Instant Hot water tap and making up formula
Has anyone been given any guidance on whether you can use an instant hot water tap to make up formula? I’m new to formula and i have an instant hot water tap in our kitchen. It’s one where there’s a little tank under the sink and it’s constantly kept at boiling temperature.
I asked the infant formula company but they’re saying it can’t be done that way as they’re sticking to what’s on their packaging and not budging at all. I understand they do this to prevent any kind of blame if anything goes wrong but it’s not always practice to make the feed like they say on the packaging.
I can’t find anything online either. Has anyone had any advice via their healthcare professional? I’m not seeing mine until 2 weeks time. Thanks x
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yes this is what I was thinking, even though it’s not reboiled as such, it’s stagnant and that’s probably just as bad. Just trying to make it as easy as possible but doing it the way the pack says isn’t always practical especially at night 🤦🏼♀️ x
yes I have been using the ready made up until now. She’s was exclusively breast fed until 3 days ago. A severe tongue tie, high pallet and prolonged jaundice has made feeding difficult. I’ve been expressing but now she’s 6 weeks she’s wanting more and I just can’t keep up with the demand. Expressing and her getting frustrated with the boob as she gets it quicker from the bottle have become exhausting. I’ve been using the ready made the last few nights but I think I’ll be introducing formula more in the day too as I’m not producing enough. So I thought the powder would be better and a lot less expensive going forwards x
You can boil water and keep it in a flask overnight and just use that as you need it
Yes i have instant hot tap. It comes with filtered system and its 100 degrees hot so yes its totally fine. Some hot taps are 98 degrees hot but that's fine too as bacteria can be killed at 70 degrees. Hot tap is a life saver as you have instant hot water and no need to wait for boiling kettle
Also very useful sterilising bottles and ect
is there any issue with the fact that it’s stagnant water? On the pack it says not to use water that’s been repeatedly boiled. I’m guessing the water in the hot water tap tank isn’t repeatedly boiled but is kept at that temp but stagnant. Would this be a problem? Do you know if it would it be classed as being repeatedly boiled? X
@Rebecca its not repeatedly boiled its boiled once and kept at the 100 or 98 degrees ( depends on the model). Once the tank capacity is emptied new water will be boiled! I have no issue used this since my son was newborn. If i would have kettle i wouldn't replace so often left over water anyways and just would boil the same one. Never heard of such a thing - what does repeatedly boiled water do?
thanks for this info as I don’t own a kettle either so using the instant tap would be so much better. I’m not sure exactly why you shouldn’t use repeated boiling water, it says it on the aptamil infant formula box. It also says it on the NHS website when you google how to make up a feed. Apparently reboiled water changes the minerals in the water and isn’t suitable for making formula. X
We’ve been using our hot water tap for the last 9 weeks with no issues, I can’t imagine it’s any different to when people use a flask and the water is left sitting in that for hours?
oh yes I didn’t think of it that way! You’re totally right! I swear baby brain is a real thing; I’ve lost my logic 😂 this is a very logical point. Thanks. Xxx
I got a big flask and fill it up at night to use for feeds. I re do the same for the day and it saves on using the kettle constantly as it’s quite costly x
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