Mixing formula with half boiled half tap water?

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I didn't think I'd have to worry about this again but here I am .

As DD seems determined to wake up for a feed about 3am again (she's 9mo) I need a way to make the feeds warm as she has now decided she doesn't want room temp cartons (don't blame her, it's blummin' freezing at nights now) and I would do anything to avoid getting out of my warm pit. I'm thinking of ways to warm the bottles as nothing really worked before.

Anyway, if I made up the feed when needed with half boiling water, added powder and then added half cold tap water, I could keep it all by the bed (travel kettle) and do it there and then. DD drinks tap water anyway now in her cup so there's no reason this isn't ok, is there?

Well we have always added some tap water (and so have most people I know)- yes I know thousands wouldn't etc. Anyway some would, some wouldn't- your choice.

However, to solve your night time dilemma- leave a bottle with the milk powder measured into it in your dd's room. Beside it leave a thermos of requisite number of ounces boiling water. By the time she wakes, the water should have cooled down to a nice, warm drinkable temperature so you can add it to the powder, shake, test and administer. (we did this every night with ds)

Eyeballs do you have a dp? If so then it is possible for all of this to be done without you ever leaving your bed.

here is leaflet with all info on how to safely make up bottles.

it is the powder you are sterilising, not the water.

I do, lollipop, but he's a lazy bugger heavy sleeper and won't go downstairs either!

If you make it up with half the amount of boiling water and the powder, then the bacteria in the powder will be killed off and then it's fine to add the other half of the water as cold tap water.

I did this with DD when we switched to formula at around 10 months and my HV said it was absolutely fine. The critical thing is the powder being mixed first with the boiling water, and making sure that you have the right amount of powder to water.

Great link fishie, and this is why I opted to use cartons a lot.

Heavy sleepers can be roused with a good prod "it's your turn darling" I shout.

Some mornings mine gets up very bemused that he has been up 3 times with the baby - I just smile sweetly.

Lots of women have dps that dont' do their fair share, so in our house I like to feel that I am redressing the balance a little.

If my dh is reading this I LOVE YOU

i thought you weren't meant to microwave bottles??

Of course, the other option is to wean the little madam off her midnight feasts altogether . She went for months without feeding in the night and she started up again recently. It's only a habit I'm sure.

Here's my suggestion, boil water when you go to bed put it in bottle straight away & keep warm in one of those avent thermabags, mix with powder when needed, we used to do this about midnight and water was fine about 3/4 hours later when needed.

luvaduck no you are not. Supposedly there can be "hot spots" created. However it is my choice to m/wave a bottle for say 30 seconds then give it a good shake and personally I have never had a problem. It is of course up to individuals if they do that, I am not recommending/suggesting that other people should do this.

So fishie, if there's nothing wrong with tapwater but you need the hot water just tosteralise the powder, then the op's original idea is just fine? Good, that's what I do.
Can't think what could be in the water that would be killed by boiling a kettle anyway!?

PhoebeBouffet, would the water be hot enough to steralise the powder though?

Oh dear, I always put powder in first then boiling water straight out of the kettle on top, is this a definate no no? both dc's have survived so far! Oh and we use a avent bag too but find that if we made it a 10pm say it would be cold by 3am.

please excuse my terrible grammar

Lauzie, I think you're only meant to keep formula for an hour once it's made up?

lauzie if you put in say seven scoops pwoder and then make the bottle up to 7ozs then the mix will be too concentrated which can be bad for your DCs liver and kidneys. A "7ozs of powder" bottle is actually about 8.5ozs when made up. You should always add the powder to the water for this reason.

Ooops! I stand corrected and will no longer do it that way, it was me being impatient really as I always wanted the bottle as soon as the kettle had boiled, and if I put water in 1st the condensation would make the powder stick to the spoon! Its lucky they were both bf until 6month+ really eh?!

oh and Bubbaluv I only meant water was kept in bottle bag, sorry!

It's a minefield this bottle making lark, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll be glad when DD can have cow's milk but really it won't make any difference if she still wants it heated.

don't see what's wrong with your original plan for a 9 month old who drinks tap water anyway?

i think your OP plan sounds fine.

Wow, the replies on this thread raise more questions than answers. I've done everything wrong, it's amazing the 3 poor craters upstairs survived at all

Sorry, couldn't be arsed to follow link , but 9 month olds don't need stuff to be sterilised, do they? So the formula won't need to be sterile, no?

they will need it not to be riddled with a flesh-eating bug tho'.

totally agree. I don't sterilise anything anymore, not even bottles (DS2 almost 11 m)