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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 1, 2017 22:17:28 GMT -6
Both of my kids were room temp formula drinkers, but I did use bottled water for my first. Poor second children.  I treated my first the same way everyone treats kid 2+. I let her eat off the floor, get extra dirty, and and all that shit. #moty LOL same. |
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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 1, 2017 22:19:32 GMT -6
What is the advantage of a formula pitcher? I feel like a dumbass asking that, but I have never figured it out (or asked). I thought you couldn't make formula too far ahead of time or it goes bad.
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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 1, 2017 22:20:08 GMT -6
Oh and we used target brand formula. DD was just not picky at all.
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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 1, 2017 22:21:52 GMT -6
At least one of these is a must: www.target.com/p/munchkin-formula-dispenser/-/A-13991505Great for being on the go or keeping by the bed at night. My kids were room temp formula babies. We either used the dispenser and filled the bottles with water to combine later or measured out the formula into the bottle and added water later when we traveled. DS liked NUK brand bottles, but DD preferred Playtex. It's always an adventure figuring out what they like best. Don't invest in too many until you know for sure! They both took either Target or Walmart brand sensitive formula for the first 6 months or so. We switched to advanced after that. This came up in one of my other groups. You're actually not supposed to do that as you get the incorrect powder-to-water ratio (because of the space the powder takes up). You're always supposed to add the water first THEN the powder. quinnI don't know that there are any advantages per se. We like them but we were given them so. Initially we had some of the small gerber bottles that someone mentioned above and she liked those too, but they're the same size nipple so that's more than likely the site of her preference. If you're into being crunchy or environmentally conscious or careful about plastics, I guess glass offers an advantage there. But if the solid volume plus liquid volume equals the same volume, why would adding dry first make a difference? |
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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 1, 2017 22:23:15 GMT -6
We used the boon grass drying rack. Will use it again.  |
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Post by snuff9861 on Sept 1, 2017 22:25:28 GMT -6
This came up in one of my other groups. You're actually not supposed to do that as you get the incorrect powder-to-water ratio (because of the space the powder takes up). You're always supposed to add the water first THEN the powder. quinnI don't know that there are any advantages per se. We like them but we were given them so. Initially we had some of the small gerber bottles that someone mentioned above and she liked those too, but they're the same size nipple so that's more than likely the site of her preference. If you're into being crunchy or environmentally conscious or careful about plastics, I guess glass offers an advantage there. But if the solid volume plus liquid volume equals the same volume, why would adding dry first make a difference? Because you actually end up making a concentrated formula. If you add say 6 oz of water first then the three scoops of formula, you actually end up with closer to 7 oz of formula in the end. If you do it the other way around, you end up adding about an oz or so less water. Not a big deal one time in a healthy kid, but do it continually on a compromised baby and you throw their whole body chemistry off because you throw electrolytes out of whack. It's crazy. I didn't know the "right way"'either until months in with DS, though luckily we'd been doing it all along. |
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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 1, 2017 22:32:57 GMT -6
But if the solid volume plus liquid volume equals the same volume, why would adding dry first make a difference? Because you actually end up making a concentrated formula. If you add say 6 oz of water first then the three scoops of formula, you actually end up with closer to 7 oz of formula in the end. If you do it the other way around, you end up adding about an oz or so less water. Not a big deal one time in a healthy kid, but do it continually on a compromised baby and you throw their whole body chemistry off because you throw electrolytes out of whack. It's crazy. I didn't know the "right way"'either until months in with DS, though luckily we'd been doing it all along. Interesting. We always added dry first with DD, but she was always healthy, so I guess it didn't make a difference. She also was never exclusively on formula, which probably helped. I will keep this in mind for the future, but honestly if the kid is healthy I will probably continue to do dry first because it is so much easier. |
