Preparing night feeds 🌙

Sorry it may be a long one (the main questions are at the bottom 🙈)- Please please help🫣🤣

Basically planned to BF, didn’t go as planned so formula feeding. Baby is 6 days old so for the past few nights we’ve been using ready made for simplicity but of course, the price! I have a tub of formula which throughout the day I’m making as per instructions on the box, boiling kettle, waiting 30 mins etc etc. but thought the night that’s just not ideal 🥴
I really don’t want the tommee tippee prep machine as it gives me anxiety about making sure it’s fully clean etc so that’s out the question 😣
I’ve looked at the Nuby Rapid Cool but found a few flaws when it comes to cleaning and sterilising and having to leave it for 3 hours to cool down etc.

So - questions 🫣🤣 -

1. With the Nuby Rapid Cool, could I use the grey flask to pour like an ounce of ‘hot shot’ of water into a sterilised bottle, add the formula then pour more hot water into the white bottle to cool it down in there then pour it into the hot shot and formula mixture? To save making the full bottle in the rapid cooler then having to go sterilise it?

2. Pre making bottles and storing them in the fridge and buying a bottle warmer - where do people stand on this? Of course NHS guidelines don’t recommend but surely it’s a thing plenty people do? I’ve just got so much anxiety around it as a first time mum when of course the tub says for bottles to be prepared fresh 🫣

Thank you so much if you got this far, your advice really would mean the world to one very very anxious mum! 🥰

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I prep feeds in advanced and keep them in the fridge. They last up to 24hr in the fridge. My top tip is to store them in breast milk bags (make in bottle and transfer to bag) as they heat up in seconds in the bags. Perfect for late night feeds

The NHS website has information that states you can pre make bottles for 24 hours in the fridge and warm as needed that's what I did when my little one was on regular formula and needed night feeds (he's on prescription now and doesn't wake at night) and honestly I used to pop in the microwave for 15 seconds shake them and let them sit while I did a nappy change and there was no hot spots (my bottle warmed made hotspots so I saw no issue with the microwave also in the night I didn't have time to wait 3-4 mins for it to warm when baby was crying and hungry) xxx

I use the Nuby Rapid Cool for night times and it's amazing.

I fill a normal flask with boiling water and take that upstairs along with the Rapid Cool. I pour the full amount of Oz's of boiling water into the baby bottle (for example, my boy's on 6oz so I pour 6oz of boiling water directly into his bottle). I then pour 5oz of that water into the Rapid Cool, leaving 1oz in his bottle as the hot shot.

I then add the powder to the hot shot and then add the cooled water into that. That way I don't have to sterilise after every use. I also leave the lid off after using to help it cool down quicker for the next bottle

Thank you all for your helpful replies! It’s all so overwhelming 🫣🥰

I pre prep bottles always, day & night. Boiling water from the kettle, mix, shake and then refrigerate, when needed I just pop them in the microwave for a few seconds & we’re good to go. So far no issues. It’s what my mum did for me as a baby & working in the food industry, I’ve heated plenty of bottles for parents with babies the exact same way.

Sorry quick question to those that pre make, do you all just leave on the side to cool down before refrigerating or put bottle into cold water? 🙈 thanks for any replies 🥰

I used to put them in cold water to make it faster could cool them in about 10-20 mins that way xxx

When we were in the newborn phase, we did do the premake, refrigerate, and warm with a bottle warmer. We thought it being warm was better but turns out our little man is NOT picky. He just wants to eat 😅. It took way more time heating a pre-made bottle from the fridge than it took to just make the bottle. Instead I just pre-filled the bottles with water so all I had to do was add the formula and mix. That way it's "fresh" and it's already room temp.

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