Reheating pre-made formula

[Arimeh]

but once you've heated ANY formula once, you cannot heat it a second time if it goes cold.

Yup thats right. And it only lasts an hour after heating the first time.

[Kazbah]

... but I found the easiest way was to make up heaps of formula at night and put them in the fridge, you can leave pre-made formula in the fridge for 24 hours. Heat it once only and toss after an hour (a real annoyance when the bub takes AGES to drink it!!!)

Good luck with your FF journey!

[Arimeh]

Kaz - yeah thats what we do

[Rattie]

Yup thats right. And it only lasts an hour after heating the first time.

Can anyone tell me why? I used to be a nazi with this but I have done it a couple of times with no apparent ill effects.

[Arimeh]

I'd say its a bacteria mine fest if you leave it too long.



I just do as I'm told...lol

[Glamourcide]

Can anyone tell me why? I used to be a nazi with this but I have done it a couple of times with no apparent ill effects.

Well, I did it pretty much for the entire time DD was formula fed (from birth to around one year), and she never, ever had a problem with feeding and at 17 months of age has never been sick (maybe I was feeding her a bunch of bacteria that strengthened her immune system?).
I claim pure ignorance on that one, I never knew it couldn't be reheated... I had a system going where if she didn't finish a whole bottle, I'd stick it back in the fridge and top it up with fresh formula from a new bottle, then I'd top the second bottle up with fresh formula out of a third bottle, and so on... I just couldn't stand the thought of throwing out what I figured was perfectly good (not to mention EXPENSIVE!!) formula, and like I said, she never, ever got ill or anything like that. I mean, I never left formula sitting out for ages, she usually sucked a bottle dry in about fifteen minutes so if she quit before then (ie was full) I'd just whack it back in the fridge and use it later. I do the same thing now with her cow's milk, sometimes I heat a bottle up and she isn't hungry so I just pop it back and use it when she's ready for her next bottle.

Now that I know, however, I won't repeat the same mistake with the next one...

[Visitor8]

It can make bub sick. While it might NOT (I have done it with my older 2 before I knew you shouldn't) it can, and it's probably not something you want to do just incase

You can get formula dispensers, they hold 3 or 4 bottles worth in a container so you just tip it in the water and shake. Why not do this? Just make up the water in the fridge then put the powder in the heated water once you have microwaved it.

As for throwing it out after an hour, this doesn't count if your baby is still drinking the same bottle and is taking an hour It's only if it's been heated, half drank and left.