Confused about colief

[Samemka]

Just been to the docs and asked for colief as the pharmacist said that would be better than infacol.

Wish I hadn't bothered now - I think the infacol was working, but was lead to believe this might be better. But I'm confused about when/how many drops to add.

https://www.colief.com/use.htm

I usually make up Emma's bottles and store in the fridge for no more than 24hrs but they are all usually used up within 12. It says if I add two drops to warm milk I have to refrigerate and use within 4hrs.....which is a pain cos I'd spend all my day making up bottles, I don't see why it's 4 hrs? Or if I add it to warm milk I have to wait 30 mins...I can't do this, Emma would scream the house down - she still; varies with her bottles, some times it's 3hrs, others 5!

Can anyone help????

 

[Samemka]

I may have answered my own question - thought I'd post though in case anyone else reads this and wants to know the same!

"Can you make up more than one bottle at a time?
Yes, though the latest advice from UK Dept. of Health is that bottles are made up as and when required. The bottles should be made up as normal and allowed to cool to body temperature (not hot – not cold). Add two drops of Colief® per feed and place the feeds in a refrigerator for a minimum of four hours. Take the feeds from the fridge as required and reheat before giving the feed to the baby.

If made up in advance, we recommend 12 hrs as a maximum limit for keeping milk treated with Colief®, even when stored in a refrigerator. The Colief® will have completed its task of breaking down most of the lactose in the feed in the first 4 hrs, and little further activity will subsequently take place. It is not good practice to keep made-up formula for too long, even in a refrigerator."