually, you are your baby's natural source of milk. Choosing to ff doesn't mean you'll be failing her, however, and she's likely to be fine if you make up her bottles in advance but for all that, I'm not quite sure why you find the idea of being a milk supply so abhorrent.

How absolutely depressing that you have made one of the most important decisions about your childs health based on the opinions of strangers on an internet forum. People who have successfully BF rarely post so of course the 'negatives' are going to seem more pronounced.

Second what sassybeast said. Don't make important decisions based entirely around the opinions of strangers on the internet. Be advised, yes, but do your own thinking.

sassy It was not just based on that!!

FFS all i wanted to know was if people nowadays still bulk made, and i ve got my answer.

I didnt expect this to become a "how depressing your reasons are for not breastfeeding"

I do not want to breastfeed, end of story!

You obviously spend enough time on internet forums to know that you won't JUST get he answers you want to hear.......

Of course, i ve seen alot of conflict on here, and alot of narrowminded people too, but it is interesting to come on here sometimes, you do learn some things.

To be fair, OP, people have mentioned breastfeeding because you asked about making up bottles in advance as a matter of convenience and time-saving, both of which are far more easily accomplished with breastfeeding. Secondly when you brought up breastfeeding, you said your reasons for not wanting to were down to what you'd read on here. I think both those issues are perfectly reasonable justification for mentioning breastfeeding and talking about it.

It's important that you feed your baby the way you're most comfortable with, but you have a right to make a properly informed decision, which does mean looking beyond forums for information on all sides and at the very least looking into why the guidelines say what they do.

Kenleee has made a very good point, it does make sense to just try and see if it works for you. Also remember that mix feeding is always an option, no one ever said you could only breast feed or only bottle. Breast feed on demand when you can bothered but bring bottles out with you and let dh feed at night.

Ken I said some of the reasons were because of what i had read on here, also i ve only been coming on here under 12 months, and way before that, and way before i got pregnant, i knew i would never breastfeed.

The OP doesn't want to BF.

End of story.

Whilst you may not agree with her reasons, you should respect her choice. Especially when she did not invite comment on her chosen feeding method.

i always made my bottles up as needed. and still do! Don't find it that much of a faff, and have had times in the night, where she has gone off without while waiting for it to cool down, so she wasn't actually hungry! do what you feel, i too think everyone gets a bit sterilise mental :0

i was devastated when i couldn't bf though, i loved it when i started, but baby was in nicu and milk dried, tried everything, but admitted defeat, and have to say felt extreme relief when i finally accepted i couldn't do it. But by then she had had the essential colostrum, and a good few weeks breast milk, I'm sure it helped her get home sooner :)