Formula question…
Hello mums, I’ve exclusively breastfed from birth and now have a rapidly growing 8 month old. My husband and I have decided to start introducing some bottles of formula just to take the pressure off trying to keep up with her feeds and pump. I own a couple of businesses and need a few days to do work so she’s at nursery two days a week and I’ve always sent breast milk but I want them to substitute additional feeds with formula as she’s often coming home hungry. There’s also the odd occasion where I need to unexpectedly rush into work which I won’t have milk prepared for. Yes I have a little in the freezer but that would disappear very quickly as I can’t keep up.
Anyway, my question is; I was at work the other days and a lady came in and asked me for 30ml boiling water. She dropped her powdered formula in, topped it up with cold tap water and shook it up in the bottle. This looked so easy but is this right? What’s the easiest way to prepare it when I’m not using it on a regular basis.
I’ve bought kendamil follow on milk and am UK based.
I’ve seen everywhere it says they must have boiled cooled water but she drinks tap water with meals…. Am I doing this wrong??
Also, how are people doing it who mix breast and formula together?
Thank you for any advice, formula is a whole new world to us. ☺️
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The water needs to be at 70°C when you mix the formula, not because of the water, but bcs that way you kill bacteria in the formula itself. How to do it: boil 1 litre of water and leave it to rest for 30 min and then you prepare the formula.
I started mixing breastmilk and formula, but now she's just formula fed. If her feed is 6oz I'd put 3oz of each (after formula has cooled down to not mix them at different temperatures)
https://www.nhs.uk/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/bottle-feeding/making-up-baby-formula/
The easiest way is the way that lady did it. Boil water add powder to bottle put 1oz of boiling water into bottle, swirl a bit then top the remaining oz with water.
When we go out, we use the travel bottles, or the hot shot method; one flask with boiled water, and second flask with boiled cooled water/filtered water. 50ml hot water in bottle, add formula (we take the travel pots I fill ready to go), then add up to 180ml (that’s the current amount for our little one) with the cooled water (the second flask). We don’t shake, as it adds bubbles, we roll the bottle in our hands to mix. We bought the nuby rapid cool flasks, but find the above works for us. Hope the above makes sense.
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