This is how you make up *warm* formula milk in less than 90 seconds.

[rainbow83]

1. in the morning , sterilise all your bottles.

2. Lets say dc takes 7 ounces per feed. boil in kettle and then pur 4.5 ounces into each sterliser. screw on cap, leave to cool down to room temp.

3. when dc is hungry, boil water in kettle (tiny bit, shouldnt take a minute) and top up a bottle to make 7 ounces. scoop in milk, shake and serve.

the idea is room temp water + freshly boiled water = water at right temp.

You can EVEN have the water boiled in a flask that will make the whole thing quicker by about 60 seconds. that will give you warm milk in an instant.

just a tip i made up when i was bottlefeeding dd1.

sorry i just realised my spelling made this unclear, point number 2 should read: boil water in jettle and the POUR 4.5 ounces into each bottle

pardon the horrendous spelling i'm typing whilst trying to stop my 2 y old from switching my laptop off.

you can adjust measurements for smaller or larger feeds.

(or if you've not got a flask to keep it warm/your kettle takes AGES to boil - just stick in microwave for a short time and give a good shake afterwards )

jettle??

jettle - nope definitely don't own one of them LOL.

or from birth, give them every feed at room tempature

microwave the water for about 50 secs then add the powder and shake. use tap water, unboiled, from 6 months.

"or from birth, give them every feed at room tempature"

if you don't have obstinate (sp) babies who simply won't drink it at room temp

ah no, TE, they're now saying you shoudl have the water at 70degrees because the powder isnt' sterile. room temp is fine if you are using the tetrapaks though.

I must have just been lucky then

glad mine are no longer babies then.

yes - I do know lots of people who have babies that happily drink room temp milk.....unfortuantely both DS2 and DS3 obbiously "missed" that part of "being a baby chapter 4" while I was pg

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i think it's most unusual for anything to happen but a couple of babies died in belgium so they got a bit stricter.

I used to make up a day's worth of bottles (with warm water!), keep them in the fridge and just give them a short blast in the microwave when required - I used Playtex disposables though and you can easily tell with those if the temp is OK or not, not sure it would be so easy with hard bottles.

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doodle, the chances are that rainbow's method would give you milk at about 70 degrees. i did mine in the micro, so the first time i stuck a thermometer in the water to see how long it took. depending on the amount of water it took more or less time but 70 degrees isn't actually terribly hot.

the other thing is that they're now warning about phalates (?) coming off heated hard bottles so lord knows i might have to use glass next time...

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re: having to use hot water to kills germs, what about anti-reflux powder that tels you not to use hot water as the powder doesnt disolve properly....

There was another thread which mentioned the name of the bugs which can be present- will try and find...

here

MrsBadger's post at 19:01 on 15 Aug has a link!

Formula powder is not made in sterile conditions though, although should be made in very clean ones and bacteria can get in during the manufacturing process. Not to mention the fact that you expose it to bugs every time you take the lid off! Gastroenteritis is a major cause of hospitalisation for formula fed babies, so clearly something is going wrong somewhere and making up milk with hot water is a way of decreasing the risks.

Doodletoo, formula isn't sterile. it doesn't come from a completely sterile environment. it might have enterobacter in it for example.
let me see if I can find something helpful

some useful stuff on the food standards agency website with link to WHO recommendations etc

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