Can u add the powder to cool boiled water?

[familygirl30]

Or do u need to add it when its still hot?

 

[xxxemmaxxx]

I add it when it's cooled when I need it - 9 weeks on he's fine but there a many ways of doing it! My friend adds the powder to the wholes days feeds when hot and puts them all in the fridge and warms them up when needed!

I don't personally know anyone that makes a feed up at a time when needed like it says on the back of the box - some people do for about a week and realise it's silly having a crying baby for half an hour whilst your waiting for it to cool!

 

[familygirl30]

I add it when it's cooled when I need it - 9 weeks on he's fine but there a many ways of doing it! My friend adds the powder to the wholes days feeds when hot and puts them all in the fridge and warms them up when needed!

I don't personally know anyone that makes a feed up at a time when needed like it says on the back of the box - some people do for about a week and realise it's silly having a crying baby for half an hour whilst your waiting for it to cool!

That's what I thought when read the back of the box!im wanting to do it the way u do it,do u make up a few bottles ready for the day?Also do u have to use it within so long of putting the water in the bottle?

 

[xxxemmaxxx]

I do all my sterlising and bottles for the next day at 7/8pm.. I have a travel powder pot from Avent for on the go it has three portions and is really handy just to add to the water when your ready.

I'm really not sure if the way I do it is right or 100% safe as thinking about it the powder needs to be added to hot water to kill the bacteria..?!

Can anyone else shed some light on this please?!?

 

[AP]

If anything, id use boiling water, a least an ounce of it, to kill any bacteria, then top up

 

[Kayla26]

This is how I make my bottles. I boil the water and put it into the bottles and then just add the powder when I need the bottle. I find it so much easier when out and about, no messing about with heating bottles etc. I did the same with my dd and she is a happy, healthy 20 month old.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

I add powder to cool water x

 

[skunkpixie]

I use Hipp Organic and the instructions stated to add it to cool water rather than hot, as this formula.contains a probiotic that is destroyed at high temperatures. However the last box I bough (not used it yet) seems to suggest that they have now removed the probiotic from the Hipp formula and the instryctions for preperation have reverted back to needing to use 70c+ water. Im guessing that there was alot of confusion caused by the different prep temps of this milk so it was thought best to revert to the old recipe to maintain a national preperation guideline to cover all stage 1, 2 and 3 formulas. However u have a very good and easy preperation method going at the mo so I will be sticking to adding powder to cold water as my baby is 7 months. If she were 3-4 months old or less I would probably follow guidelines and add powder to hot water just to be on the safe side. Xxxx

 

[skunkpixie]

Sorry that should be "I" not."u" lol

 

[Sarah Lou 80]

Another cool water person here!

 

[Jendra]

This is how I make my bottles. I boil the water and put it into the bottles and then just add the powder when I need the bottle.

Me too. Just easier that way. Also, when you're out and about, you can't very well boil water on the go, right? You bring the cooled water in a bottle and a formula dispenser and mix it up when needed.

 

[Librastar2828]

We do it this way. Just add powder to water when needed. Don't heat or cool in fridge and use immediatly

 

[sue_88]

You should be at least exposing the formula to SOME water that is over 70C.

Formula in the UK is NOT sterile, and yes whilst it's easier to get your bottles ready with the water, you don't really want to be exposing your baby to potential deadly bacteria. (https://www.cdc.gov/features/cronobacter/)

If you really want to make bottles in advance.....

Boil Kettle
Fill Bottles
Add Powder
Refrigerate (Back of fridge, not door!)

This way your feeds are ready and they have been subjected to the conditions to make them safe. Make enough for 12 hours, then repeat.

Anecdotal: 'My LO has always been fine' isn't really evidence, there is strong evidence where babies havent been ok due to poor practice methods.

I appreciate the guidelines can make a screaming baby cry for a while......but they're not doing it for the fun of really are they.

 

[MindUtopia]

The safest way is to add it to recently boiled water (at least 70C) as it's not the bacteria in the water you need to kill (most tap water is pretty safe), it's the bacteria in the formula. Babies have died from contaminated formula. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

I can't see a reason for not making it with hot water. It's easy. You can do it in advance if you need to pre-make bottles for the day. But I do each bottle fresh and it takes me 5 minutes. I just boil the kettle when my daughter is starting to get hungry (takes 30 seconds), make the bottle (another minute) and cool in ice cold water from the tap while I change her before she eats (takes about 3-4 minutes). Then I know it's fresh and I don't have to to fuss making them all up at once and finding room in the fridge to store them.