NHS/Hospital Formula Prep?! Confused

[Majidmania]

So I’ve stayed in hospital for a few days.

DS had to be tube fed so initially I started giving them ready made bottles and then offered to make formula powder every time they needed it.

The nurse said I could just make a bulk, they’ll store it in the fridge and use it throughout the night.

I thought you couldn’t do this?? I thought it had to be made fresh or discarded after 2 hours.

I’ve wasted so much time and formula because I thought of the above when I can just make 12 hours worth and store it in the fridge!!??

An option is to make them up with hot water and store them in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Its not the optimum method but it can be done

From nhs page:

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

When mine were babies it was the normal thing to do, make up bulk before going to bed for the next 24hrs. Don't think it's recommended now

It is not the ideal way to do it and for liability reasons you are often told not to, but it's what most people do. I suspect it will be fine as long as everything is sterilised correctly, your hands are clean, and you cool quickly (in ice water) before refridgerating. It's certainly what I always did with my one who was ff, though I always used them within 12 hours just to be sure.