Using Formula in the Hospital

I had RTF bottles at the hospital last time and then did boob and MAM bottles once home, all perfectly fine. Obviously every baby is different but I had a positive experience! I think because they won’t have much of the RTF formula in the hospital they probably won’t get too used to the teats of them ☺️x

I think RTF is the norm. You won't be in long enough to get baby used to them, usually out the same day or next morning if all is OK.

I am taking the RTF Kendamil with me to the hospital (I’ve got 12 of them) and then when we are home will be switching to the MAM bottles.
With my first we had aptamil RTF and he didn’t get on with them at all, so we switched to SMA whilst in the hospital (they actually provided these to start as they noticed he wasn’t getting on with the aptamil). We used the RTF for a good week or so after we got home as trying to make 2oz of formula in an actual bottle was making my head hurt 😂 didn’t have any issues when switching x

@Jodie thanks - I'm sure it will be fine as well as I'm sure my SIL did the same but I'm just creating unnecessary worries for myself 😅

With my previous baby I actually found he took to the MAM bottle teats when we were back home better than the teats that come on the RTF starter kit bottles. We managed whilst we were in hospital with them fine though, if worried you could always take MAM bottles in with you but worth finding out if there is a facility to wash and sterilise them on the ward.

Mine had a microwave and hot running water. The MAM are sterilised in the microwave so handy if they have that.

You will only do a couple of feeds at the hospital so they won't have time to get used to them. They advise not to take bottles to the hospital and either use the hosptials stock of ready to feed or take your own if you're not using the brand the hosptial have. I don't think they would advise this if it caused feeding issues when home with different bottles.

Take the rtf then switch to mam when you’re home they honestly have no idea when they’re that young, I’ve done it twice no problems xx

The hospital I went to had 3 different RTF bottles to choose from other wise you can take your own. I’d recommend using hospital ones if it’s formula you’re happy with to save yourself a lot of money.

We wanted to use kendamil but every supermarket was out of stock so went with SMA which has been great for us.

I was unfortunately in hospital for a week with baby, so he’d had the RTF bottles for that long, once we got home he took to the MAM bottles straight away, and have had no issues. We continued the same formula as it seems to agree with him too.

No one actually told me how I’d sterilise my own bottles there and I didn’t see any other mums doing that, they all used the RTF ones supplied by hospital.

Good luck, babies are so adaptable though and I’m sure will be ok ❤️

Hi all, thanks for your comments and advice - Really really appreciate it, I think I knew that baby would be okay on the RTF but just wanted to double check other people's experiences for my own peace of mind.
As I'm going to have a planned Csection, I'll be in overnight at the least so will be defo more than a couple of feeds so want to make sure I'm fully prepared ☺️
I didn't even realise Hospitals have their own stock anymore, I thought they all encouraged you to breastfeed so I'm planning to take Cow & Gate as that is what I used with my Daughter after I stopped BF at 3 months - Will defo use theirs if they have though lol so thanks for the heads up 😁