Bottles for going out

Ok so I had my heart set of breast feeding and it’s unfortunately not gone to plan. So I’m trying to quickly learn about going out while taking formula with me etc. just wanted to know peoples advice on what’s easier. Do I take a flask of hot boiled water and take one of those compartments with formula in them? Just want to know what’s easiest really. Thankyou. X

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Rapid cools are good, you take boiling water in one flask make up a feed, then cool it using the rapid cool bottle. Have you reached out to a IBCLC to assist with your breastfeeding if you wanted to continue? I am combi feeding now but managed to keep the breastfeeding with ALOT of support from one :)

We often took two flasks if we were out for the day. One with hot water, the other with chilled boiled water, so the milk was ready instantly. If we were just nipping out for an hour or two, then I'd just take a premade bottle of formula that you can buy in packs of six. Obviously, it's a lot easier!

We take a flask and a bottle of cooled boiled water. Then put formula in one of the compartment dispensers 😊. I reccomend these for the cooled boiled water - https://amzn.eu/d/eCyc1OG

Tbh I took cooled boiled water out with me filled it up to the right amount of oz and took the amount of bottles my baby should be drinking at her age out with me. Filled little formula going out tubs with the right amount of scoops and packed it all. When needed a bottle out I empty one of the small tubs into the bottle shaker for a minute and a half and gave baby it boom done

So let’s say your baby is on 8 bottles for there age. I would line them up on the counter fill them all up to the correct oz my baby should be drinking out the top and the lid on. Then I got the small container filled them up to the amount of scoops baby has in her bottle into the same amount of bottles and when I was out removed the lid and the base from the bottle took the lid of the container empty the formula into the bottle shake for a minute and a half and bottle was ready my baby wasn’t a big fan of warm bottles

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