Formula Preparation

How are we all making bottles through the night feeds when the guidance is to make every one fresh? Baby wakes and immediately cries for milk, and I don’t want to keep her waiting too long while preparing a feed.

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I have a prep machine and the bottle is ready within 5 minutes or the rapid cools have worked well keeping a flask of boiling water. We also have all the formula prepped out into individual little tubs and have 9 feeds always ready to use 😁

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I use a prep machine and it’s done in under 2 minutes! I also find it easier to have the formula already in the correct amounts so I don’t have to remember to count when I’m tired haha!

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I started using the prep machine but my baby struggles to bring up wind so the prep machine was putting too much air in her bottles that she then couldn’t get back up, I’ve heard they’re great for some ppl just didn’t work for us, we instead use the nuby rapid cool using the hot shot method and bring the kettle up to bed but I’ve heard some ppl use a flask

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I use a flask, little pots with formula measured out and a nuby rapid cool takes maybe 2/3 mins to make a bottle x

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This is frowned upon but I use the pitcher method. NHS says formula is good for 24 hrs if stored in the fridge. I just make a batch every night to last to morning.

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