formula at night

[edidxb]

Hi,
I have been EBF - exclusively breastfeeding and my son is now 10 weeks old. I am now going to transition to formula for a number of different reasons.
However, I just can't work out how to give formula at night. I know you can get the Tommee Tippee prep machine but I am trying to avoid that. I have googled it and seen you can take a flask of warm water to bed with you.
Or you can cool the boiled water in the fridge and then grab it.

The type of formula I am going to use means I can't use ready made bottles as that would be great. I have been asked to use a rice milk formua and it doesn't come in ready made bottles.

What is both easiest/and the safest to do?

Thanks.

I used to make the bottles up with just water and either add the formula and feed at room temp or add a dash of boiling water from a flask. All kept by my bedside.
I did it all in the dark 😂 even pre counted out scoops of formula so it was shake and go.

What's rice milk formula just out of interest?

if the doctor has prescribed rice milk formula fair enough if your child cant have any other.But i hear dairy allergy formula is very difficult to get them to drink it

Just cooled sterilised water such as a flask and measured powder in a powder pot.pour in a pre sterilised bottle.Shake and your good to go

Hi. Thank you. So I put the formula measured into the sterilised bottle, and then keep the boiled water in a flask to keep it warm. Then mix and all ok?
Thanks.
Rice milk formula is made from hydrologised rice apparently. It's not great as it doesn't have the same proteins in as cow's milk which are good for babies. But equally the doctor is trying to work out if my baby is allergic. Hopefully we can reintroduce the normal formula over time. However he has not been gaining weight so we need to try this to get back to normal weight.

Water first then add formula- you must measure the exact water and formula first won't give you an accurate amount. Hope this makes sense.

@edidxb Hi. Thank you. So I put the formula measured into the sterilised bottle, and then keep the boiled water in a flask to keep it warm. Then mix and all ok?

Um, no. The water you add to the powder has to be at least 70 degrees Celsius. The whole purpose of adding hot water at this temp is to sterilise the milk powder. You then need to allow it to cool. It's completely irrelevant just adding warm water below this temp.

Oh and I'm assuming the latch has been investigated to rule out why baby is not gaining? Mum of four who had various degrees of dairy intolerance. Feel your pain (and baby's).

I used the perfect prep machine and it was great but before I had one I made up bottles and stored in fridge then warmed up with bottle warmer also Tommee tippee.

measure sterilised water first in a sterilised baby bottle then add the powder

We're trying to get into powder rather than premade due to costs but am also steuggling with technique. Box says boil water, leave for 30 minutes then add to powder and cook to right temp. With feeds every 3 hours that can easily take an hour to feed. So overnight I'm doing feeding stuff for about 1hr 40 every 3 hours

This all a bit overlong, but PP are having the difficult time, and the below cut label instructions down to minutes but still treated the powder properly:

Formula has a preparation temperature of 70 degrees to sterilise the powder.

I used to pour maybe 20ml of just-boiled water (or v. hot from a bedside flask) in their bottle and get temperature down to 70 degrees (confirm with one of these inexpensive coffee thermometers) by swirling in just enough cooled boiled water from a sterilised container - just needs to be water at 70 degrees, at time of adding powder.

Mix in the all the scoops of powder which obviously gives you a too-thick liquid to feed, so you must then top up to *correct level and drinkable temperature (well below 70!) with the sterilised water again.

Powder adds to the drink level e.g. the typical 180ml water + 5 scoops (1 scoop per 30ml water ratio - check this with your brand) ends up around *200ml total when all is added and mixed.

(You could just add the 5 scoops to 180ml of water at 70 degrees but then will have to cool bottle externally to drinkable - more time! )