Formula mums

Need your help! I was breastfeeding/ pumping for my baby but it got too much, so have been giving formula in the day but due to regression and a lot of night wakings I’ve been breastfeeding at night as seems the only time she’ll latch now.
I’m worried as I’m only bf at night my milk will dry up soon. With formula, how are you doing night feeds? As I feel making a bottle completely from scratch will take so long. Was thinking of just buying in bulk ready made formula and only using this for night feeds and taking a clean bottle up to bed with me? Let me know what you do x

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I think from when I was breastfeeding that feeding at night/pumping is the best time for supply. But take that with a pinch of salt!!!
Formula feeding at night, it’s an investment but it means I don’t have to get out of bed. Is the nuby rapid hot, it dispenses hot water instantly and to the correct temperature. We then take sterile bottles, pre-measured formula and the rapid cool.
It takes me less than 10 minutes from him waking to have bottle made and ready, and change his nappy (add in waiting for him to pee).
I know most people use a flask of hot water and that also works well

Don’t you have to wash the rapid cool and sterilise it instantly after use? I saw someone do the hot shot method but saw it wasn’t recommended so I was a bit on the fence xx

We do the hotshot method, and LO has been okay, alternatively you can buy two of the rapid cools. Aldi have a baby event coming up and you can get them quite cheap from there x

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