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Infant feeding

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Original poster

PLEASE HELP! Travel feeding/ out of the house, is there an easier way?

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TheSleeplessOne · 07/06/2016 18:59

Hi Everyone,
Bit of a newbie here... :)
A bit of background related to the subject. I'm 26 years old and mum to a 2 month old baby girl.

My headache is that every time I leave the house for any length of time with my baby I have to take out with me at least 3/4 sterilised bottles, my bag is jam packed! I do this just in-case I'm not near a microwave or kettle and to be honest I don't like cold water sterilising by dissolving a tablet, I just don't like the idea of any chemical being in my baby's body!

I'd just like any insights and opinions as to what you think I should/ can do about the situation, we all know how hard it is to get out of the house with a newborn.

I'd really like to know if there are any products you other mums can suggest and hopefully point me in the right direction and would definitely appreciate what you think are the pros and cons of any products so as I can make an informed decision for both me and my baby.

Thanks in advance everyone! :)

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Original poster

TheSleeplessOne · 07/06/2016 22:40

I don't know my minds just wandering with it. Had a bit of an incident the other day where I was stuck with a crying baby and no bottle.

I wish I was clever enough to invent

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TeaBelle · 07/06/2016 22:46

In all honesty I think it's something you just sort of suck up and get on with

Original poster

TheSleeplessOne · 07/06/2016 22:47

That's the conclusion I've come to

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StellaOne · 08/06/2016 06:45

This does sound like the build up to something.

If you're for real, get over the Milton thing. You're giving your baby formula and you're being PFB about using Milton...?! (by the way, I am pro formula feeding - FF DS1 from birth). Don't bash a tried and trusted sterilisation method for no good reason.

Babies come with crap that needs to be carted around. That's life.

DragonmotherKhaleesi · 08/06/2016 06:52

2/3 bottles and a few cartons of milk don't really take up that much space in a baby bag amongst all the other stuff!!!

You're making a mountain out of a molehill op!

eurochick · 08/06/2016 07:39

I was feeding expressed milk so had to take that out with me plus the sterilised bottles. Just get a decent size change bag and cram it all in!

welshweasel · 08/06/2016 07:45

I've never had this issue. Feed baby, chuck sterilised bottle and 200ml bottle of ready made formula in bag, make sure I'm back within 6/8 hours. If I feed first then take two bottles that gives me 12 hours. Any longer than that it would be bedtime for the baby anyway so guess I'd be somewhere with facilities to wash and sterilise a bottle. It's a bit of a non issue I think.

babyconverse · 08/06/2016 08:03

Surely anything that you take with you to start sterilizing outside of the house is going to be more bulky than sterilised bottles (even 4) and 4 little bottles of formula

It might be worth getting a better nappy bag? A pacapod or similar with lots of pockets to make life easier

Marmalade85 · 08/06/2016 08:06

Just chuck as many bottles you need under the pram. I make up several boiling hot bottles and put them in a lunch bag under the buggy and go out for the day.

Me624 · 08/06/2016 08:21

I really don't see what the issue is and why you need to take so many bottles with you? DS is 3 months and feeds every 3-4 hours, and is generally fed before we leave the house. So the most I ever need to take with me is 2 bottles and that's if we're going to be out all day.

Even if there was some magical sterilise-on-the-go solution, you'd still need washing facilities to wash up the bottle before sterilising it!

feesh · 08/06/2016 08:33

I don't see the issue, and I had formula fed twins!

You will only feed every 3 hours at that age, so I would say, do the 9am feed at home, make up their 12pm feed, go out, do the 12pm feed while out and then be back home for their 3pm feed. On the VERY rare occasion we were out longer than that, I used to take one extra feed made up and chilled with ice packs (in a special bottle bag) and a Tommee Tippee flask of hot water for heating it up.

Plus I had at least 4 changes of clothes, a spare top for me, muslins. enough nappies and wipes for two babies etc....it wasn't easy but surely with only one it must be MUCH a easier?

You can also get bottle warmers which plug into the car cigarette socket these days too. Loads of solutions out there.

BertieBotts · 08/06/2016 08:35

Sterilisation just aims to destroy any bacteria left over from cleaning. It's mainly a problem if you're making up milk and then leaving it for hours. If the bottle is clean and you're feeding the milk immediately then it doesn't matter if the bottle is sterilised.

I swear I saw a teat thing you can clamp to the tip of a carton, did I imagine that? Or some of the brands make little disposable ready made bottles of firSt milk. Perhaps you could use those?

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