Can i top up left over bottle (under 2 hours) with a couple more ounces?

[Cherry85]

baby had 4 out of 7 ounces an hour ago but usually takes 5 at bed time. Can I just add 2 ounces of powder and formula to existing bottle if made up separately then poured in?

just seems silly throwing 3 out to make another 5

I would/did frequently because like you say it seems a waste. Possible depends how old baby is. I only FF from 6 months and am much less lax about sterility and cleanliness and anti-bac than a lot of parents. I have a healthy (if grubby) 19mo now.

Did you put the left overs in the fridge? I did try and refrigerate them if it was a while until next feed

Or the other way to look at it is is it worth risking making your baby sick over 50p worth of formula

I wouldn't add warm formula to stuff that has been sitting around for an hour or two. If I was going to offer the old formula I'd give that first then make a fresh bottle with 4oz in.

I ff and wouldn’t. Just make up another if they want it.

Personally I would give the existing 3, and then a new fresh 2 afterwards

I thought it could only be left for an hour then had to be binned? I wouldn't drink milk that had been out for that long

@worriedandannoyed Recommendations are within two hours of preparation but only one hour from when the feed commenced.

Personally I really wouldn’t. I don’t think it’s worth the risk

I’d always offer a fresh bottle once it had gone past the acceptable time limit

@worriedandannoyed our formula is 2 hours as were the other 2 I had tried previously.

@Willow4987 I agree with that - but it hasn't gone past the time limit so that was why I wasn't sure?

Erring on the side of caution at the moment but just wondered if it was unnecessary

Nope.

Absolutely not worth it.

Check too, two hours after Oreo, but 1 hr after starting is the norm for most formula

You're going to make more anyway, just make full fresh bottle. It's pennies in formula. .

@Cherry85 oh I see what you mean.

I probably still wouldn’t mix into the bottle, but make a separate new one instead