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Post by beefinch on Sept 2, 2017 4:10:14 GMT -6
I'm just going to be doing exactly the same with what we did with DS, as he was a perfect bottle drinker, never had any problems We used these bottles:  Tommee Tippee bottles, we've already got them in the kiddie cupboard in the kitchen ready to sterilise in 6 weeks or so. And we will be using this formula:  Aptamil, no idea if the USA/Canada have it or not. I've always done bottles at room temperature, as when advised in the hospital with DS, I was combi feeding and breast milk is room temperature, so I didn't want to confuse this little newborn. I'll be nursing/pumping this time also but if my milk doesn't come in like last time she'll be 100% formula by 2/3 weeks old. In the mornings I would grab the 6 freshly sterilised bottles, full them up with boiling water to whatever oz DS was on, let them all call down and they would last the day, I would have to do a fresh batch at around 6pm for the night feeds. I would add the formula when he wanted the bottle. This was when he was 100% formula, when pumping I would pour the pumped milk from the fridge (no more than 4 hours old) and heat up the milk ever so slightly under my arm pit (midwifes said was the best way lol) feed him that first and then use a formula bottle. I had loads of bottles lol. I think I have about 10/12 right now, if she needs anymore when she's born I'll grab them. |
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Post by cnf on Sept 2, 2017 4:33:08 GMT -6
Because you actually end up making a concentrated formula. If you add say 6 oz of water first then the three scoops of formula, you actually end up with closer to 7 oz of formula in the end. If you do it the other way around, you end up adding about an oz or so less water. Not a big deal one time in a healthy kid, but do it continually on a compromised baby and you throw their whole body chemistry off because you throw electrolytes out of whack. It's crazy. I didn't know the "right way"'either until months in with DS, though luckily we'd been doing it all along. Interesting. We always added dry first with DD, but she was always healthy, so I guess it didn't make a difference. She also was never exclusively on formula, which probably helped. I will keep this in mind for the future, but honestly if the kid is healthy I will probably continue to do dry first because it is so much easier. I never knew this either. We did both ways but at night we exclusively did powder first since we premeasured and used bottled water for mixing. We ran out of breast milk at five months so she got a lot of wrong bottles I guess. Oops. We'll keep rolling with what works best too. We never had issues so I'm not too bent out of shape over it. |
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Post by cnf on Sept 2, 2017 4:34:06 GMT -6
We used the boon grass drying rack. Will use it again. We still use ours. I use it for snack cups and travel mugs that can't go in the dishwasher. That stupid grass thing is the tits. |
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Post by quinn on Sept 2, 2017 5:51:26 GMT -6
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Post by quinn on Sept 2, 2017 5:58:29 GMT -6
For travel I would fill a bottle with water then bring a Tupperware container with formula. Then I would fill the correct amount of powder in and use the munchkin travel bottle warmer. Or ask for a cup half filled with boiling water if we were at a restaurant or something and warm it that way. We also used the travel liquid formula bottles and poured what we needed. Warmed them up the same way. That was the easiest for us. snuff9861 is right. You're supposed to add the water first or it could dehydrate or throw off baby's electrolytes. Obviously it's not life or death for a healthy baby and if you did it a specific way before, I'm sure every now and then isn't the end of the world. It's just what is on the instructions on the formula. |
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Post by quinn on Sept 2, 2017 5:59:15 GMT -6
What is the advantage of a formula pitcher? I feel like a dumbass asking that, but I have never figured it out (or asked). I thought you couldn't make formula too far ahead of time or it goes bad. honestly, I'm not sure lol. I always used the Baby Brezza or made them one at a time! |
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Post by pootsen on Sept 2, 2017 5:59:43 GMT -6
We warmed bottles for a while until DS got used to room temp, but this also worked for warming breastmilk that had separated in the fridge- fill a coffee mug half full with water and heat it in the microwave. After it's hot, take it out and plop the bottle/milk bag in. Super easy and you don't have to buy a separate gadget.
