Mixing formula

turbo_mom · Apr 5th, 2008, 22:23 PM

I'm just wondering if anyone has any special tricks to mixing their formula? I always have alot of lumps which I try to mash out but there's always alot of lumps and stuff at the very bottom of my mixing cup. It's quite annoying... I tried it in a blender but there was too much froth... Lemme know

**Wobbles** · Apr 6th, 2008, 05:45 AM

Do you make up your bottles, cool, warm up in jug/warmer?

We do & when we added the milk to cooled water first we often found this happening so we heat the water on its own first then add the milk adding back to the water if needed and don't seem to have the same problem now

Naimi · Apr 6th, 2008, 06:08 AM

yeah thats what I do too.

I sterilise my bottles, boil the kettlw and then fill all the bottles with the reqiured amount of water. Then I fill my tomee timpee formula pots with the forumla and leave them till needed. Like Wobbles I then heat the water when needed before adding the formula so that it disolves quicker and doesn't leave lumps.

Naimi x

Newt · Apr 6th, 2008, 06:12 AM

I do the same. I boil the kettle, pour out the water first, then put in the scoops and shake (opening the top regularly so the bottle doesnt pop), I'm naughty though, I chuck them straight in the fridge to cool

dizzynic · Apr 6th, 2008, 06:13 AM

Hi when you make bottle using cooled boiled water add formula and give it a really good shake that usually got lumps out for me then stand them to cool rest of the way in sink of cold water then store in fridge when cooled hope that helps you

sweetsammi · Apr 6th, 2008, 06:27 AM

Hiya, we make up bottles by meauring out the right amount of cool boiled water then refridgerate till cold..then take a bottle out the fridge about an hour before Oliver needs his feed and add formula to the cold water.. it mixes easy without the lumps! By the time he's ready for his feed its gone to room temp which is how he likes it and that way its only been standing there an hour so its stil quite safe to give him. I find if u add formula to warm water it doesnt mix well at all, the heat curdles it. If u want to heat it, id try gently warming it after you've added the formula, not before and only make it so its lukewarm any hotter i cant get it to mix at all. xx

**Wobbles** · Apr 6th, 2008, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Newt

I do the same. I boil the kettle, pour out the water first, then put in the scoops and shake (opening the top regularly so the bottle doesnt pop), I'm naughty though, I chuck them straight in the fridge to cool

You know the main reason for that is YOUR food lol? Not necessarily naughty - esspecially if you have meat in the fridge! Because bottles are so hot it changes the temp of your fridge in short!

Newt · Apr 6th, 2008, 15:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wobbles

You know the main reason for that is YOUR food lol? Not necessarily naughty - esspecially if you have meat in the fridge! Because bottles are so hot it changes the temp of your fridge in short!

hahaha!! it's just as well we don't have any food....

**Wobbles** · Apr 6th, 2008, 15:26 PM

Lmao!!!

turbo_mom · Apr 7th, 2008, 22:27 PM

well I make upn a large batch before hand in a large measuring cup because we don't have the time nor patience to mix formula on demand! I usually try to make up at least 2 days worth. But i'll try the other sugestions! Thx ladies!

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Naimi Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 358	yeah thats what I do too. I sterilise my bottles, boil the kettlw and then fill all the bottles with the reqiured amount of water. Then I fill my tomee timpee formula pots with the forumla and leave them till needed. Like Wobbles I then heat the water when needed before adding the formula so that it disolves quicker and doesn't leave lumps. Naimi x

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Newt Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: wales Posts: 3,710	I do the same. I boil the kettle, pour out the water first, then put in the scoops and shake (opening the top regularly so the bottle doesnt pop), I'm naughty though, I chuck them straight in the fridge to cool

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dizzynic Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne UK Posts: 1,789	Hi when you make bottle using cooled boiled water add formula and give it a really good shake that usually got lumps out for me then stand them to cool rest of the way in sink of cold water then store in fridge when cooled hope that helps you

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sweetsammi Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Leicester- UK Posts: 1,100	Hiya, we make up bottles by meauring out the right amount of cool boiled water then refridgerate till cold..then take a bottle out the fridge about an hour before Oliver needs his feed and add formula to the cold water.. it mixes easy without the lumps! By the time he's ready for his feed its gone to room temp which is how he likes it and that way its only been standing there an hour so its stil quite safe to give him. I find if u add formula to warm water it doesnt mix well at all, the heat curdles it. If u want to heat it, id try gently warming it after you've added the formula, not before and only make it so its lukewarm any hotter i cant get it to mix at all. xx

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turbo_mom Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 1,888	well I make upn a large batch before hand in a large measuring cup because we don't have the time nor patience to mix formula on demand! I usually try to make up at least 2 days worth. But i'll try the other sugestions! Thx ladies!

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