Do you make up feeds for the night?

[nightlarking]

If so, how do you do it? (I.e how do you cool it quickly to get it into the fridge)

and how old was your DC when you started it?

I use a Prefect Prep machine and measure out the formula into pots before we go to bed, I come down to the kitchen to make the feeds as the machine has the loudest beep known to mankind, but there is a Night and Day version available now that doesn't.

A few years ago now but started at 6 months - cooled under tap and let lo drink straight from fridge or ran under hot tap. For the amount of time you will be using it a machine is a bit of a waste of money imho

I did it from a few weeks on. Prepare the milk and then put the bottle in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes then straight into the fridge. Milk in the bottle warmer and it's good to go.
I then experimented and worked out if I put boiling water in a thermos early evening it would be at the right temperature (approx 70 degrees) to make up a bottle in the middle of the night. Run under the cold tap to cool down.

For making up bottles I know it's not recommended now but I did it the old fashioned way. Emptied and refilled kettle, boiled it and left it to cool for 30 minutes to reach the correct temperature to make bottles, added the water then equivalent number of flat scoops of powder. Shook them well, then left to cool naturally at room temperature. When cool I stored them in the fridge, they can be kept for up to 24 hours. To warm up I used boiling water and a plastic jug (we had a flask that we filled with boiling water for going out).
I think it's so much easier than messing about making them as needed. And I know most people use the perfect prep machine but sorry to me that's laziness, you don't need a machine to make bottles in my opinion. I'd only ever make them the old fashioned way, regardless of what's recommended.

@happymummy12345 you should be quickly cooling the bottles in ice. You're risking food poisoning leaving them to cool on the side.

Yes I pre made a bottle before bed and let it cool. Just added the powder when the baby woke, had it measured out in little pots.

As my LO dropped night feeds, I found it easier to just have a bottle poured with ready made formula for the nights. I only did this when she was having one night feed as it's expensive.

She would drink it room temp.

We take a flask of boiling water up, an empty bottle, the powder and then a bottle of cooled kettle water.
Small amount of hot water (we use 60 ml to make 210ml bottles), add powder and shake then top up with the cooled water. Bit of a faff at first but it’s basically a perfect prep machine without the cost

Yeah, @happymummy12345 was lucky, and I'm glad she was for the sake of her DC but that's not recommended for good reason.

We made up the formula, filled a sink with cold water, put them all in, then straight into fridge. My babies had the milk cold from a few weeks old. We had a mini fridge in our bedroom to make it all easier.

I made them up as normal then put them in the back of the fridge (coldest place). Took one out and stood in a jug of boiling water until the right temp. This was pre-perfect prep. Second baby bought a perfect prep in anticipation but ended up bf. the machine was fab and so easy to use though, I’d recommend it!