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Post by cnf on Sept 2, 2017 9:26:24 GMT -6
We warmed bottles for a while until DS got used to room temp, but this also worked for warming breastmilk that had separated in the fridge- fill a coffee mug half full with water and heat it in the microwave. After it's hot, take it out and plop the bottle/milk bag in. Super easy and you don't have to buy a separate gadget. That's how I thawed milk too. |
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Post by thatgolfb on Sept 2, 2017 10:54:48 GMT -6
We warmed bottles for a while until DS got used to room temp, but this also worked for warming breastmilk that had separated in the fridge- fill a coffee mug half full with water and heat it in the microwave. After it's hot, take it out and plop the bottle/milk bag in. Super easy and you don't have to buy a separate gadget. That's how I thawed milk too. I made hot water in the keurig! Our new house has an insinkerator that creates boiling hot water so we will just use that. |
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Post by snuff9861 on Sept 2, 2017 11:14:00 GMT -6
For warming we also used a big coffee mug full of hot water (if we were using a premade chilled batch of formula or donor BM). Now that we're not making it ahead of time, we just use warmer tap water.
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Post by bethers on Sept 2, 2017 11:18:17 GMT -6
We have 2 of these. 1 upstairs and 1 downstairs and it is so worth it  My best friend sent us one of these. With DS, we did BM with formula supplementing. I had the Dr. Brown pitcher and it was amazing. I'm thinking I owe my best friend a huge thanks, as this will hopefully make life with twins easier! |
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Post by bethers on Sept 2, 2017 11:25:18 GMT -6
What is the advantage of a formula pitcher? I feel like a dumbass asking that, but I have never figured it out (or asked). I thought you couldn't make formula too far ahead of time or it goes bad. You can make and refrigerate for 24 hours (I have to double check that since it's been awhile). We used to make a bunch and then we weren't stuck with even number oz - he could have a 3 oz bottle or just a little more, which saves on formula. You just want to make less than what your baby eats in a day so you don't waste any. Also, DS didn't care about temperature, so it was easy for middle of the night feeds. Last benefit I can think of right now is that it made bottles for daycare super quick. |
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Post by quinn on Sept 2, 2017 12:36:53 GMT -6
I will say I prefer Enfamil to Similac. I found mealworms in a can of Similac once so I'm terrified to buy that brand anymore. Yuck
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Post by bazi on Sept 2, 2017 13:20:50 GMT -6
I will say I prefer Enfamil to Similac. I found mealworms in a can of Similac once so I'm terrified to buy that brand anymore. Yuck Yuckkkk!!! Also that seems like one of those things that would get you a $$$$ settlement from Similac. |
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Post by bazi on Sept 2, 2017 13:22:55 GMT -6
I plan to breastfeed, but I've also decided that once I am back at work, I'm not going crazy and pumping constantly. With DD I had low supply for a few months and was pumping like 5x a day because I was stubborn about EBF. Not again.
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Post by quinn on Sept 2, 2017 13:47:42 GMT -6
I will say I prefer Enfamil to Similac. I found mealworms in a can of Similac once so I'm terrified to buy that brand anymore. Yuck Yuckkkk!!! Also that seems like one of those things that would get you a $$$$ settlement from Similac. I wish I would've thought of that but at the time I just freaked out and threw it away. |
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Post by peggels24 on Sept 5, 2017 11:50:53 GMT -6
What is the advantage of a formula pitcher? I feel like a dumbass asking that, but I have never figured it out (or asked). I thought you couldn't make formula too far ahead of time or it goes bad. I think it depends on the baby - with DD we knew pretty much how much she ate on a daily basis so we would know how many ounces to make in advance. We used Gentlease and I found it really difficult to mix the formula in the bottles - it took a long time and there were still clumps (it wasn't as difficult with the regular infant formula) - so we were able to mix it in advance when we had some downtime instead of doing it with screaming baby in tow. Plus DD had bad reflux and we didn't want to feed her any extra bubbles from mixing right before drinking. We would then store it in the fridge and then just heat it up in a bottle warmer. |
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