Formula at night

[calistassouth]

Hi!
I’m due soon, and formula-feeding due to disability.
Can anyone point me to any way of making formula up quickly, efficiently and safely in the night?
I’ve read that you have to wait 30 minutes after the kettle has boiled for it to be the right temperature!
How does one manage this in the night?
Tips and tricks for successful formula feeding would be appreciated!
Thank you :-)

We have a tommee tippee machine, bottle made in 2 minutes! Life saver

I mostly BF because I couldn't be arsed with the bottle faff with a crying hungry baby and then discovered the hype about the Perfect Prep machine was actually justified. To the extent that we'd have done combi feeding if I'd bought one early enough, definitely will be be for any future children!
They always seem to be in offer in any shops' baby events too so should be able to get one at a keen price if you've got time to watch and wait.

Hi op, you don't have to wait 30 minutes, you just have to use the boiled water WITHIN 30 minutes of boiling it. You can then keep the bottle under running cold water for 5 or 10 minutes until its cool enough. You can also premake a bottle and keep it in the fridge as long as you use it within 24 hours. However, if you will be exclusively using formula then it may be worth investing in a prep machine

@Whyistheteacold

Hi op, you don't have to wait 30 minutes, you just have to use the boiled water WITHIN 30 minutes of boiling it. You can then keep the bottle under running cold water for 5 or 10 minutes until its cool enough. You can also premake a bottle and keep it in the fridge as long as you use it within 24 hours. However, if you will be exclusively using formula then it may be worth investing in a prep machine

Thanks for this! Although I read that you shouldn't make up bottles due to bacteria, and you have to make them up as you need them now?

I made mine up in advance and heated them as I needed them. Against advice I know, but that's what everyone else did! Apparently the prep machines are fab, I think I'd get one of them.

Make them in advance and quickly cool them, store in the back of the fridge and warm up as needed(within 24 hours is the guideline). I used to make a batch I the morning and one at night so they were used within 10-12 hours,

Ideally they would be made up fresh at each feed but newborns aren’t ideal and when they are hungry they needed feeding right away.

The other option is buying the bottles if ready made milk.

Perfect prep machine or ready made.

Hey op, that is what I read online as well but my health visitor said it was fine. (my DD is 4 months old so this was recently) Check with your midwife and health visitor too and see what they advise 😊

I used to fill a flask and have it by the bed and the powder in little containers and a jug of cold water. It didn't take long to cool. I I just breastfed my second as it was much easier!

We had a flask of hot water and another of cooled boiled water to make up bottles as needed, kept them filled night and day, really easy.

The really important thing is that you use boiling water to mix up the formula as it kills the bacteria in the formula powder. Once mixed, you can cool and store safely in the fridge. The key is the boiling water at the beginning though. It's not the water that needs sterilising, it's the powder.