Hot shot bottle method!
We use a prep machine for bottles, and also the nuby hot shot method when out. I’ve got suspicions that the prep machine is making my baby gassy, so I want to stop using it but all the other bottle making methods feel like it takes forever, and my baby likes to scream!
The nuby hot shot method is what we usually use when not using the prep machine, but I feel like it’s always a little bit too hot so it ends up taking ages because I want to leave it for a few mins.
Is it possible to have one flask with boiled water, and another with cool boiled water, and then add the hot shot for the formula, and fill the rest of the bottle with the cool boiled water? Or can I not store the cool boiled water? Also, do I have to sterilise the flask every time even if it’s only having boiled water in it? I know it will be hard to measure the correct amount of water, but it’s usually just a bit over the actual oz isn’t it.
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I had prep machine with my first baby back in 2023, he was constantly gassy so we stopped using it and went onto hot shot method. We used to keep a flask of cooled boiled water and then boil the kettle for the hot shot. At bedtimes we used one flask of cool boiled one flask boiled. My HV said this was fine. My son thrived as soon as we stopped using the prep machine.
I now have my 2nd baby and I use the Nuby or the method I said before. I know what you mean about the Nuby not cooling down sometimes. But my babies have been absolutely fine by hot shot from flasks/ kettle xxx
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