gripe water shelf life?

[MrsQ]

It says on there once opened you can only use it for 14 days?

We just used it for the first time on mikey and WOW! its amazing stuff!

But 14 days???? what a waste!

 

[special_kala]

I know its crazy. you would think they'd sell a smaller bottle in that case

 

[Rebaby]

We use gripe water for Toby and i confess we don't throw ours away after 14 days...

 

[moomoo]

We use gripe water for Toby and i confess we don't throw ours away after 14 days...

Us too Rebaby

 

[MrsQ]

so how long do you keep it for?
x

 

[Rebaby]

Maybe 3 or 4 weeks (ish)

Not sure exactly but thinking back on how many bottles i have bought since he was born i would guess we get through a bottle in just under a month, and i normally end up throwing a little bit away at the end...so yeah, we're keeping them almost twice as long as we should then aren't we?! How terrible

 

[MrsQ]

well i keep my stuff like that for myself a bit longer than should do. Like mayo etc

 

[Emma1980]

i didnt know that, i should learn to read labels!

 

[angelstardust]

Follow the nose I say

There is really no reason that any potentially harmful bacteria should get into the bottle, and it's not made from anything that goes 'off'.

I used the same bottle as needed for a few months...

 

[jenny82]

Maybe the bottle we got was smaller than yours, but ours didn't last 14 days. It was given with almost every feed so it just didn't last!

We only got one bottle ever though as I switched food..

 

[Noodles]

i didnt know that, i should learn to read labels!

Me too, oh well it hasn't done him any harm!