How long to cool from 70c to drinking temperature??

[BettyButterknife]

The guidelines have changed since I FF DS1 and I'm a bit confused about making up the formula with water at 70c. How long does it then take to get the bottle down to a temperature suitable for the baby to take?

And is running it under cold water the most efficient way to do this or are there any other methods to speed up the process?

Thanks :)

I stick the whole batch in a sink full of cold water and it takes very little time, I then quickly put the rest in the fridge. Can't be bothered with the standing at the tap. IT doesn't go cold cold but a temp he will take

Thanks, strawberrycake - I thought the most recent guidelines advised against making them up in advance? I'm trying to find a way to avoid having to make my DS wait while I cool down a freshly made bottle to drinking temperature.

I read elsewhere on the internet someone suggested the following method:

1. Boil kettle, pour water into flask
2. Fill a sterilised bottle with boiled water. Allow to cool.
3. When you need to make up a feed - for example a 6oz feed, put 4oz water from the flask into a sterilised bottle, add 6oz worth of formula powder, allow to dissolve.
4. Carefully add 2oz of cold water from the sterilised bottle of boiled water (needs to be exact as topping up to 6oz doesn't take account of the volume of formula powder already added).

This should take the bottle down to drinking temperature.

That sounds feasible to me - can anyone spot any problems with it? I hope not, as I think I can manage that!

I work with children and the way we do it is make the bottle up using boiling hot water in a sterilised bottle. Cool down in a sink full of cold water which takes 8-12 minutes usually.

If we're going out, make the bottle up in the same way and put it in one of those insulating bottle cover things and keep it warm until it's needed. Take out of wrap about 10 mins before needed depending on how long it's been in there.

If you do the version you mentioned above you risk getting quantities wrong and also have the hassle of sterilising the flask and the bottles? I personally would mix hot and cold liquids until the baby is a bit older; but I am a stickler for "rules"!

you should never keep a bottle of milk hot in those insulating holders - they are for keeping cold milk cold or hot water hot. Keeping the milk warm will encourage bacteria to grow.

Sorry Seona you're right I mistyped, we take the water only in those insulating things and use one of the little tommee tippee things with the separate parts in it to hold pre measured formula!