Please tell me I don't really have to wait 30 mins for kettle to cool....

[1982emmac]

Hi everyone

I am 38 weeks and have decided I will bottle feed. After reading all of the guidance I am quite confused. All of the leaflets I have received state to boil the kettle and wait for 30 mins for it to cool before making up a new bottle. Surely with a screaming baby at 3am this is not going to be the sane way!?

I asked my mum and she said it used to be ok to make bottles up the night before, but current guidance says you need to make a fresh bottle up each time. Is this true and correct? I read somewhere else that midwives just say this to make breastfeeding seem the easier option.

I'm just really confused by everything to be honest.

 

[bathbabe]

personally i premake all my bottles, its far easier. X

 

[Tilliepink]

you can always boil the water and then put the cooled water in the bottle ahead of time and add the powder as you need it. So you can have lets say 6 bottles with room temp water in it and as you need a bottle for LO just add the powder.

 

[PrincessJenna]

Every morning I make up 5 milk bottles & one for juice (I water Millie's juice down she's not cottoned on yet lol ) and they last me to the first morning feed the following day then I start over again, I've always done this and Millie has never had any problems x

 

[kiwimama]

Either you could pour the cooled boiled water into the bottles before you go to bed and then mix in the powder as you need to. Or:
Make up the bottles for the night feeds before you go to bed. I think they keep in the fridge for 24 hours is it? Not 100% on that, because I never premade my bottles.

 

[Odd Socks]

there are further guidelines if it's not possible to make bottles as you need them, which is to make them up, cool down rapidly then store in the back of the fridge for a maximum of 24 hours. i do this, always have done, & re-warm in a jug of hot water.
xx

 

[bathbabe]

yeah, 24hrs in the fridge x

 

[lolababes]

I just put the water in the bottles in a morning and add the powder when needed

 

[jemma193]

I just make it with just boiled water (don't wait for it to cool) then put it in a jug of cold water to cool down

 

[Annabel]

I make up a batch of bottles with just the water and then add the powder when needed. I then warm up the milk by sticking it in a jug of boiling water for 60secs and then its usually warm enough, although it depends on the amount of feed in the bottle for how long you warm it up for!

 

[peanut56]

I boil a full kettle of water in the morning and then store it in a container and make the bottles from that throughout the day.

 

[rainbows_x]

I just put the boiling water into the bottle and put them at the back of the fridge. If I am making a 6oz botte I fill the water up to 4oz's, then when I want it I boil the kettle, add the boiling hot water to make 6oz's and add the formula, it's the perfect temperature & no waiting around.

 

[peanut56]

^^ That is a really good idea!!

 

[zzypeg]

at home I premake them as others have said and keep in the fridge warming as required. when I go out and about as I don't like the thought of the bottle maybe being out of the fridge for 3 hours, I fill 3oz of boiled water into the bottle, which will cool by the time I need it, take a flask of fresh boiling water to top up to the other 2oz and add my powder from a dispenser pot. xxx

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

It's best to make them fresh each time, but second choice is to pre make, last choice is to mix powder with cold water, there is a risk (albeit small) that the powder is contaminated with bacteria which hot water will kill.

 

[haunted_star]

I also premake my bottles. I try to do about 10-12 at a time so they are ready in the fridge when I need them. I then just throw them in the bottle warmer for 5 mins and we're good to go. If you use powdered formula the bottles are good for 24 hours in the fridge once they are make. The concentrate is good for 48 hours in the fridge. Also, I will boil a large pot of water every night before bed and let it cool on the stove overnight. That way the water is at room temperature and ready for me when I need it. Good luck!!

 

[Mrs A]

Every morning I make up 5 milk bottles & one for juice (I water Millie's juice down she's not cottoned on yet lol ) and they last me to the first morning feed the following day then I start over again, I've always done this and Millie has never had any problems x

hahaha i do the same, but every night as my formula has to be put into room temp water

 

[RHR]

Hi hun, I pre make up dd bottles and keep them in the fridge. If for any reason she hasn't drunk the all within 24hrs, what's left gets thrown away.

 

[Sunshine.]

I have a tommee tippee flask. I boil the kettle, pour the water into the flask. When Phoebe wants her bottle, I pour the water from the flask into her bottle and add the milk. Then cool down the bottle in cold water (which I do with the flask lid)

x x

 

[MrsT&Ben]

I premake my bottles, cool them quickly and store them in the fridge for 24 hrs. I tried the make as you need but a screaming baby is no fun!
I never liked the idea of making my bottles up with cooled boiled water kind of defeated the object of minimising risk guideline. What ever you choose to do has to be right by you good luck