powder feed - all instructions say not to store in fridge?

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Hi everyone

Was hoping for some advice, my newborn is a month old, until now been using the ready made feed but the amounts have increased so want to switch to powder.

The NHS site advised once formula is made it can be stored in the back of the fridge for up to 24 hours however I've contacted hipp organic and they've advised against this as well as others like cow and gate.

Our little one seems to wake up and want food asap so our plan was to batch pre make the feed to make it easier and prevent any extra crying, was just after some advice on what everyone else does.

Our midwives advised against the baby prep machine otherwise that sounded ideal, the next convenient/safest method I thought would be the fridge method but now am getting confused..

Advice appreciated 😀

Ah, the water dispenser I was looking at didnt boil it first, it just heated it to 70, any chance you can let me know which dispenser you have? I may look at purchasing that one :)

I don't know how to do links but if you go onto Amazon and type in Hometronix instant hot water dispenser, that's the one I had. It boils it first and then you can set it to the required temp. 65° is what I used

Coffee shops serve children’s hot drinks like hot chocolate at 55 degrees. 65 -70 is an adult coffee temperature (milk can’t be heated to 100 like hot water or it burns)

I have formula fed my two children hipp organic. My system:

Wash up and sterilise all bottles (6 bottles)
Boil water
Fill bottles with water
Add formula to water when bottle is needed
Heat using bottle warmer (takes a couple of mins at most), test temp on back of hand then feed.

At night, take the formula and bottles up to the bedroom with you and get a dim light so that you can see what you're doing without waking everyone up.

My MIL and mother both did same method. Once you are into a routine it is fine.

If baby is crying whilst you heat it, pick them up and walk round with them on your shoulder to distract them from their hunger.

65 really isnt too hot. My little one had them for the first year and never had a burn

Thank you for all the replies everyone, it was really useful, after weighing up the risks we've decided to just premake the bottles (with water above 70 but not boiling) and store in the fridge for up to 24 hours, we have a bottle warmer so warming back up is fairly easy :)

I wouldn't do this with a newborn. You are meant to add hot water WITH the formula to kill bacteria in the formula. Yes, chances of things going wrong are low but with a 4 week old, I wouldn't do this, sorry.

The NHS advice is very paranoid. In my EU country it's fine to make up using cold tap water and keep in the fridge for up to 12 hours. With modern industrial food prep methods, water supply, and good bottle hygiene, the risk is tiny

Nuby rapid cools are a life saver! Definitely worth the investment.

I think you must mean Fahrenheit, 60 Celsius is hot.

No it was definitely Celsius

We (and everyone I know who bottle fed!) used a prep machine and never had any issues with it

I was bored by what the DCs were watching on TV so I read this.
It suggests:
If you boil a litre of water and wait 30 minutes this is too long. 10-15 is better.
500ml boiled and then kept in a flask is ideal.
The Perfect Prep has too little hot water to be effective.
If you are using the boiling water taps you need to add the powder quite quickly - after 5-10 minutes, shorter for smaller bottles.