Steam making formula stick to scoop

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When making up a bottle of formula for my DS the steam from the hot water makes the formula stick to the scoop, meaning that after 3 or 4 scoops its quite coated with 'stuck on' formula. Currently I wipe this off and add it to his bottle so he is getting the full number of scoops but what do other mums do?

Have you been letting the water cool for 20-30 mins after boiling? That usually helps.
I always keep a few spare scoopers so would probably use on of those in that instance to ensure the correct amount.

Ideally you should wait until the water has cooled to 70deg as making the formula when the water is hotter isn't good for the the nutrients in the formula. At 70deg the steam isn't too bad. If I have made it when it's a bit too hot I just put a little more in at the end - it's not the end of the world :) The other thing you can do is put all of the powder into one of the dispensers you can buy for when you go out (do you know what I mean, the pot with the 3 dividers and swivel top) and pour it in out of that, it still gets damp obviously but it's only the bit that pours out (so like one scoop getting damp not 3/4/7).

I boil the kettle and wait half an hour as per the instructions before I add the powder. What I do though is put the correct number of scoops into a sterilised tub and pour the whole lot from there. I forgot to sterilise the tub this morning and while scooping the powder I was thinking this and wondering if there was a thread on it and whether to start one. Spooky :)

Put the required number of scoops into a small clean pot, then tip the whole lot into the bottle of water. Or you can get small tupperware style pots with sections designed for taking milk powder out and about. So you could measure out 3 bottles worth at once.

This sort of thing.

Pot doesn't need to be sterile, notveryinventive. All the bacteria are killed when they meet the hot water, so as long as the pot is clean, it's fine,

cuppa thanks for the information. Ive been sterilising it. I will stop now, saves me a job :)

Thansk for the quick replies. I have got one of the little pots with the compartments so think I'll probably do that. I do let the water cool for 20-30 mins.

Also good idea Clearlymisunderstood I'll keep a couple of spare scoops also (only on my second tub of formula as DS has only recently gone onto two bottles a day and is BF rest of the time).

I measure out the formula into the bottle and use another sterile bottle to measure the water and then add it to the bottle with the powder in.

i just count the poweder out into a little pot, i got it from mothercare? so it has a spout and then i tip it into the bottle of hot water, i never sterilised the pot, just wash it, as the powder is going into hot water it doesnt need to be sterilised :)

I sterilise a separate bottle and put the powder into the empty bottles and use the measurement on the side of the spare bottle to add the correct amount of water.

The hot water does not sterilize the powder!! You will need to sterilize your tubs!

Starlightsue the hoteater does sterilize the powder, well, it kills all the bacteria in it, which is the same thing. This is why you have to add the powder to boiling water (wellw water 7° or above), to kill the bacteria. There is no point at all sterilising the tub because as soon as you add the powder, it is no longer sterile as the powder isnt sterile..... until it hits the boiling water. So there is absolutely zero point.

*hot water

*70° not 7° damn autocorrect and typing too quick whilst sleep deprived!