Help with formula prep – Powder not dissolving properly?
Can anyone help me figure out what I might be doing wrong when preparing formula bottles. I always seem to end up with lumps of powder that don’t fully dissolve.
I use the "hot shot" method– I pour in 40ml of freshly boiled water in the bottle, then add the formula and mix. After that, I top up with cooled boiled water using the Nuby Rapid Cool bottles.
The problem is that even during the hot shot stage, the powder doesn’t always dissolve properly – I swirl (I want to avoid shaking as my LO has trapped wind but most of the time I have to end up shaking the bottle to tty to dissolvethe powder) but still get clumps. I'm not sure if it’s the brand of formula (I use Kendamil), the way I’m mixing, or the water temp??
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get the powder to dissolve better? Am I missing something?
TIA!
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I have kept a scoop from a previous tin, sterilise it and use it to stir the bottles
@Beth that's a great idea, thank you!
We tried kendamil and it was awful for not dissolving, even vigorously shaking would still have lumps ,now switched to Hipp organic so much better !! If you Google kendamil lumpy I believe its something to do with changing factory ?
Don't use boiling - give it a minute as boiling is too hot and will destroy the nutrients x - and maybe you need more fluid. You can add as much hot liquid as you like to dissolve / then cool to cool
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