How do YOU prepare feeds?

[CoffeePuffin]

I'm really interested on how people here prepare their feeds. I fill a thermos flask full of hot water, then when baby needs a feed I add the hot water to a bottle then add the formula.

I'd like to know how many people do what I do, how many prepare feeds in advance, and how many boil the kettle each time and wait the 30 minutes.

Also, do people make you feel bad for how you choose to prepare your feeds?

 

[Elljo3]

I used to boil the kettle and leave it 30 mins then fill the bottle to the right oz for baby then add the powder.
Once cooled would store in the fridge for 24 hours.

When needed a bottle would boil the kettle and stand the bottle in a jug of boiling water.

 

[manchester1]

same, i make enough bottles for 24 hours in the morning.

 

[BethHx]

Use to use a flask. Boil the kettle, let it get to drinking temp then bed the water to the flask. Did that a few times a day. Then the water would go straight from flask to bottle.

Now she's on neocate and will only take it at room temp so i just bed to room temp water. I feel more comfortable doing this now she is older. I did try making and storing in fridge but she refused to drink it, i tried it and found it tasted different went out the fridge and warned. Also neocate shouldn't be re named x

 

[BethHx]

Bed = add.
Sorry on phone lol x

 

[Nicoleoleole]

We're using ready to feed, so I pour them all into bottles I need for the day, and keep them in the fridge (obviously!).

When I used powder (and when I have to move to concentrated), I used a Dr. brown's pitcher to mix it in and keep in the fridge as sitting in the fridge helps thicken it a little, so it's good for reflux!


And I use a bottle warmer to warm them.

 

[Mummythree]

I used to boil the kettle let it cool for 20mins then make it up. now i fill up the flask (stays hot 12hours) and the water is ready when needed and just make up the feed.

 

[Ktothema]

I used to use a flask of hot water but have switched to SMA staydown which has to be made with fridge cold water. Totally backwards!

 

[MiniKiwi]

My LO only gets 1 bottle a day but I boil the kettle and pour it straight into the bottle and mix, then cool it down in a bowl of water. Is that wrong? And why? And how bad is it? =\

 

[CoffeePuffin]

My LO only gets 1 bottle a day but I boil the kettle and pour it straight into the bottle and mix, then cool it down in a bowl of water. Is that wrong? And why? And how bad is it? =\

They advise to wait 20-30 minutes for the water to cool to 70c because boiling water can apparently kill the nutrients as well as bacteria.

 

[Ktothema]

My LO only gets 1 bottle a day but I boil the kettle and pour it straight into the bottle and mix, then cool it down in a bowl of water. Is that wrong? And why? And how bad is it? =\

As long as the kettle is off the boil/not still bubbling there isn't a problem with it at all. Just takes longer to cool the bottle down.

 

[RussianDoll]

I used to boil the kettle and leave it 30 mins then fill the bottle to the right oz for baby then add the powder.
Once cooled would store in the fridge for 24 hours.

When needed a bottle would boil the kettle and stand the bottle in a jug of boiling water.

This is how I do it! I make about 6 bottles and I'm making more before 24 hours!

 

[skunkpixie]

I chose mix up at room temp, as we will be using Hipp Organic with the new baby, which needs to be made with water alot cooler than 70c anyway.

With DD2 in the beginning we exclusivly used cartons, then at about 10 weeks I started making fresh with powder as she was in a predicatble routine. Then a few weeks later decided to premake fully and store in the fridge to help save time. So have done it most ways! xxx

 

[youngwife20]

I'm really interested on how people here prepare their feeds. I fill a thermos flask full of hot water, then when baby needs a feed I add the hot water to a bottle then add the formula.

I'd like to know how many people do what I do, how many prepare feeds in advance, and how many boil the kettle each time and wait the 30 minutes.

Also, do people make you feel bad for how you choose to prepare your feeds?

Hi Hunni I make mine the recomended way following guidlines, i used to make it up for the day then warm it but that takes even longer than my new way. and she had too mcuh looose poos

Boil the kettle in the morning,
Fill a flask.
Fill 3 bottles with boiled water.
Cool it.
Put 3 bottles of cool boiled water in the fridge.
Fill all my dispensers. I have these https://www.safetots.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=2571&osCsid=i43bevd2gi0ulj2u4vr4vl20m1

Then time for a feed:

Grab a bottle. She has 7 ounces.

Pour 4 ounces of boiled water in the bottle then pour the powder in shake it up or swirl it then add then pour 3 ounces of cold water in another bottle to make sure the measure is acurate as if you pour it straight into the bottle it wont be enough water because the formula bubbles etc and ends up looking like you have put 8 ounces instead of 7.

then pour it in and shake and serve,.

its reallty quick,

when i am going out i take one bottle of room temp water and my flask and dispenser and bottles.

i pour only 3 ounces of boiled water then powder then 4 ounces of room temp water as it will be abit hoter. you can mess around with the cold to hot water ratio but always pour it first. i find it better doing it this way so much quicker also my daughter messes around half way through the bottle so i know we have 2 hours for her to drink it . instead of when we put it in the frridge and warmed it up you only have 15 mins to drink it which then im rushing her lol xx

 

[Anaconda]

Once LO finishes her last bottle, I wash all her bottles, boil water for 2 minuted and then sterilise all her bottles. Then, come time the next feeding (which is about 3-5 hours after i've washed everything) the water will have been cooled down. Then I make up bottles with the cooled water by adding the powder. I always do this at a feeding so that way I have a bottle ready to go right away. Then with the other bottles I just stickthem in the fridge.

So in short right after she has her last bottle I clean/boil/sterilise everything so that way they're ready to be used by her next feeding

 

[BethHx]

I thought they only told you to let the kettle cool so you don't burn yourself. I heard that the whole 'it can kill nutrients' is a load of rubbish x x

 

[MrsBea23]

I thought they only told you to let the kettle cool so you don't burn yourself. I heard that the whole 'it can kill nutrients' is a load of rubbish x x

I had heard this as well something about when it is produced they use heat anyway so if this was true all the nutrients would already be compromised.

 

[CoffeePuffin]

I've now started making up 2 or 3 bottles and putting them in the fridge for night feeds, but still using the flask method and making them up as I need them during the day. But having them pre-made in the night is so much easier when you have a screaming baby.

 

[Lady_Bee]

I used to make feeds up with half boiling water, half cooled water. Very quick and easy. I used to pre-measure the cooled water in bottles and just dump it on top of the boiling water once I'd mixed the powder in.

However, my LO is old enough now that I don't think there is really any risk to making up feeds with room temp water. Recently I've been making up feeds with cooled boiled water left on the side.

I still pre-boil the water i use for feeds though. More out of habit than any real need IMO. But hey. I feel more comfortable boiling it.