How do I make up formula?

[ratbagcatbag]

So I've been using ready made formula for ease but now dd at six weeks has been prescribed aptimel pepti, which is powdered, how do I do it, according to the tin I need to boil a kettle leave it to cool thirty mins then make feed, yep dd will wait that long at night? Can I not make up two or three bottles at bed and put them in the fridge? I don't get it :( help please???

[Choccywoccydodah]

Just to confuse things even more, just reading back and someone said if you are out, you could ask for boiling water off a cafe or something. Just make sure it's only been boiled ONCE and not in one of those big boiler thingies If it is boiled more than once, the minerals in the water become harmful for baby.
Personally, I used to take a flask of just boiled water left for 20 mins to cool (as it would cool slightly over the course of the day), and bottles of cooled boiled water. It was bulky, but at least I knew it was safe. Our flask used to keep the water boiling overnight or all day as long as we filled it right up (we used to use the left over water for our tea and coffee in the morning it was that hot!)

[LittleBearPad]

Sorry , I meant 3oz of boiling water on to the formula powder (to kill the nasties) and then top up with cold water.

Post 6 months: must the cold water be cooled boiled water or can it just be tap?

[ratbagcatbag]

I'm back, sorry for the delay, I appreciate all the advice, I in the make more than one up at a time, and flash cool and shove in the fridge, I then microwave it (I know, I know) but only for twenty seconds to take the chill off. Dd seemed ok with that last night, if not overly impressed with the new formula as its thinner than the ready made stuff :)

I made six feeds for last night, as she normally feeds every two, now she's on meds and different formula she fooled me and only had two last night, I did ditch all the left overs and start again this morning.

Ok so for going out does anyone have any links to cool packs with ice packs specifically for taking bottle feeds out.

I didn't realise that ff threads can be a bun fight, I don't generally start threads like tht, so I do appreciate everyone that took time to reply. Tiktok, I will have a nosy through all that information at 2am when up again as I haven't had time to look at everything in detail. :)

[Choccywoccydodah]

I used cold tap after 6 months

[Choccywoccydodah]

And if you used bottled, the sodium (salt) content must be less that 7 (I think it is around there, not 100%, but certainly not 40 like what we got free in our room in Egypt!!)

[saycheeeeeese]

Have come late to tbe thread but I agree with tik tok about bottle warmers there's no way they would heat the water to 70º and therefore would not kill bacteria in the milk.

I suggest Lynz that you speak to a health visitor instead if midwife about this as they will be up to speed on this stuff, MWs are not experts on this, my own MW admitted she was not up to speed with current guidelines on formula feeding.

Try not to see everything as an attack on you, being a new mum is hard enough :)

[LittleBearPad]

Thanks choccy.

[MortifiedAdams]

I made up as per packet instructions, four at a time, flash cooled and refrdgerated. Dd fed to a schedule (she chose it!), so Id take a bottle out.of the fridge an hour before.needed.

She had all her bottles at room temp. Dont think she has ever had warm milk.

[TheSurgeonsMate]

Whenever I read these threads I can't help thinking that the cost of one of those kettles that heats the water to the temperature you desire would be more than worth it.

[SmileAndPeopleSmileWithYou]

Someone said before about putting the hot bottles straight in the back of the fridge to cool, not flash cooling them...
Just thought I'd add that you shouldn't put hot things in the fridge as it can raise your fridge temp and/or the food in it. So not something that would necessarily be bad for baby, but maybe bad for you?!

[thepestinthevest]

OP I also had a child who fed all the time every two to three hours at night at first. I made up bottles in advance, which is safe if done correctly and good food hygiene practices applied such as not touching the teats, washing your hands after touching the powder and throwing away any unused after 1.5 hrs if heated (guidance says 2 hrs - I err on side of caution), or a maximum of 18 hrs (guidance says 24) if left in the fridge. Also never reheat a bottle that has already been reheated.

All DS bottle stuff e.g. steriliser, kettle etc were kept on one side of the kitchen just for his stuff.

I made bottles with boiled water that had been left to cool for no more than 15 minutes, so if I were to pour it on myself it would be still very hot and burn. It must be hot to kill germs in the powder as the powder is not sterile. I poured water in first, so that you get the measurement right and then the powder, so that as it goes down through the water the germs are killed off. I would then shake the bottles and cool them as quick as possible in a large pan(s) of cold water, so that the water level reached the top of the milk level. I would change the cold water as soon as it warmed up, to speed up the cooling of the milk. On warm days this could be three times. The bottles were usually cooled within 20 minutes and completely cold to the touch. They would then go in the fridge, bottom shelf, on the left hand side, separated from any other foodstuffs in there. Never put warm bottles or anything warm in a fridge.

As I began to learn DS feeding schedule needs, I could interpret the signs and warm a bottle in the bottle warmer within 8-10 minutes, direct from the fridge.

OP - we used this to transport cooled milk and stuck an ice pack in it: www.mothercare.com/Philips-Avent-Neoprene-ThermaBag/769037,default,pd.html (it came with the bottle set). We still use it now for his yoghurts etc. To be honest I didn't go anywhere when he would need a feed that didn't have a means to refrigerate his bottle (boring life he led until about 4 months old - so limited to Nanas, Grandmas etc).