Bottles and Formula

[KingstonMom]

I always thought microwaving a baby's bottle was not recommended too, until my son's check up one time and my husband brought a cold bottle. The doctor took it and popped it in the microwave for him.
So I usually use my pre-boiled water from my coffee kettle (its always warm as I drink instant coffee ALL DAY, but if its the middle of the night or I dont have any hot water in kettle, then I will pop it in the mic for 25-30 seconds too.

[Inspired by Reggio]

Ya ~ I personally try avoid using a microwave as much as possible .... just cause their is such 'doubt' over the effects they might have on the health and safety and no one can agree.

[Toregone]

I don't have any kiddos in the dayhome on formula but when my son was still on formula and going to a dayhome I prepared a container of formula every morning and brought it to the provider but she kept bottles at her house and dispensed as needed. That was the system myself and the provider worked out and she never mentioned it to me if cleaning the bottles was an issue. I do have one child that drinks milks from a bottle and I asked that the parent supply the bottles. He only uses one a day though so I pop it in the dishwasher like everything else when he's done with it.

[Dreamalittledream]

Ya ~ I personally try avoid using a microwave as much as possible .... just cause their is such 'doubt' over the effects they might have on the health and safety and no one can agree.

For me, the hot spots that micros create concern me. I ask that parents send the dry formula already in the bottles. I keep a thermos of boiled water (up high on a shelf) in my playroom...I first add the hot water to the bottles to dilute the formula then add cold to the desired temp. (I used this technique for my own, so am a pro at it now).

[treeholm]

Okay, am I the only person here who has never made a bottle of formula in her life? I thought the stuff came in cans and you just put it in a bottle... obviously I nursed my own babies, and my granddaughter was breastfed as well, and so far, the babies I am getting into my daycare nurse morning and night and will drink water out of a sippy cup while here. I'm beginning to think I might have to learn how to make a bottle though. I'm not sure it will inspire confidence if I have to tell a potential daycare family that I have never made a bottle before....

[Toregone]

Okay, am I the only person here who has never made a bottle of formula in her life? I thought the stuff came in cans and you just put it in a bottle... obviously I nursed my own babies, and my granddaughter was breastfed as well, and so far, the babies I am getting into my daycare nurse morning and night and will drink water out of a sippy cup while here. I'm beginning to think I might have to learn how to make a bottle though. I'm not sure it will inspire confidence if I have to tell a potential daycare family that I have never made a bottle before....

HAHA Treeholm it's really not that hard. It's a certian number of scoops (scoop comes in the can) to a certian level of water. Or if you really don't want to ask any parents that require formula to either prepare it at home and bring it to you or purchase cans of prepared to leave at your house. You can buy the type that is just open a can, heat, and serve it's just bloody expensive so most parents choose to buy powdered and mix it themselves.

[treeholm]

Thanks Toregone, I had this moment of feeling like an idiot. I hope that a family that loved me wouldn't change their minds once they found out I have no idea how to make a bottle. I have fed some of my little friends at church a bottle, but the Moms have always just handed it to me. One handed me a bottle with the nipple facing into the bottle (I guess it transports that way) and she took pity on me when I gave her a blank stare and asked how the baby was supposed to suck THAT... so she took the nipple out of the bottle, flipped it around and screwed it on with the lid. I think I might have figured that out eventually... yes, you may all laugh at me.

[Toregone]

HAHAHA! Ok that made me laugh so much! It reminds me of when I've handed cloth diapers to people that offered to change my son and they look at me with the same look.

Really formula is just water, scoop, shake and feed. Daunting at first but after 1 or 2 bottles it becomes like a second nature.

[Crayola kiddies]

I always microwaved my bottles I just made sure I shook them so there were no hot spots. But my kids were off formula at 9-10 months ..... As soon as they ate all four food groups and a substantial amount and I switched to homo and put it in a sippy cup .... I never allowed my kids to have a bottle after 1 year. I had one baby start at 9.5 months and I made the formula here with a supplied bottle which I washed but I switched her over to a sippy cup by 1 year and to be honest I think they still give get a bottle at home but she hasn't had one here in 4 months. Next time I am faced with formula and bottles I will have the parent send them full and I will just return them at night

[Momof4]

I've done this two different ways, one Mom sent the bottles all mixed and I had them in my fridge then warmed them in a pan of hot water which I found kind of scary in case there were any hot spots in the milk. I shook them well though, make sure you do that if you use this method. I do not microwave baby formula.

The best method was the Mom who sent measured water only in the bottle and gave me a big can of the powdered formula. Then all I had to do was measure the scoops into the bottles and the baby drank the bottles at room temp.


*I forgot to say that I have enough dishes after feeding 5 children all day and there's no way I would wash their bottles. I sent them all home to be washed. Also, if they are switching to cow's milk can't they switch to sippy cups? I always have children on sippy cups by a year of age, but it depends on the type that works best for the child.