Is it OK to do this??

[littlelady012]

My 6.5 month old still wakes in the middle of the night for a bottle, and its always a flog for me to get out of bed and get downstairs to makeup a bottle.

So what I was thinking...could I premake the bottle, take it to bed with me and just heat it up on the bottle warmer in my room when she needs it? Would be so much easier..

Thanks to anyone who can help.

 

[freedom08]

Hi. I don't think you can do this as a bottle usually only lasts 2 hrs max (please correct me if i wrong).

If you had a powder dispenser you could put the powder into that then tip it into the bottle then heat

 

[skunkpixie]

I wouldnt leave the bottle to sit at room temperature.

The best option would be to use a ready-to-feed carton.
Alternativley you could do as the lady above has said and have the pre-boiled water already in the bottle, with a little pot containing the correct number of scoops and mix when baby needs a feed. xx

 

[littlelady012]

Thanks girls! I will pre boil the water and set the formula aside. Hopefully will make things a little easier

 

[kat2504]

But then the water would not be hot enough surely? If it was just one feed per night I would go with the ready to feed cartons but it depends on how you feel about the extra expense I suppose. They are only 60p each though.

Another option is to have a pre-made bottle in the fridge and take it up to bed in a therma bag. My Avent therma bag says you can keep a chilled bottle in there for up to six hours. By that time it will probably have come up to room temp and won't need warming.

 

[dgirllamius]

I had this problem when I was staying with my mum - had to get up go all the way downstairs and UNCHAIN the fridge (my brothers dog gets in there so it has to be chained!). It go soooo annoying that I dragged my mini fridge upstairs. You could invest in one of those little fridges that holds like 4 cans of coke, they're quite cheap.