Any one else pre make their bottles?

[Scampie]

I know it says that nowadays you should make your bottles up as you go along, but i pre make mine in one go and then refridgerate mine. It was never an issue when i had DS and this was what everyone did back then. I dont know how on earth i would manage to make them up as and when i needed them. How do you do it quickly?

Anyone else a bad pre making milk mummy like me?

 

[Janiepops]

I've just moved onto bottles yesterday and was having such a dilemma as what to do! I pre made all my bottles with luke and it did him no harm whatsoever, and only discovered yesterday that the 'rules' have changed yet again. There's no way i'd be able to make up fresh ones the way they're asking, so i'll be sticking to what I know and making up 6 bottles and sticking them in the fridge to re-heat when needed

 

[LesleyP]

I pre make bottles for LO. As you said there is no way I would be able to make them up as I needed them... you'd have to wait at least half an hour after boiling the kettle each time! No way lol, especially not with a screaming hungry baby!

 

[allthingspink]

Yep, bad premaking bottle mummy here too!!! Just boiled the kettle in fact to do some more!

 

[TattiesMum]

Tattie pre-makes her bottles too - and 'bad Nonna' was the one who encouraged her to do it

My friends always pre-made bottles when Tattie and her siblings were young (I BF so it wasn't an issue for me and it was accepted practice back then) ... when Tattie switched to FF I got sick to death of her faffing around making a fresh bottle - waiting for the kettle to cool, mixing it and cooling it down - when Kaylum was screaming for a feed so I instructed her in the art of bad mummying

He's fine with it She makes them for the next 12 hours (or I do when I have him), cools them down quickly in cold water and then puts them straight into the fridge.

I kind of think that the new ruling came about because of people who don't have proper refrigeration or who are tempted to carry an un-refrigerated bottle around with them for hours If you use your common sense then I don't see a problem tbh

 

[2girlsandaboy]

Okay ladies I am going to as a stupid question but I gotta ask.... what do you mean you have to heat the kettle?? When I make my daughters bottles I either make them with room temperature water or heat the water for 20 seconds in the microwave... do you do something different with a kettle?? I'm sorry I feel so dumb and yet so confused???

 

[indieknits]

I make mine in advance too - make them in the evening after dinner for the next 24 hours. Like others have said as long as you use your common sense and practice good hygiene then it's fine. I think these government guidelines are far too over cautious these days.

2girlsandaboy - in the UK we're told it's a good idea to boil the water in a kettle first, as the water needs to be above a certain temperature (70 Celsius I think?) to kill off any bacteria in the powdered formula.

 

[Missy86]

yep me too, I would go mad if I had to make a fresh one every time

 

[Windmills]

I premake mine too

2girlsandaboy, I think the way we make bottles here is really different to in the US!

 

[Windmills]

Indieknits, I thought it was to sterilise the water? As in the hospital i was told I could use room temperature water as long as it was preboiled!

 

[bubbles123]

It's pretty much just the UK where you are told to make each bottle as you go along, don't store and use water over 70 degrees. I once remember reading a post from a woman in France and she said they were told to make their's with cold mineral water - a big no no in the UK! So go with what's the norm in your country. The UK has a big drive to discourage FF at the mo so a lot of our very stringent rules are probably a lot to do with that.
Windmills - the official reason for using cooled boiled water is to kill any bugs in the powder, not to sterilise the water. This is because powdered milk is not sterile and when you go into it to get the scoop out germs can be passed into it. However, washing your hands etc can do a lot to minimise this risk completely. You can give a baby regular tap water after 6 months but are supposed to continue using cooled boiled water over 70 degrees for as long as you use powdered milk for this reason.
And yes, I pre make bottles (not all the time though) and have made them up with water under 70 degrees occasionally as does pretty much every FF'er I know and never had any problems. As one OP said, just follow basic rules of hygiene and don't leave a bottle for milk sitting around in the sun for hours (as if you would) and feed it to your LO and you'll be fine!

 

[indieknits]

Indieknits, I thought it was to sterilise the water? As in the hospital i was told I could use room temperature water as long as it was preboiled!

They like to make things confusing to sleep deprived new mums I think! Maybe it is some kind of inside joke? lol

As the PP said I think it is just to kill off any bugs in the powder.

ETA: Here's a link to the official NHS guidelines https://www.nhs.uk/Planners/birthtofive/Pages/Howtobottlefeed.aspx

 

[babybliss]

Hi I also premake mine for 12 hours worth.

 

[mummy0704]

i make 6 at a time and put them in fridge x x

 

[xxEMZxx]

I do esp at night, I always do 3 at a time. Its rubbish saying you cant!! My sister has 7 kids and has pre made bottles with all of them and they have all been fine!! And I know when I was born those were the guidelines about leaving in the fridge for 24 hours so god knows why its changed so much, same with putting babies on their backs now I think they just like to confuse us all!

 

[Sparkledust09]

I also do this, make up a set of bottles and put them in the fridge. I can't imagine making a fresh one everytime! There has been a couple of times where I haven't had any pre-made up and have had to try to do it while Jessica screaming blue murder...so I try not to make that mistake too often! x

 

[babybaillie]

i make the bottles up at nite but only put the water in them, add the milk as when i need them.

 

[xxEMZxx]

i make the bottles up at nite but only put the water in them, add the milk as when i need them.

Yeah this is what I do as well instead of putting them in fridge

 

[Kitty23]

yes I do this lol, its so much bloody easier! Trying to make up two bottles at 3am with two babies screaming isnt fun! xxx

 

[Jellyt]

I do this too!