Advice needed re Greece

[nervousmum]

Help! We're going to Zante in Greece for a fortnight next month, and i'm having a panic re milk feeding!

My little boy (6.5 months old) is currently predominantly breastfed, and he has 1-2 formula feeds as 'top up' during the day. Stupid question, but what do we do about the formula feeds in Greece? I've been there before, and even the locals don't drink their tap water (they all drink bottled mineral stuff), which beg the question, what do we do re making up feeds? Do i use the tap water (boiled and cooled first, obviously), or do i use the bottled water (again boiled and cooled). My concern with that is that i read somewhere that the mineral contents of bottled water can be dangerous to little ones. The final option is that we take loads of cartons of the ready-mixed formula with us (taking the water equation away altogether), but that would be a huge chunk of our weight allowance (and suitcase space!), not to mention mammoth costs for a fortnights worth!

Any advice / info greatly appreciated! Thanks x

Firstly that you're going to Greece!!

We took a couple of ready mixed cartons and then those ready measured out sachets of formula and as dd1 was just having one bottle a day by then, we took disposable bottles! I seem to recall that we used boiled bottled water and she was absolutely fine!

I'm sure that someone will be able to advise better though.

Either take ready made cartons (try them first at home, to make sure she will take them) or take evian which is suitable for babies and does not need sterilising first. Once opened the water should be kept in the fridge and used within 24 hours. French babies use unsterilised evian.