New mum- so confused about milk storage! Help!!!!

[Mazzymoo]

My baby girl was born on Friday and I'm combination feeding her with expressed milk and formula. So confused about storage of formula though!!

So I have a big bottle of pre-made aptimel which I've opened and have put in the fridge. It says it can last for 48hrs in the fridge- but what about if I make up a bottle to room temp to feed her and then she doesn't take it. How long can I keep it at room temperature?

Also- with the formula milk- I have the little tommee tippee milk powder dispensers. So if I boil kettle and put bottle with milk powder dispenser by my bed at night- can I make it many hours later or does the water have to be boiled and cooled within a certain time frame?

With breast milk- how long can I keep the bottle at room temperature if she has started to drink it but hasn't finished it? Just an hour? And how long can it keep at room temperature if she hasn't touched it at all?

Thanks!!!!

 

[momofmisters]

Room temp formula is good for 2hrs but if you start to feed LO and they don't finish it...it is only good for 1hr.

Pre-made bottles kept in the fridge I usually only keep for 24hrs.

Yes you can take your previously boiled water and formula dispenser to bed and make up a bottles as needed through out the night. I usually take a thermos of previously boiled water cool to bed with me and make up a bottle. Just remember when making a bottle this way that the formula powder will disperse the water in the bottle....so when you make say a 4oz bottle you will usually get about 5oz of actually made formula in the bottle.

I believe breast milk you can leave sit out at room temperature just pumped for several hours. But once drank from again I would discard after an hour.

 

[lch28]

Everything she said but i think m is four hours. I dont even bf lol this is just what i have heard