Rachineire wrote: » Wash and sterilize bottles, boil kettle. Fill bottles, I close them up leave them up and srick them straight in the fridge to cool quickly. Take out and add formula as you need them. I wouldn't bother with the hse booklet to make them as you go, you'd be making damn bottles all day! At first I didn't leave the bottle of water in the fridge more than 24 hours but now Im not so rigid. They are always rotated and get used within 36 hours and he is perfectly fine.
Moonbeam wrote: » Please do not advise anyone against the HSE guidelines as they are there for a reason and you can pose a risk to your baby by not handling formula properly.
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Rachineire wrote: » Wash and sterilize bottles, boil kettle. Fill bottles, I close them up leave them up and srick them straight in the fridge to cool quickly. Take out and add formula as you need them. I wouldn't bother with the hse booklet to make them as you go, you'd be making damn bottles all day.
Hello Lady! wrote: » Midwife at our antenatal classes said there was no need to heat the bottles before feeding the baby. She said run them under a warm tap and then just rub them in your hands and it's enough to take the cold cold temp up enough for baby. She said this is helpful for night feeds are the sooner you get the bottle to the baby the less crying they get a chance to do and then are easier to settle back. Now I don't know how well this works in practice as ours haven't arrived yet, but just passing on what we were told.
January wrote: » Mine always swamped warm bottles but would turn down room temp ones!
lolademmers wrote: » Hey guys bit of a silly one here. I have been combining breast feeding with bottles for the last couple of days. I just had my baby 10 days ago. I was just wondering how you all prepare bottles ? I was told to obviously sterilise everything and boil the kettle with fresh water and add it to the bottles but but not to add the formula until it's needed? Baby seems to spit up a lot after feeding so I'm just hoping I'm preparing his bottles ok.
lang wrote: » Maybe a little controversial but we do not 'sterilise' our bottles and were advised as such by our Midwife. We thoroughly wash out our bottles in very hot soapy water, rinse them, then put some boiling water in them. Close the lid and give them a good shake. We then cool them in a jug of water and then add the formula when cooled. We make the bottles as needed (only topping up with 1oz). We do not use Milton or other sterilisers. The powdered formula is not made in sterile conditions so may already contain bacteria, etc. Just my view but I think it is more important to make sure things are very clean as opposed to sterile. The Midwife said that she had heard of babies becoming ill from bottles that were not cleaned properly (but which were sterilised). We've not had any issues with our process to date.
Sligo1 wrote: » Surely pouring boiling water in the bottles like u said u do would make them sterile? I could be wrong here but I think this is just a different method of a type of sterilisation? Just perhaps not using the sterilisers or steaming pots etc... Correct me if I'm wrong....
liliq wrote: » They would need to be in boiling water/ steam for a prolonged time to sterilise them, rather than just a rinse. That 'non sterilisation' is probably ok for a baby over 6 months when they are starting to have complementary food etc but to be frank it's dangerous and irresponsible for a small baby. You've been lucky if that's what has been done from the beginning.
Sligo1 wrote: » Sorry I misread the post and thought the poster had left boiling water in the bottles for a while... Which as I thought would sterilise them. Our fella is one year in 2 weeks time and we still use the steriliser every night. Probably time to stop now.... Lol.
lang wrote: » Those of you using powdered SMA have a look at point two on the instructions... it says to use fresh tap water that has been boiled no less than 30 minutes previous... does this not mean that the water can be cool??
pwurple wrote: » No, it does not mean it can be cold. The thirty minutes is to get the water down from the point at which it cooks the milk powder, to where it still sterilises.
lang wrote: » If you re-read what I never said "cold". I said "cool/ed" water. In neither of my previous posts did I mention cold water at all. After doing more research on the matter I have seen as many differing views on the 'right' way to make up a bottle of powdered formula as there are stars in the sky. The one constant point made by the sites I have looked at and people I have talked to is to NOT add the powder to boiling water as this kills the 'good' bacteria and some other essential nutrients.
"Boil kettle filled with fresh tap water. Allow boiled water to cool for no more than 30 minutes before measuring the required amount of water (see feeding guide on can) into the sterilised bottle, carefully - the water is hot. Do not use artificially softened water or repeatedly boiled water."
pwurple wrote: » Yup, 70 degrees. Hot water. I don't think anyone said water just off the boil. I said hot water, as per the instructions on the SMA tin... I don't know where the claim about 'good bacteria' comes from, bacteria doesn't readily identify itself as good or bad... so you have to kill both.
Big Bag of Chips wrote: » My friend and her cousin both have kids the same age. My friend has one, her cousin has twins. My friend was told "make as you go". Her cousin was told, "make a batch and keep them in the fridge, it'll be easier for you with twins" In conversation they were wondering why it's ok (safe?) for one to store 24 hours worth of bottles, but not the other!!
