perfect prep machine - worth it if planning to mix feed?

[Dorit2be1]

i'm a abit unsure what it does/advantages? cons? want husband to be doing bottle feed from early on in the night shift

Some people swear by them but the nhs ‘strongly advises against them’ due to safety concerns. If you’re combi feeding you could always alternate breast and bottle? And in the early days when they drink max 2 oz a time you can get the ready made formula mini cartons and that will last a few feeds.

www.nnuh.nhs.uk/publication/download/formula-feeding-top-tips-for-parents-v3/

elht.nhs.uk/application/files/4915/5533/6985/Statement_on_formula_preparation_machines_Nov_2016.pdf

You can just put powder in the bottles and he can add the water and it will be easier. And no need for machines.. :) or if ready made formula even easier...

I had one when combi feeding. Was great. But expensive so you have to think how much you will actually use it.

Personally think totally worth it but needs to be regularly cleaned or the pipes get filled with muck, if you google it you’ll get reviews complaining that it gets dirty. We have one we clean regularly with no issues- when your baby is wailing for a feed it’s been great!

I’ve used one for my two kids (second is 8 weeks) and it’s a life saver especially at night. My baby is extremely impatient and I have everything by the bed and can make the bottles fresh and the right temp in mins. For the first week or so I used the premade bottles of formula but it’s too expensive going forward.
The NHS doesn’t recommend the use of lots of stuff that’s available for babies, you’ve just got to do your own research, weigh up the risk and do what’s right for you and your family.

They are fine if you use the proper branded filters. In the research articles where there were safety issues they had used nonbranded cheap filters from eBay etc

Short answer. Yes. Get it. It saves a lot of faff. Just keep the filters changed

There's a lot of stuff that people do that isn't advised. When I had my baby the hospital knew about the prep machine and no one who I spoke to had a problem with them and praised them. Said they wished they had one when they had babies. Even my health visitor was a fan. I love mine and would never be without it. My baby has never gotten ill from it.

@Wookiewoo29

There's a lot of stuff that people do that isn't advised. When I had my baby the hospital knew about the prep machine and no one who I spoke to had a problem with them and praised them. Said they wished they had one when they had babies. Even my health visitor was a fan. I love mine and would never be without it. My baby has never gotten ill from it.

Yikes though, your HV should be giving evidenced based advice not speaking on their own personal opinion.

Personally I wouldn’t chance it, there are a lot of unsafe baby products on the market that shouldn’t be sold and have directly led to baby deaths, the industry doesn’t seem to be very well regulated. Sleep pods, pillows, hammocks, crap car seats, cot bumpers to name a few. I’m not saying the prep machine is in this category, just that there’s a credible and impartial entity (the nhs) recommends that parents don’t use them. I’m disappointed that nhs staff are praising them when it goes against their own guidelines. Saying that though a paediatrician told me I could buy a carrier and sleep on a recliner with baby on my chest which is f’ing deadly so 🤷‍♀️

[quote Kanfuzed123]Some people swear by them but the nhs ‘strongly advises against them’ due to safety concerns. If you’re combi feeding you could always alternate breast and bottle? And in the early days when they drink max 2 oz a time you can get the ready made formula mini cartons and that will last a few feeds.

www.nnuh.nhs.uk/publication/download/formula-feeding-top-tips-for-parents-v3/

elht.nhs.uk/application/files/4915/5533/6985/Statement_on_formula_preparation_machines_Nov_2016.pdf[/quote]
This is dated 2016 and is out of date I asked my midwife and she said as long as its cleaned properly and replaced with the right filters it's perfectly safe.
As well as a number of GPS who all say its fine.

That’s still the advice of the nhs, i just had my second and asked the infant feeding lead for my area. GPs and midwives should be giving feedback in line with the official nhs stance not their personal opinion.

But if you want to use it knowing the risks, you do you, it’ll probably be fine. There’s been no evidence that suggests the hot shot kills the bacteria in the formula or the nhs would have revised their stance. Personally I wouldn’t chance it, even if it was 1 in 1000 risk. Id rather use pre made formula or pre make a bottle than chance it

Definite life saver.

Depends how much you plan to mix feed. I mix fed my first but it ended up being 90% breast so it was easier just to use ready to feed.

Love it! also midwife advised us against pre making bottles to warm up later so this just solved the faff at 2am when you just want to feed a crying baby! 100% get one! xx

Love mine. He has mostly breast milk but evening bottle or if my boobs are really sore he will have a bottle. The ready made stuff just makes him throw up for some reason.

Omg yes. I held off for about 2 months as thought it would be a gimmick and didn't want worktop clutter. Before then I just kept sterilised water in the fridge, then boiled the kettle and mixed, but it was a pain getting temperature perfect especially when babies feeds started increasing in size - took a few attempts to get it right.

Got second hand one off marketplace for a tenner, bought new filters etc. Even for 1 feed a day it's worth it! A cynic that's been Absolutely converted!