How do you make up/warm bottles at night?

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DD (nearly 8 months) has been breastfed but I've been slowly moving to formula before returning to work. I now want to change the night feed(s) to formula but would like to know how others make up/warm bottles in the middle of the night. We have a Perfect Prep downstairs but even downstairs the noise it makes ( the beeps) is really loud and if I took it upstairs it would definitely wake my other DC.

I'm thinking of maybe having a thermos flask of hot water upstairs, a separate bottle of cooked boiled water, and using those to make up the bottle. The other option is making bottles before bedtime and then going down to warm them in microwave when they are needed.

What does everyone else do?

I'm thinking of maybe having a thermos flask of hot water upstairs, a separate bottle of cooked boiled water, and using those to make up the bottle. The other option is making bottles before bedtime and then going down to warm them in microwave when they are needed.

At 8 months I would say either of these are fine - but the first option would be deemed better for food safety. Also better because then you don’t have to go downstairs.

Ready made?

We make up bottles 24 hours in advance, flash cool. We have a mini fridge in our bedroom and give them cold (never got the warming bottle thing)

Ready made. Or carry baby downstairs and hold them whilst you make the bottle with the PP but don’t turn on the lights. I’m confused why you’d be considering warming a previously made bottle in the microwave but not using the perfect prep, surely the microwave beeps too and is also downstairs? Or the flasks are a good shout and could be done from bed but you can’t beat the ready made cartons for convenience!

Our microwave doesn't beep if you stop it before the end of whatever time you've set.

Could use ready made but then would still need warming. DD cries if milk isn't warm - I think this may be because she was EBF for a long time so got used to warm milk and as she was a real bottle refuser, I tried everything (including warming the milk!) to get her to take the bottle at all.

After 6 months they can have tap water (as of last weeks introducing solids workshop), so just a flask of hot water to sort the formula then top up with tap water

If you want to use the perfect prep over night there are videos online that show you how to cut the wire that controls the beeping sound so the machine doesn’t beep anymore.

Our prep machine doesn't beep. We got it from a friend so maybe they did the wire thing the pp mentioned. Does it cover it in the manual maybe? I know they do a day and night one but not sure on the difference. We have a prep machine upstairs and it works for us. My ds is a similar age and he's dropped night feeds so when he wakes he doesn't want a feed just a hug. Hope the same happens for you soon!