Adding powder directly to boiling water? - Page 2

topazicatzbet · Mar 8th, 2010, 13:37 PM

i ve always done it this way. callum is gaining weight and is healthy so dont think it is doing any harm.

Emma1980 · Mar 8th, 2010, 14:00 PM

ive always done it that way too - oops?

twiggy56 · Mar 8th, 2010, 14:21 PM

hmm well to avoid burning the powder (this must what the 'clogging' is all about, if powder burns it must 'clog' or go lumpy?) il maybe put the boiling water in like iv been doing...then chuck the bottle in the bowl of cool water for a couple mins so its not boiling and then chuck in the powder.....

so no scorching the powder but using the same method...

WIN!

AtomicPink · Mar 8th, 2010, 14:50 PM

^^^ thats what I did, til I started using SMA Staydown, and they advise to add the powder to refridgerated water! Mental - but Staydown has starch or something and even adding it to slightly warm water will clog it up. So it makes me wonder about the 'guidelines'!

purpledahlia · Mar 8th, 2010, 15:44 PM

thats how i used to do, but then it soon didnt work. Esp if your out and about i found it hard to do, either heating up or cooling down takes the same amount of time and i always have to do one or the other, i do it differently each day tho haha, once you get used to it you can judge when they want fed and heat up or coll down water in the right time. if that makes sense..

Kirstin · Mar 8th, 2010, 17:02 PM

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Originally Posted by topazicatzbet

i ve always done it this way. callum is gaining weight and is healthy so dont think it is doing any harm.

same

Princess mama · Mar 9th, 2010, 14:21 PM

i boil the water leave to cool 30 min then add powder once i pour it into bottle and stand in cold water. i make sure this is done within the 30 to 45 min before hes due a feed

Mary Jo · Mar 9th, 2010, 14:39 PM

I also read it was because the BPA in plastic bottles that are not BPA-free leaches more easily into the milk when the water is too hot. I use BPA-free bottles and used to make feeds with freshly boiled water but then Adam got too impatient for 240ml to cool down so I started keeping cold boiled water in 120ml measures in the fridge, mixing the powder with 120ml boiling water and a small amount of the cold to cool slightly, and then adding the rest of the cold water. so the bottle would be the perfect temp right away.

NuKe · Mar 10th, 2010, 17:40 PM

this is what we do and have had no issues at all!

blahblahblah · Mar 11th, 2010, 05:04 AM

I've never known of the water being too hot causing the teat to clog - the powder seems to mix better when the water is hotter IMO. The extra steam does seem to clog up the scoop though.

If I'm making a bottle in a hurry, I use freshly boiled water - I'd much rather do that than make it up cold.

Mar 8th, 2010, 13:37 PM	#11
topazicatzbet Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: leeds Posts: 6,905	i ve always done it this way. callum is gaining weight and is healthy so dont think it is doing any harm.

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Emma1980 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ashton Under Lyne Posts: 3,405	ive always done it that way too - oops?

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Mar 8th, 2010, 14:21 PM	#13
twiggy56 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 7,795	hmm well to avoid burning the powder (this must what the 'clogging' is all about, if powder burns it must 'clog' or go lumpy?) il maybe put the boiling water in like iv been doing...then chuck the bottle in the bowl of cool water for a couple mins so its not boiling and then chuck in the powder..... so no scorching the powder but using the same method... WIN!

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Mar 8th, 2010, 14:50 PM	#14
AtomicPink Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 19,124	^^^ thats what I did, til I started using SMA Staydown, and they advise to add the powder to refridgerated water! Mental - but Staydown has starch or something and even adding it to slightly warm water will clog it up. So it makes me wonder about the 'guidelines'!

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Mar 8th, 2010, 15:44 PM	#15
purpledahlia Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 14,871	thats how i used to do, but then it soon didnt work. Esp if your out and about i found it hard to do, either heating up or cooling down takes the same amount of time and i always have to do one or the other, i do it differently each day tho haha, once you get used to it you can judge when they want fed and heat up or coll down water in the right time. if that makes sense..

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Mar 9th, 2010, 14:21 PM	#17
Princess mama Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 153	i boil the water leave to cool 30 min then add powder once i pour it into bottle and stand in cold water. i make sure this is done within the 30 to 45 min before hes due a feed

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Mar 9th, 2010, 14:39 PM	#18
Mary Jo Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,511	I also read it was because the BPA in plastic bottles that are not BPA-free leaches more easily into the milk when the water is too hot. I use BPA-free bottles and used to make feeds with freshly boiled water but then Adam got too impatient for 240ml to cool down so I started keeping cold boiled water in 120ml measures in the fridge, mixing the powder with 120ml boiling water and a small amount of the cold to cool slightly, and then adding the rest of the cold water. so the bottle would be the perfect temp right away.

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Mar 10th, 2010, 17:40 PM	#19
NuKe Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 13,172	this is what we do and have had no issues at all!

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Mar 11th, 2010, 05:04 AM	#20
blahblahblah Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 2,408	I've never known of the water being too hot causing the teat to clog - the powder seems to mix better when the water is hotter IMO. The extra steam does seem to clog up the scoop though. If I'm making a bottle in a hurry, I use freshly boiled water - I'd much rather do that than make it up cold.

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