bexy_22

Does anyone still make up a few bottles for the day/night and keep them in the fridge? I know they say now to make them one at a time as there is a risk of gastro-something or other from made up bottles but as far as I know this has just become a recent thing and people have been making up bottles for years and had no problems. I know my mum did it with us. Is it another case of doctors and Midwives covering their own backs? And does anyone know how big the risk is? They're always changing their minds about everything including babies sleeping position so I just keep getting confused!

oOKayOo

i do it (making bottles in a batch), was told not to and i followed the guidelines with ella but making up a freash one each time took the piss. i did it with my first ( i was told it was fine) so carried on doing it with ella , much easier then making freash ones everytime they are hungry!

Tootsie

I know what you mean it's been 6 years since i last had a baby as such and at that time i sterilised a bulk load of bottles made up 6 feeds for the day and refrigerated them to be warmed as i needed them, sometimes i'd go through more, some times i'd end up throwing them away but i think it was 24hours as a rule and anything over that was deemed unsafe.

I never had any problems with my children doing the feeds this way and have no plans to change the way i do them for this one, i can't see how it is soo different now than it was back then, althoguh i think it may be a ploy to make breastfeeding seem the easier alternative (if you know what i mean)

bexy_22

It's a pain in the arse isn't it? Having to boil up a kettle fresh and leave it to cool for half an hour for 1 bottle while bubs is crying because she's hungry. Would it be bad to make up a batch then as long as I threw out any I didn't use? I don't want to make her ill but like you say it never harmed anyone else

Tootsie

i know a mum who's putting the sterile boiled water into the bottles and cooling them down and then storing those in the fridge, when she warms the water for the feed she then puts the powder in then.

don't know if that would be a better idea for anyone

AquaDementia

Wobbs once gave me this idea, and I've been following it lately because Mia loves formula at room temp. I just have boiled water ready and measured and add the powder when needed. No need to warm up, and you know it hasn't been standing with a chance for something to grow in it.

~KACI~

I do the same as aqua, both my LO had it at room temp x

AquaDementia

And also, I found that Mia spits up less when the bottles are not warmed up.

MarchBaby

I cannot make Colton's up. It makes him sick when I do. I still make all his fresh. We dont have to boil our water though, it's filtered before it comes to the tap.
However, if I lived in the country and had well water; I would probably do what Aqua does. Just boil it and leave it at room temperature.

foxyroxie

we boil the water wait for it to cool then plonk them in the fridge then when he wants a bottle just add the milk cause some days he will only have 3 bottles so if we make them up all at once its jsut a waste