Making Up Comfort Milk? Anyone use this?

[flamingpanda]

Ok I'm lost, is there anyway to speed up making comfort milk? We're switching to Aptimil Comfort and I've read you can't make it up in advance and store in the fridge because it separates. Also it needs to be made with hot water to ensure it mixes correctly, so I can't use cool boiled water.

So any tips on how I can speed up making them on the fly? I don't fancy going back to being stood making them completely fresh at 4am.

 

[skunkpixie]

Maybe try using a thermos flask?

Decant freshly boiled water into it to use throughout the day. Most good metal flasks will keep water very hot for 6-12 hours. Then the only waiting time would be cooling in a jug of cold water or under the tap. xxx

 

[flamingpanda]

Thanks for the advice, I think we may have to look into it when on the move. I found that making 2 up at a time and putting them in the fridge seems to be fine.

The good news is that she has taken to it really well so fingers crossed it might go someway towards fixing some of her troubles over the next few days.

 

[sara_558]

We made it up in the same way as normal aptamil and had no problems! If it separated, which it didnt always do, just shook it and it was fine.

Used to boil kettle then leave for 20-30 mins and then make bottles.

Sara

 

[No1showgirl]

Hi - I use comfort milk and keep the chilled bottles in the fridge, put in the formula in when baby needs to be fed and then put in the microwave for 40 seconds. Ive never had a problem doing it this was - just make sure you give it a realllllyyy good shake.

Other than that you can keep the chilled bottles in the fridge, heat up the chilled water in the microwave and then add the powder?

 

[flamingpanda]

Thanks for the responses, we're still going to fridge them but we're making less at a time. That seems to be a happy compromise. We find they mix back together just fine and the great news is - Hadley's tummy seems more settled on the comfort milk.

 

[Babyapples]

We use this formula and what we do is boil the kettle in the morning and pour maybe 4 bottles and let it cool. When we need a bottle we nuke it in the micro for max of 20 seconds and it mixes perfectly and the teat doesn't clog as it did before we give it a quick blast.