Nuby Rapid Cool

[JessH21]

Need some advice... I did a post yesterday on my 3 month old and her reflux. It seems to of got worse. After talking about everything.. we have been abit stupid (no hate comments please.. I feel so bad) we have been using the nuby rapid cool for one or two feeds per day.. but we have been washing it with boiled hot water. Have I made my baby really ill? Or has her reflux got worse? If I have made her ill how long will it be for her to be better? It's been a full 24 hours since this.

Do you put the formula in the rapid cool?

Yes I do

Yes I do

Probably not.
Reflux often gets worse as they start moving about more.
The bubbles from shaking the rapid cool could make LO more gassy but if you’ve a refluxy one, you’ve a refluxy one!
We’ve been through reflux hell with all the DC, various feeding and bottle making up techniques as guidance has changed.
Don’t Stress yourself trying to guess at what’s making it worse, try and go with it - Gavison isn’t the saviour Drs make out it is. Dont be afraid to ask to try omeprazole.

I'm not following what you've done wrong by using the rapid cool? We've always just washed ours with that tap water and washing up liquid.
I make the milk up in the bottle and shake, then pour into the cooler, by the time it's cool enough any bubbles have gone.

We used these, I don't understand why you think your baby has gotten reflux from it?

Could you try a comfort formula? Ours liked kendamil comfort, it helped.

@Matildahoney really? Was your baby ill from it not being sterilised? My little girl has become really sick for the last 4 days and that's when we started using the rapid cool. Unsure is the reflux has got worse or it's the rapid cool not being sterilised

@WiseLurker she had reflux from 2 weeks old but from 4 days ago has become worse. We have started using the rapid cool as well but haven't sterilised it so wondering if it's reflux gotten worse or ill because of the unsterilised rapid cool

@JessH21 It won’t be the rapid cool. You’re cleaning it with boiling water. It’s fine.

No judgement here at all. From reading the guidance, If you're adding formula to your nuby you should wash and sterilise after every use.

An alternative to this (if you haven't tried it already) is the hot shot method. Hot shot method includes adding 1 - 2 oz boiling water to the bottle along with your formula and then adding the remaining boiling water to your nuby to cool. You can then add the cooled water to the bottle and it should be ready for baby to feed (obviously test the milk to make sure).

By adding only boiling water to the nuby you don't have to sterilise each time. I don't believe the NHS support this method but they don't condemn it either, and Aptamil share it frequently via social media. There are also lots of parents (from what I've seen) using this method, myself included (previously). Obviously you should do what you think is right, whether that's following the NHS guidance or choosing your own path.

I have a reflux baby (now 4 months) and put him onto anti reflux formula (at 2.5 months) and he's SO much better now. He still has bad days where he brings some milk up after feeds but it's a huge improvement from normal milk, where he was being sick after almost every feed (started at around 1.5 - 2 months)

If you're worried speak to your HV about potentially moving onto anti reflux. You can find all of the symptoms via the NHS if you think it's more than just normal spit up.

Don'f feel bad, your bubba is more resilient than you think. You're clearly a great parent because you're expressing that you're worried about her. You're doing a fantastic job, it's not easy looking after a baby xx

No never! But you've said you're cleaning it with boiling water which is sterilising so what do you think you've done wrong?!

This isn’t necessarily true, to sterilise with only boiling water you’d need to have it fully in for around 10 mins. A quick rinse with boiling water alone would not sterilise.

Thank you for this!
She's currently on comfort milk due to colic and gavinscon for reflux. I am confused in it all. The comfort milk and gavinscon together is making the milk really thick and it doesn't dissolve very well.
HV has said the sickness could be from not sterilising the rapid cool or because of how thick her milk has become. She have dropped a feed during the day. She has put weight on so I'm happy with that.
If it's the rapid cool... how long does it get out of her system?! Or do I change her milk and see what that's like?! She only settles on me and I don't want her screaming the place down like she used to. I can mange it right now but there is something still wrong. Hope that makes sense

Totally makes sense!

It's probably not the nuby, especially if she doesn't have any other signs of sickness i.e temp/diarrhoea. Even if it was, I would say 24 - 48 hours and she would be back to her normal self.

Have you tried using the gaviscon with a normal formula instead of comfort? I think comfort is a little bit thicker too so added with the gaviscon will be super thick like you said. You can also try using faster flow teats with the thickened milk as the holes are a little bit bigger so allows the milk to flow better. We went from teat 2's to cross cut teats so that he could get the milk easily (I use MAM bottles).

My baby's colic improved quite a lot when we switched to MAM, we were on tommee tippee to begin with but he kept taking in so much air and ended up extremely windy/colicy. The difference was almost instant.

Obviously every baby is different, this is just what worked for us - if your concern grows make sure you push it with the HV and your doctor. You know her best so if something doesn't feel right to you don't be scared to voice it xx

You’re not meant to use gaviscon with comfort milk. Or the reflux milk, or hungry baby milk.