Heating and cooling bottles when out and about- how best to do it?

[Anon501178]

3rd baby but first two were pretty much exclusively breastfed.Really want to combination feed this time for various reasons.
Have basic knowledge of prepping bottle feeds but how on earth do people manage out and about- heating, cooling bottles all at once? (As know the water has to go in fresh and boiling)
I can just envisage myself or DH with a screaming baby, trying not to spill boiling water everywhere then trying to placate baby for ages whilst (somehow?) Trying to cool it down? Know there are flasks to store the boiling water in, but how do people manage the cooling process promptly and easily as possible whilst out and about?
I know cafes can provide jugs of cold water etc to cool bottles down in, but what about if say DH took baby for a walk for example and they needed a feed?

I used ready made.

Nuby rapid cool is good but I've always done the hot shot method with a boiling flask and a cooled-boiled one.

What is this method pls? Have never heard of it....

Oh yeah asin the liquid bottles? I had forgotten about those.....how did you manage the heating process or did your baby just take them at room temp?

Ready made at room temp. Baby was happy to take unless it was the middle of winter and we’d been outside so it was more like fridge temp- in those cases I’d just get some hot water from a cafe and stand it in it for a few minutes to warm up.

I only used ready made formula in the individual cartons. And warmed them in this.

https://www.tommeetippee.com/en-gb/product/travel-bottle-and-food-warmer-42300041

Room temperature was fine even from newborn. They even did this in hospital. There are cartons too. The problem with the hot shot is that it has to be done correctly. The Hot Shot: Add a small amount of freshly boiled water (that has cooled for no more than 30 minutes) to a sterilized bottle. The temperature must remain at or above 70°C.

You add a shot of boiling hot water from one flask to the formula powder and shake it up to kill any bacteria, then you fill the rest of the bottle with water from another flash that has been previously boiled and cooled. Makes a warm bottle that's ready to drink straight away.

Works similarly to how bottle prep machines work. Perfectly safe and no waiting around.

Actually I think I only used the warmer with breast milk so was keeping it chilled. Baby would take formula at room temp which was handy.

This is what I always did. One flask with hot boiling water, one with cooled boiled water. Easiest way (other than pre made formula) I found.

You should not use boiling water you have to let it cool down for around 30 mins and be over 70 degrees
NHS does not recommend this.
Boiling water puts extreme pressure on the bottle, which can damage the plastic. It also destroys vital nutrients in the formula.
To make it easier to make bottles at home you can get kettles that heat to 70 degrees.

It's not still 100 degrees when it's been in a flask

If you’re planning to breastfeed, just do that out and about. Much easier.

That or ready made.

I took a hot bottle out wrapped in a towel, and then ran out under a cold tap to temperature. But tbh, with combination feeding I mostly BF on the go, and partner would premake one bottle or take ready made liquid (served at room temperature) if they went out without me/I wanted my hair cut etc.

my youngest is 18 but here’s what I did as recommended on here…

take a flask of boiling water.
take a second flask of boiled water that has cooled.

when you’re ready to feed it goes

1. powder in bottle
2. hit with boiling water
3. top up with cooled water

so then it’s sterile at the right temp.

the 2 flasks were small iirc

hope that helps 🙂

How do you know it has not gone below 70 degrees.

I took a hot bottle out wrapped in a towel,
You should not do this the formula has to be cooled as soon as possible as the bacteria will quickly multiply.

Ready made at room temperature is the easiest.

Either make the bottle at home and take with you if it will be drunk within 2 hours, or use ready made served at room temp.

All the other hacks with 'hot shots' or heating/cooling increase food poisoning risks so wouldn't want to do it with a newborn.

This

Ready made is the way to go for outings. They drink it room temperature.

Made them before I went out and put them in a 'padded' bag. It was made to carry 2 of the biggest bottles. New parents would be horrified by me because I used to make up bottles for the day and night in advance and keep them in fridge. Then serve them straight out of fridge....

So long as they are made properly to start with, cooled rapidly and used within 24 hours max that's not too terrible from a food safety point of view.