Formula top ups

Make a 4oz bottle then divide it into 2, you’ll potentially still waste an ounce but it’s better than wasting 3, plus it’s always advised to offer more and they leave some

ok so yesterday we skipped the powder at the beginning .. put the hot shot and then cold water as if it’s. 4 ounces and then poured out 3 ounces of water and then added the one scoop .. does that make it wrong ? Because I know you’re meant to shake I’m between 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

Ideally you should be adding the powder to the hot shot to kill any harmful bacteria in the powder. When the cold shot has been added it’s not hot enough anymore so I wouldn’t continue doing it that way

We’ve found the ready made bottles really hand for topping up, a little more expensive at £1 a bottle (200ml) but they last 24 hours once opened so can do 30ml per bottle without wasting it x

I feel like you may have over complicated it for yourself. You can make the 4oz bottle like normal. Hot shot, 4 scoops formula, then rest of water. Then split that bottle into 2 into another sterilised bottle. You can then put the 2nd in the fridge and warm it up at the next feed

so can we just make the 4 ounces . Empty out 3 into a bottle to put in the fridge and give him the one ? And the use the one in the fridge for next top up ? X

Yep you can do it that way, formula is good in the fridge for 24 hours and as long as baby hasn’t drunk from the bottle, so you could decant 1oz for each top up if you wanted to x

great thanks for the reassurance x

thanks makes sense x