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.

6 months

Oh hell JoJo i hope you have them in cold running water, it is something some bottles do, you have 2 options :

[a]stir the formula with a sterile fork rather than shake

[b]swirl the bottle if it isn't too hot to handle tho most formula mixed with water that hot dissolves so you can swirl it as it cools under a cold tap.

If you top up with cold water you MUST measure out the correct amount, not just top up to the right line or the milk will be too concentrated. For example if you were to put in 2oz of boiling water then add 4 scoops of powder and top up with cooled water to the 4oz line, this will actually be less than 4oz of water in total as the powder you add increases the volume in the bottle.

With you and thanks for that.

if you measure the cooled water (fridge cold is best)into 1 bottle

then in another put bottle put in the hot water and add the formula to the hot water,

your measuring scoop will get caked as the steam will make the powder sticky

mix it by swirling the open bottle

then add the measured cooled water

so if doing a 4oz feed, 2 ozs cooled water in one bottle (fridge cold is best) and then 2ozs of hot water will make a proper 4oz feed which will look nearer to 4.5ozs but a feed is measured on the water used not the resulting volume when powder is added as different brands used different sized scoops from 4-5.3grams of powder so only use the scoops in your formula.