Bottle feeding questions – Please help!?
1. Yes. tap water should be boiled at least until the child is a year old. 2. Wait until the water is cold. Using hot water will boil the nutrients and ruin them. 3. Yes, you can , but it does not last longer than 24 hours from when you mixed the formula into the water. 4. I used to do that, but from filtered water. Did you know that breastmilk is room temp, and so you can serve bottles at room temp? 5. only once. It will curdle if you reheat it more than once 6. same as above 7. keep it in the fridge (see below for some tried and tested) 8. again, see below Tips: My son was bottle fed from the beggining (a preemie) and I more or less mastered the art of making a bottle anywhere. For home (day): Keep a bootle of boiled water in the fridge to be used exclusively for baby. When he needs a bottle, fill to approx 80% with the cold (boiled) water and the rest with freshly boiled water – to get the right temp instantly. Add formula, shake and serve!
