Best way to formula feed through the night.

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We never cracked it with the first two (much older) dcs.

We used to have to go down to the kitchen and prepare and it took agggges and was a nightmare.

I need my sleep. It's the only way I'll cope.

I'm thinking of bulk buying cartons of pre made formula and sleeping with them inside my pyjamas, wedged between me and DH, in my bra, whatever works to get them to a nice warm body temp!

Then just crack open, chuck in bottle, shove in baby's mouth. No having to physically leave my bed

Anybody done it this way, or have any genius ideas instead?

Nor do I Ginger! When we had to change the filter it had to be perfectly timed inbetween feeds incase baby got hungry and I wouldn't know what to do with a kettle

Filter? Change? How often have you got to so that malarkey?!

So I'm not going to cry over wasted money then? This is 3rd and final baby and I'm getting the bare minimum 'stuff'!

This will be the best thing you ever buy! And keep the box and you can resell it when you're finished with it
I've had to change the filter once and DS is 5 months. They're about £8 and they sell them in boots, mothercare, supermarkets. Really easy to do, the instructions are idiot proof

Also If we're going out for a couple of hours, I make a bottle with the perfect prep and stick it in the microwave for 30ish seconds and then straight in a bottle warmer and it's been fine.

Just to reiterate, I really really don't work for tommee tippee

You realise I'm blaming you lot if this is another pointless gadget like a bloody nappy wrapper or baby bath.

But if it saves my sanity then I'll send some gin around

2 minute bottles. How can that be a waste of money?! Especially when I have no bottles of the ready made I can leg it downstairs when the pre wakeup grunting starts and be up by the time he starts screaming!

Those of you who bring the PP upstairs.....how do you cope with the BEEEEP!....gurglegurglegurgle.......BEEEEEP!

I just sterilized the bottles in steam steriliser and poured in pre prepared carton - didn't warm it or anything and both my children were fine and happy to drink it!

Definitely the perfect prep - I love it! We nearly cried when the filter needed changed recently and just about everywhere had sold out I don't know how to use the kettle method!

We now have a spare filter just incase of any further shortages!

Oh and I know people use the microwave but all the boxes of formula specifically say not to so I would avoid. I wouldn't ignore instructions on anything else for DS so milk isn't any different (disclaimer: I'm pretty risk averse as had a lot of losses before DS and he was in hospital for 2 weeks at birth so feel free to ignore)

With our boy we measured out the powder into those powder tubs you take when going out. Half filled the bottle with cooled boiled water. And filled a flask with boiled water. Then in the night just topped the water up with boiled from the flask and added the powder. (The flask just meant we didn't have to traipse downstairs!).

When we got down to just 1 night bottle we measured the boiling water into the flask so that we didn't even need to think about how much boiled water to add, that way it could even be done with our eyes shut ha ha.

I await my gin delivery

Gurgle beep for 2 minites sounds a hell of a lot better than screaming while you sort the alternatives!

Apparently you can put sellotape over the speaker to muffle the beeping a bit

Anybody use a cooler box? How would that work?

I formula fed all three of mine back in the days when you weren't advised to use water at or above 70 degrees, and you could make up a whole day's feeds at a go and store them in the fridge. I also used to heat them up in the microwave - I checked with my HV, and she said the reason (back then, anyway) that this was not advised was the fear that some people wouldn't shake the bottle properly to eliminate any hot spots in the milk, or that they might overheat it.

If I were you, I'd have ready made formula for the night feeds, have a sterilised bottle ready, and warm it in the microwave.

I don't think it is entirely fair to compare making up bottles with warm water with not using a car seat - it is my understanding that only a very small number of babies who were already in a compromised state of health, have died from E Sakazakii (sp) infections, whereas the incidence of death or serious injury from not using a car seat are much greater.

I agree, Perfect Prep Machine is amazing!!! To make life even easier, I measure out required amount of feed in advance (put it in those little plastic containers) so don't have to count when I'm tired lol.

Worth the money.

I used to take a sterilised bottle up, and a carton of milk. Baby just drank it at room temp :-)

Well the individual cartons are 70p ish. And Id expect to use two per night yes?

So I can recoup the £60 cost of the perfect prep fairly quickly.

And I can use it throughout the day too.

So fingers crossed. Last two kids were when I was a teenager, where I had endless energy and patience.

Now I just need anything to make my life easier