Making bottles question

[jojoisamum]

I know this is a difficult subject and responses can vary but should I:

Boil kettle, let cool, fill bottles and refrigerate - add formula when needed.

Or

Add formula to water then refridgerate?

It's a minefield out there!

Thank you.

no worries matnan

My 3 birth kids all bf for 6 mths then bottles, adopted son ff. Didnt really take much notice of the plastic scare thing before. Just made sure everything super dooper clean. Hand wash & dishwasher & sterilise. Never had a single tummy bug.

I lost my eldest to cancer so now am a bit sensitive about these things. I have a 8mth old so I am still using bottles. Does anyone know how much truth in this theory?

How confusing is this????
Am i the only one that is wondering what to do now?
DC #2 is due in Jan and i'm sure there will be some other new guidelines to follow.

So, let me try and get this right.....strerilise the bottle (only one at a time),fill with freshly boiled water,add powder.Mix as normal.

Can i do a little amount of boiled water add powder then top up with previously boiled cooled water?

This all sounds like a clever ploy to get us all to breast feed!!!!

it is something that has been sort of bubbling aroudn for a while now, i would like to see more concrete stuff about it.. there is plastic in all sorts of stuff, more than in bottles..

yes, you can use a small amount of boiling water and top up with cooled boiled water.

it is not confusing nor is it a ploy to get people to breastfeed! if guidelines have changed by the time you have DC2, then your MW or HV will give you the correct info

it is only confusing if you ask 30 people what they do, rather than following ccurrent guidelines!

lulumamma- Can i sterilise all the bottles for the day in one go or do they have to be done one at a time?

the answer to that CG is that studies have shown that high levels of Bisphenol-A over a lifetime can cause problems but the exact level needed person by personis unclear so countries are banning this productin plastic food and drink containers.

This company make a liner for their bottle that is free of Bisphenol-A, they aren't the only ones on the market now either.

MAM, BornFree, Grow to Green are B-A free plastic bottles and NUK glass bottles are B-A free.

you can sterilise them together, but check the instructions with the steriliser as to how long they will be sterile for. some schools of though suggest sterlising not necessary, as long as bottles washed in hot soapy water or dishwasher and air dried.

NF if you measure the cooled water into 1 bottle then in another put inthe hot water and add the formula to taht, mix it then add the measured cooled water in theory the hot water will have destroyed the possible threat.

In an ideal world we'd all be able to breastfeed with no issues or problems. For me it didn't work out that way and I have to formula feed.

I have been doing it wrongly and now want to put that right. Yes, it will be hard as DS is just 8 weeks old and we don't yet have set feeding times but will be following current guidelines from now on.

Will continue to use my milton cold water steriliser though and sterilise 4 bottles at once.

Interesting reading doesn't seem quite the threat it is made out to be nor is Infant formula the only way it can be introduced to a baby.

Thanks for that Matnanplus,

Not used to worrying about these things. The very mention of cancer nowdays makes me anxious. I was the same when pg with DS3 and the midwife said 'oh i thought you might me interested, vit K inj has been linked to childhood leukemia.'

Oo ta for telling me. She was actually a sweetie but would have prefered not to know at that time.

JoJo in Milton the bottles are sterile in 15 minutes so you can either leave in solution till needed or remove and construct and have ready to fill, you could boil the kettle with a small amount of water when you think a feed in likely given it needs 30 minutes to drop to 70'C tho most kettles take longer than this as they are insulated.

Just looked up the milton cold water steriliser and it says bottles can be kept for 24 hours after sterilising so that should be fine, jojo.

It's really not scaremongering. Although only a small number of babies have become ill from the bacteria in formula, the DoH have released the guidelines to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Jam thermometers at the ready

But you have to remember the bacteria is common place so the Formula is NOT the only place a baby could be in contact with it.

I may be wrong, but as the leaflet says it must be left no longer than 30 minutes before adding the powder, so I think you could use the boiling water straight away and then cool it under the tap. That would at least mean you didn't have to leave the water for 30 minutes after boiling.

Oh my god! I just tried to make a feed with boiled water (cooled for 25 minutes). I shook the bottle once I added the formula and I have not only burnt my hand but my foot (bare foot) and sprayed the kitchen wall.

That should come with a health warning itself.

(NB MatNanPlus, that page is from the New Zealand Infant Formula Marketers' Association, who may not be the most impartial source to consult on these things...)

I'm buying one of these to speed things up.

www.amazon.co.uk/Tefal-Quick-Cup/dp/B000SK9G52

One final question from me!

I take it that there is no harm and nothing against current guidelines to use half boiling water - add formula and top up with cold boiled water from the fridge?

Not trying to be lazy or anything but just worried I have a hungry boy!

jojo, did you put a lid on it first?

sorry about your foot

Jojo - yes you can use cool waer to top up, as long as you mix formula with hot water first. Once past months you can just use tap water.

Lovely! Thank you everyone for all of your input.