Going out when bottle feeding

[Sw33tTooth]

Hi, I’ve asked health visitors and midwives but never seem to get a clear answer!
So I’m a new mum, bottle feeding my 10week old. When we go out we take premade bottles but these don’t seem to agree with him. He is
Fine on the formula/powder though that he has at home and we use a prep machine to get the right amount of water and the right temp etc. (Amazing gadiet!!)
So is there a way, I can take the powder out with me and a bottle of water and mix it as I need it
When we are out to save using the premade stuff? If so, can someone please give me an idiot guide how I do this?! I just need simple instructions to follow due to lack of
Sleep etc! 😅 Thank you, apologies if I sound totally clueless!!!

You can either take a made up bottle that has been chilled in the fridge and keep it in a cool bag until it's required (can be kept in a cool bag with ice pack for up to 4 hours) or you can take hot water in a bottle or flask and premeasured powder and make up the bottle when you need it. Keep the hot water receptacle in an insulated bag so it stays warm enough.

I have my own make shift version of a perfect prep - before we go out, I fill a thermos will boiling water, and a spare bottle too. The spare bottle then cools down (or you can put in fridge to cool more rapidly before you go). When I need to make up a bottle, I pour the boiling water into a bottle, add the formula and then top it up with the cooled water.

From nhs:
If it isn't possible to follow the advice above, or if you need to transport a feed (for example, to a nursery),prepare the feed at home and cool it for at least one hour in the back of the fridge.

Take it out of the fridge just before you leave and carry it in a cool bag with an ice pack, and use it within four hours. If you don't have an ice pack, or access to a fridge, the made-up infant formula must be used within two hours.

If made-up formula is stored:

• in a fridge–use within 24 hours
• in a cool bag with an ice pack–use withinfour hours
• at room temperature–use withintwo hours

Get the Tommie tippee flask, fill it with freshly boiled water

get a pot for powder and bottle of cold water

when you need feed make with flask water, then use the flask top to put bottle in cold water to cool down (or run under tap)

OR

Make bottle up at home with boiled water and flash cool under tap, put in the back of fridge to coo, for an hour. When you go out put in insulated bag. If baby needs it warm use the Tommie tippee flask to warm it (or most coffee shops will provide jug of hot water)

I used to press the prep machine button for the hot shot of water then press again for cold water then just add the formula and shake it up when needed. x

I bf but I go out and about a lot with my bff, who takes her little pot of the formula powder, a flask of boiled water and fills half the feeding bottle with cool boiled water that she prepped before leaving. She adds the powder to the cool boiled water, adds boiling water from the flask and shakes.

Add the powder to hot water then cool with cooled boiled water. The powder has to be dissolved in hot water to kill the bacteria off.

Just how hot will the hot water in the flask be, though? Depending on how long you wait between preparing it and using it for a feed, it's going to get cooler and cooler. It has to (supposedly) be 70 degrees to kill the bacteria in the powder. It certainly won't still be "boiling".

I'd probably (and will probably, wren I start mix feeding) prepare the bottle at home and transport it with a cool pack as outlined above.

I fill the thermos up with boiling water when I leave and its hot enough up to 6-8 hours later. I know because I spilled some on my arm and it was hot enough to burn me. Get a decent flask and you'll be fine. Alternatively if you aren't sure, pop into a coffee shop and ask for a cup of boiling water.

I took out bottles that I had made beforehand in a Fridge to Go, which genuinely does keep bottles “ fridge cold” for 8 hours. I used it for night feeds too. Warm up bottles under jumper!

Boots do acheaper alternative, but it doesn’t stay cold so long.

[[https://www.boots.com/grab-and-go-double-bottle-bag-chevron-10241257?cm_mmc=bmm--Google+Boots+PLAs--BAU--C=%28GB%3AWhoop%21%29+Boots+Shopping+-+Category+-+Baby+-+High+Margin+-+Mobile%28GB%3AWhoop%21%29+Skip+Hop&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxO6ci7Xv3AIVQrHtCh284g6ZEAQYASABEgL9NfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds BootsGrab&Go bag - stays cold for 4 hours.