Formula

We've bought a nuby cool flask to put the boiled water in, put the scoops of formula in, and then shake. Cools it in 2 mins xx

Yes I was equally as confused , I'd say get a perfect prep pricey but they do exactly he perfect temp and you just put the scoops in perfect for night feed , we were same but I ended up pre making them for 24 hours putting them in fridge and just warming in bottle warmer for like 2 mins and they were perfect

Usually they feed every 2 hours trial and erros

We normally boil the water mix it with the milk powder and then pour it into a a tommee tippee cooler to cool it down quicker so she doesn’t have to wait a long time x

I boiled the kettle with fresh water and let it boil before I went to bed and a few hours later baby would wake and it’d make the bottle out of that water that had been freshly boiled (health visitor said it was fine to use if it hadn’t been touched since being boiled) before I went to bed. We also had a bottle warmer as well so you could make up two bottles at a time and put one in the bottle warmer to keep at a perfect temperature and one to feed baby with or in the fridge.

Or, just make bottles in advance and store in the fridge? I do this and can then heat a bottle in 1 min in the microwave

I boil water and fill the bottles. Then add formula when she wakes. I don’t bother warming it though

@Charlotte yea unless you're on a specific formula like Neocate, this is not the correct way to do it as it doesn't kill the bacteria in the formula. Making the bottles up and putting them in the fridge would be better

@Kaitlyn the water needs to be above 70 degrees to kill bacteria. This is very risky 😔

@Charlotte it needs to be over 70 degrees to kill bacteria. This is a pretty risky practice 😔

You can use it boiling. I use a nuby rapid cool and the bottle is ready in just a few mins

@Rebecca You have something to say about everything. My daughter is on prescription formula for CMPA, and it has been cleared to do it this way by my health visitor. I haven’t told her to do it that way, like yourself, I’ve just commented what I personally do.

@Lauryn and yet she still has a happy and healthy 2year old. People evidently do it differently, and I’m sure many people do it this way. Far too much judgement between mothers, no wonder a lot of parents worry about what others say and think about their parenting.

I boil the water well and fill it in insulated flask which keeps water hot for 24 hours… when need to make formula… I just use it… prepare the formula and then pop the bottle in cool water to bring it warm…. If it becomes too cold for baby… i reheat it in tommie tippie bottle warmer we have

@Lauryn I asked my health visitor and she said it was fine and so did my daughter’s dietitian, she’s now 2.5 year old and she’s very healthy and growing great never had an issue. I was taught it in the hospital when I had my girl as well. My girl never really liked a warm bottle anyway and even now she’s not keen on warm milk she prefers it cold. X

There's a way to say things without being judgy isn't there , however the manufacturers advise that the water is boiled and left to cool but doesn't drop below 70 as the reason for the boiled water is to kill bacteria which potentially hasnt been killed in the milk powder , but if people want to not be sure the water is boiled and has left it to cool below 70 it is on them

It really isn't about who's right and wrong

I make them with the kettle yeah I boil it and take it upstairs it will self cool then when baby wakes up feed them

@Charlotte calm down, I’m not judging anyone 🤦🏼‍♀️ The manufacturers of the milk suggest it needs to be over 70 to kill any potential harmful bacteria so just because you have been lucky and it’s never harmed your baby doesn’t mean everyone else will be so lucky. You also said above that your baby had prescription milk which is different to regular formula but you didn’t make that clear in your original comment.

@Lauryn that statement wasn’t aimed at you, but from what I’ve seen of this app, there is far too many people judging eachother. Motherhood is hard and it’s made even harder when you feel like people are judging you for everything you do, we’re all human and just trying to make our lives a little easier. I didn’t tell Jessica to do it the way I do, I simply commented how I do it, just like everyone else that has commented.

@ktd I wasn’t being judgy I was just simply stating the way I made my child’s bottles. She couldn’t drink a warm bottle due to it making her projectile vomiting all over due to reflux and having a milk protein allergy and the best way my baby found herself was that a cold or room temperature bottle was far more better for her than a warm one. But as stated both my health visitor and dietitian agreed it was fine to be used as long as it wasn’t touched. 😄

We mimicked the prep machine. We use a flask that we filled up with cooled boiled water. When we needed to make a bottle we would do a hot shot from the kettle into the formula and then top up with the cooled boiled water :) xx

@Kaitlyn are u using cooled boiled water to make bottles because that isn't safe at all you need the water to be over 70⁰C in order for it to sterilise the formula. Leaving the kettle for hours after boiling n then using it means it's definitely not above 70⁰C anymore

I either put the boiling water in the bottle and let it cool down for 10-15 mins before adding the formula or I’ll use the hot shot method.

You could just add straight boiled water and leave it in a a bowl or cup with cold water. I wouldn’t microwave it at all, I’m sure it says on the instructions. You can make it and put it straight in the fridge so it lasts 24hr and take it out when u need. If your baby likes warm put the bottle on hot water.

@Willow 1) my child is now 2.5 years old. She’s completely fine and very healthy. When she was a newborn she was waking every 2 hours for a bottle. The bottles would get poured into the right amount of oz I would need in a bottle then placed into the fridge or one bottle I’d take to bed and would go into the bottle warmer for when that bottle is needed. BOTH my HEALTH VISITOR AND DIETITIAN said it’s perfectly fine to how I did bottles. My mother and grandmother did the same kettle method as what I did. I don’t go round using a prep machine as I ain’t no lazy parent! I got up and half the time I did used to stand in the kitchen no matter the time waiting for the kettle to boil and cool down with a screaming baby in my arms. I bet half of you women that actually sit and judge other people for how they’ve raised their child. Half of you people that have replied to MY comment haven’t even got kids that are older than 5 months old so concentrate on your child that’s under a year old.

@Maya or use a bottle warmer x

@Kaitlyn the only person being judgy and rude is you. No one is judging you we are just expressing to the op who is clearly a new mum that the method you chose to use is not considered safe. If she chooses to do that it is up to her but I would rather use a proper method and know my daughter is safe

Make the bottle with like 2oz boiling water and the rest cooled boiled water. It’ll be the perfect temp straight away then.

Nuby rapid cool and flask!!!

@Kaitlyn just because u got lucky and ur kid is fine doesn't mean u should advertise unsafe ways to make bottles to new mums. The fact that ur so butt hurt by people who just want to make sure that you aren't hurting ur child as u might be ill informed says more about u as a person n quite frankly u r the only rude disgustingly behaved and judgy mum in this comment section right now, wtf r u to call mums lazy for trying to find an alternative to make their lives easier, it's better for them to find a safe easier way then to risk their child life like u did and to continue preaching it as safe is not OK. I'm almost 100% that u have misunderstood the advice provided by the medical professionals as they would not recommend to use cool water to make bottles for children under the age of 1. 1 in 3 ppl can survive a stab wound don't mean it's safe to get stabbed, just count urself lucky ur child is ok

Truthfully, we had a flask and just remade a bottle immediately after she finished one and by the time it cooled down she was due another bottle (fed every 1.5/2 hrs) Happy healthy 13 month baby now. Xx