Question on keeping bootles in the fridge

[puddytats]

There was a thread on this a little while ago but I can't find it!!

Do you need to keep formula bottles in the fridge. I did for ds but it has just dawned on me the bottles that they provide you with in the hospital are not.

As long as they are sterile and kept in a cool place does it really matter?

the formula milk they give you in hospital is poured into the bottle straight from a carton, cartons are ok at room temp, but when making your own they do need to go in the fridge.

i think its a case of better safe than sorry?
the bottles in the hospital are longlife. uht. the formula you make up isnt. even in the fridge they tell you to discard after 24 hours.
also, i think with newborns you need to be super carful. whilst with older babies, who have built up some immunity, its not such a deal
having said that, my dh used tap water to cool down boiled water for my 8 day old and he is now eight, and an annoying brat!

sometimes the ones in hospitals are also in bottles with a screw cap, and they have bottle tops that screw straight on, but once the air has hit them they can only be kept for 1 hour

The bottles that they gave me were little sealed ones (glass) with seperate teats that you screwed on.

Was hoping that someone would provide me with the link to the other thread as I have searched and searched and cannot find it!

I think they do need to go in the fridge but having said that I made my bottles up before I went to bed and they were left out till I got up in the morning. Then I would put them in the fridge.

Also if I went out for the day the bottles would get left in the change bag and they were always ok.

sorry crossed threads!!

i read a while ago, that new research suggests bottles of milk not kept chilled untill ready to consume grow a particular bacteria that has been linked to meningitis.

When I was bottlefeeding my first, I used to sterilise my bottles by steam and then keep them in the fridge. If I was giving carton milk, which I did most of the time, I'd just get a bottle and pour in the milk and feed dd1. If I was using powdered, I'd mix the milk in the bottles and stand them in cold water to chill them rapidly, then put them in the fridge. Unused milk got thrown after 24hrs. Little ones are so prone to tummy bugs, it is just not worth risking anything.

congrat s on your littel one puddytat!

Thank you for your swift replies, I will keep putting them in the fridge - was just trying to think of ways to speed up night feeds and not wake up ds!!

Thank you stitch!

you could use cartons at night, just pour straight into a sterile bottle.

puddytats, if my ds has a bottle at night I put the right amount of water in the bottle and leave it out so it stays at room temp. I then just add the formula when he wakes and voila!