How do you make your bottles?

[Mrbump83]

I was just wondering how everyone does it. Make up a batch, make on demand? Etc

I can't find anyone who does it like us and I think we're doing it wrong.

I put in fresh boiling water, say 60ml, add 5 spoons of aptimil and top up with cooled boiled water to the 150ml. I use a little measuring cup to measure the water so the powder expansion doesn't effect how much water.

My LO is spitting up a lot and I wondered if it's how I'm making the bottles
How do you all do it?

 

[Podpie]

Boil the kettle, add 90ml straight to the bottle of boiling water, add three scoops and shake up and then cool it down under running cold water if we're in a hurry or pop it in a cold water bath if Reuben can wait a few minutes.

 

[MrsS143]

My SIL poured so many ounces of boiled water in to multiple bottles
Once cooled put it in the fridge
when LO was hungry she topped up to the right level with boiling water and added the powder
She got the ratio of chilled and boiling water such that it was the perfect mix x

 

[juliekim0908]

That's how the perfect prep machine makes it, perfectly fine!
If your worried about how much you LO is pitting up, look into reflux. xx

 

[ChrissieCool]

I used to make them up and put them in the fridge with my others but now I just make on demand when he is due, does your LO spit up when you have him up in your arms or when you put him down? Oliver spits up if I put him down too soon after a feed so I tend to keep him up in my arms for an hour after his feed b4 putting him down xx

 

[buzz]

I use the perfect prep machine but what you are doing sounds OK. My son has just been diagnosed with reflux as he was very Sicky too. Might be worth a chat with GP.

 

[Mrbump83]

I think I'll look into reflux then as he is spitting up loads!!

Just glad my bottle making seems okay.

Chrissiecool: this sounds silly but do you hold him up for a long time after night feeds? He takes an hour to feed at night he cluster feeds, do I hold him up for an hour after that?

X

 

[ChrissieCool]

Oliver takes an hour to feed too, I keep him up for an hour after he has finished feeding and I find that helps a hell of a lot, I also elevated his cot mattress which also helped loads too xx

 

[Mrbump83]

It's such a pain at night lol

My LO is 5 weeks and we bought the chicco next to me so we could elevate one side. I still think it's elevated as much as he would like but I worry about him slipping if it's more x x

 

[ChrissieCool]

So true, especially when your eyes are hanging out of your head with tiredness lol

 

[LaceyKeo]

This may be a reading comprehension fail on my part, or that Aptimil is different to C&C, but I didn't think you were supposed to add the powder straight to boiling water?
(Not that I'm a rule-sticker).

I think adding directly to boiled burns the milk powder and gives it a yuck flavour, and adding directly to cold (even boiled cold) will not kill the bacteria in the powder.

Yes, you're supposed to make fresh each feed, but really... Let's be practical.

I boiled a kettle, left it for half hour to get to right temp.
After 30 mins, I'd pour the required amount into about five bottles, add the right amount of powder, shake 'em all up and leave them to cool for another half hour or so then chuck them all in the fridge.
Those would get us through the day, then once he'd had the last bottle, I'd make another batch. That way, I always had one ready as soon as he wanted it, and didn't spend all day every day chasing the kettle.

DS went through a spit-up stage when he was small.
He was taking milk straight out the fridge (weirdo), so I got in the habit of once he'd had one bottle, I'd get the next one out on the side so it was room temp when he wanted it.
He'd projectile vomit warm milk, so a bottle warmer didn't really help us.

We also went through the sit-up stage. Feed him sat practically upright, burp him upright, keep him sat up for a good 20 mins-half hour after. This went on for a month or so until he started to self-burp, by which point he seemed to be over it. Xx

 

[Soph_UK]

This is exactly how I make it when out and about as this is how the perfect prep makes it! My son is sicky a lot but he has reflux.

 

[Angela2612]

We did ours differently, boiled kettle poured the amount of oz needed for her feeds then left them all to cool on the bench I would do a batch of 6 bottles at a time like this,
When dd needed a bottle we added the powder never did her any harm she wouldn't have it hot nor cold we tried the fridge method too.