Help with making up formula milk in MAM anti colic bottles

[Joss C]

Hi

I have been using ready made milk but attempted today to make up some formula milk however i use MAM anti colic bottles which leak when you put hot water in them and try and shake up! also why can't you put the teat on before you shake?
Any suggestions how I can make these up more successfully, i did it using boiled water (after 30mins cooling) which makes it about 70 degrees I believe - too warm to give my baby and running under the cold tap did not help much. How do you make up formula bottles? help
thanks
Joss x

 

[Caroline77]

i use MAM bottles but i make up the bottles using room temperature water, naughty i know but i'm on my 2nd child and never had a problem so i've never experienced them leaking but have you tried stirring the formula in instead of shaking it?? x

 

[E&L's mummy]

i use room temp boiled water too and never had a prob. i always have a TT bottle of cold water in the fridge. sometimes i have, for example, made a 4oz bottle with 3 oz of hot water from the kettle and 4 scoops, mixed it and then topped it up with 1 oz of the water from the fridge to cool it down.

 

[polo_princess]

I never had a problem with them leaking either, are you making sure that the rubber valve is in properly before you screw the bottom on?

 

[Joss C]

Thanks all - yes believe I may make up a room temp, how do you keep the water sterile this way?

 

[Caroline77]

i just sterilise the amount of bottles needed for a full day and fill them with the required amount of boiled water which has cooled in the kettle and then leave them on the side and add the powder as and when the feed is needed, never warmed them up so my little girl is use to having her milk at room temperature so feeds are prepared within 2 seconds which helps as they dont give you much notice when they are hungry!! x

 

[MrsRabbit]

I buy gallons of distilled water and it says it's good for a week once opened - I usually go through a couple a week so it's never around that long. Around here they don't even recommend boiling or sterilizing anything anymore. Most people use tap water and never sterilize bottles, pacifiers or the water.