Question for ladies who pre-make using Dr Brown's bottles.....

[Tiny]

I am pre-making feeds and storing the bottles in the fridge with a Dr Brown's storage cap, (these caps were purchased separately from the bottles - see link: https://www.mothercare.com/Dr-Brown...ing=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=42764041&mcb=core).

I leave the inside components, teat and bottle cap in my steraliser ready to be used as and when I need them.

Should I be doing this, this way, or should I be storing the feeds in fully assembled bottles? What do you ladies do?

 

[marie73]

I store my Dr Browns bottles fully assembled - I didn't know you could buy other tops. You can't shake the bottle obviously but I swirl them once I add the formula and that works fine.

 

[MrsRabbit]

I use the caps. I worry about formula getting dried up [even in the fridge] up in the straw etc.

 

[dom85]

I used those caps too. I had a cold water sterilizer so I used to sterilized the bottles and caps first, make the milk up and then leave the tubes, teats and other bits in the sterilizer until needed them.

 

[MissAma]

We use DrBrown and premake but store in other bottles...

 

[stephmum2be]

We store ours assembled

 

[MrsEngland]

When i warm them fully assembled they leak the milk am i doing something wrong?

 

[MrsVenn]

I used to use the caps but got fed up of them, and now store them assembled. I've never had any blockage issues. When I make the formula up, I stir it using a plastic spoon so make sure it's all dissolved. HTH.

 

[MrsVenn]

When i warm them fully assembled they leak the milk am i doing something wrong?

We've had the same issues and from speaking to others this is quite common. We think it's to do with the fact that bottle allows air to escape so it doesn't quite seal properly - a part of the design it seems. I could be wrong but we do have the same issues. I just put kitchen roll under them after warming to catch any leakage.

 

[MrsEngland]

When i warm them fully assembled they leak the milk am i doing something wrong?

We've had the same issues and from speaking to others this is quite common. We think it's to do with the fact that bottle allows air to escape so it doesn't quite seal properly - a part of the design it seems. I could be wrong but we do have the same issues. I just put kitchen roll under them after warming to catch any leakage.

I end up losing like half the bottle though i'm sure there must be a way round it!

 

[MrsVenn]

When i warm them fully assembled they leak the milk am i doing something wrong?

We've had the same issues and from speaking to others this is quite common. We think it's to do with the fact that bottle allows air to escape so it doesn't quite seal properly - a part of the design it seems. I could be wrong but we do have the same issues. I just put kitchen roll under them after warming to catch any leakage.

I end up losing like half the bottle though i'm sure there must be a way round it!

Hmm ok I literally lose a couple of drips. Are you doing the teat up really tight? How do you warm them? Do you keep the lid on when warming? It sounds like a pressure problem within the bottle, like a vacuum is being made and so when warmed, the milk rises.

 

[Tegans Mama]

When i warm them fully assembled they leak the milk am i doing something wrong?

We've had the same issues and from speaking to others this is quite common. We think it's to do with the fact that bottle allows air to escape so it doesn't quite seal properly - a part of the design it seems. I could be wrong but we do have the same issues. I just put kitchen roll under them after warming to catch any leakage.

I end up losing like half the bottle though i'm sure there must be a way round it!

Heat it with the lid off. We had to do that, or the bottle exploded.

We stored/made feeds in other bottles, I was too paranoid to store in the Dr B's.

 

[MrsVenn]

I was going to say, we heat with the lid off which may be the answer.

 

[MrsEngland]

So leave the blue bit in and the teat on but just take the lid off?

 

[Tegans Mama]

So leave the blue bit in and the teat on but just take the lid off?

Nope, take the lid, the white bit with the teat in off aswell. We also lifted the bit with the straw in off a bit so the pressure could escape. if we had the teat on, it went a bit wild and spurted out the sides. As the milk heats the pressure in the bottle builds up and the milk comes up the tube in the middle and out of the vents on the side.

 

[MrsVenn]

^ wss

 

[MrsEngland]

Just seems such a farse!

 

[Tegans Mama]

Not really. You shouldn't really heat any bottles with the teat on as the milk releases gases which can give a baby trapped wind. So in theory all you do that's different is take the straw bit out. Plus, Dr B's made an absolutely HUGE difference to the amount my LO puked. 10 times a day instead of 20, nice one.

 

[MrsEngland]

Not really. You shouldn't really heat any bottles with the teat on as the milk releases gases which can give a baby trapped wind. So in theory all you do that's different is take the straw bit out. Plus, Dr B's made an absolutely HUGE difference to the amount my LO puked. 10 times a day instead of 20, nice one.

Didn't know that.
Can't say they've made a huge difference to Lilah they are better though than CTN bottles.

 

[MissAma]

I agree, they do make a huge difference. It's still a struggle to get our Miss to not projectile us and to burp enough but there is far less to burp and she keeps much more food down than with Tommy Tippe or the like.