Making formula bottle

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I'm not sure if I am doing this wrong as I am mainly breastfeeding and my partner gives baby a bottle of formula at bed time.

We have been boiling the kettle with fresh water. I pour the boiling water into his tommee tippee bottle upto the 3oz line. I have then been leaving it till we are ready to give it to baby. Adding the 3 scoops of formula to a mostly cold bottle and feeding straight away? I have been reading online today and it is saying the water should be 70 degrees when adding the formula? How do I know the water is 70 degrees?? So confused over something that is probably so simple!! 😂

Just to add we are using the cooled boiled water within 1-2 hours.

Water needs to used within 30 mins of the kettle boiling to kill the bacteria in the powder formula.

There’ll be instructions on the formula box. The water needs to be hot but not boiling to kill bacteria in the formula. Just wait 30 mins after boiling the kettle. Then top up with cooled boiled water.

You add powder to the hot water rather than letting it cool down. Once the kettle is boiled you leave it for up to 30 minutes and the water should still be around 70⁰C

Sounds like you're doing great with the feeding! You should add the formula milk while the water is still hot, so leave it no more than 30 minutes, this will then be the right temperature to kill any bacteria in the formula powder as it is not sterile. Make sure you shake it really well at this point, just to make sure the hot water fully mixes with all the powder, then you can leave it to cool down enough to then give to baby. Hope that helps! X

As others have said the water needs to be above 70° when the formula is added (leave kettle to cool for 20-30 mins, put water into bottle, add formula, shake well). We then pop the bottle into a jug of icy cold water and it's ready to drink in 5-10 mins. Alternatively the nuby rapidcool cools a feed really quickly but probably not worth getting one if it's for just one feed a day!

Have you read the instructions on the box?

This surely 🤦🏼‍♀️ most important thing is the powder hitting hot water, so you need to pour the kettle, then add formula, then use within 2 hours. You can flash cool as others have said under tap/ice if you make it as soon as you need it

Great job with the breastfeeding!
Add the formula to hot water and then let it cool x

This tbh. The instructions on the tub are pretty clear. Unless it's a specialist formula, as some of those have to made with cool water, then you need to add the powder to hot water to be making it up safely. You are currently making it up unsafely. Read the box!

You make as per the instructions on the box:-
Boil kettle
Use water within 30 mins
Add powder to that water as soon as poured
Chill the drink to the right temp

Nhs also advises that chilled drinks can be stored at the back of the fridge and used within 24 hours which is what we did.

OP don't beat yourself up, those box instructions can be confusing but it needs to be hot water to hit the powder.

If its just a night feed could you use pre made formula (if your brand do them)

When they are small and only taking 3/4oz the cost is pretty much the same as an opened bottle can go in the fridge for 24 hrs. It's so much easier as they are already sterile - they can be served at toom temp or you just warm up if baby prefers

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I still breastfeed ds but for 2 weeks he went on to cmpa formula and I was so stressed preparing bottles I don't know how parents do it. I was gifted a perfect prep from my mums friend and thank god for it there wasn't any more confusion or mistakes