Bottle feeding when out and about...

[mumtosp]

Hi all,

DS is 9.5 mo and has been EBF. He just recently started taking formula during the day in preparation for my return to work. I'm confused about how exactly a bottle should be prepared when I'm out with him...

1. should I carry a flask of boiling water with separate formula in one of those dispensers ? If yes, then do I need a special kind of flask ?

2. or should I make the feed before hand and carry with me? Can it be carried in the small insulation pouch provided in the changing bag or do I need special bags with ice packs ?

Finally, what are your thoughts about preparing feeds in advance when at home? He'll be with GPs when I'm at work and due to various reasons it will be easier for them to prepare feeds in advance.... So when they are preparing his mid morning feed, they will also prepar the one for mid afternoon and keep it in the fridge and warm it up whem required...

Thanks in advance :)

I found it easier to buy pre-prepared milk, small cartons for out and about and big bottles for a day at GP's.

Thanks notso .. cartons are also an option. My only issue would be that I'll be wasting almost halfbthe carton as DS only ever drinks 4 oz as a snack...

Ah, that is annoying, my greedy piglets used to down the carton then look for more

When DD was little I used to take cooled boiled water in a flask and powder in a container then stop at a cafe and ask for boiling water to mix the powder with then top it up with the cold water from the flask.

I take a cool bag and cartons, then store the remaining half of the carton until I get home. Cartons are supposed to be ok for 24 hours in the fridge.

Dd at ten months doesn't really take much milk any more but she has been bottle fed almost from day 2 (many reasons). When going out we used to take the cartons, if she was staying out overnight then we'd either provide a tin of powder or one of those larger bottles of uht formula. At home we made/make the milk in advance at the start of the day using boiling water, flash cool in a sinkful of icy cold water and refrigerate, then warm when required. Not everyone agrees with this idea tho and say it should be made up fresh everytime.

Any recommendations for coolbag? I need a specific one for fitting bottles right? Sorry for being so daft about this

No I just have a sainsburys one.

But I use the sma ready made stuff which is in bottles wih a screw lid. Not cartons. So they don't leak

We've just moved to HiPP organic follow on milk - not using first milk as it contains soya and DS maybe allergic to it.
The follow on milk cartons are only sold in 500 ml packs... so should I transfer the quantity I need in a sterilised bottle and then carry in a cool bag ??

What about making up the amount you need, using the powder, with just boiled water, in a sterile bottle, seal it with a lid instead of a teat, flash cool and refrigerate it, take it out in a cool bag and warm as you need it? You can either warm and decant into a sterile teated bottle or just replace the lid with a clean teat when you come to use it.

I'm not sure I'm making sense