Bother with Prep Machine??
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We had the same issue with my little boy ( who is now 12 weeks old) and although the prep machine is a huge help, we also noticed the foam/ air bubbles in the milk so we were advised to stir the milk instead of using the prep machine lid to shake it and we have noticed it’s far less foamy. Which seemed to help a little. So we keep a teaspoon and little dish aside, purely to stir his milk each day. I hope that helps
My baby has terrible reflux and trapped wind issues haha. He’s on a comfort milk but I honestly don’t notice a difference between me using a kettle & waiting for it to cool, the nuby rapid cool or the prep machine. The prep machine is just waayyy more convenient & makes feeding so much easier xx
My little one was suffering badly with Colic so HV advised to stop using the prep machine to see if it’ll make a difference as that’s the first thing they advise you to do so we stopped using it and noticed a difference right away. I tried to reintroduce it the other week but after having a bottle with the prep machine he was screaming afterwards and struggling to bring wind up. We were making bottles with the kettle at the start but then bought a Nuby rapid cool.
We use a prep machine and our little one is fine. She has reflux and wind issues but once we changed her formula she was like a new baby. Not sure what bottles you're using but we have found that using anti-colic bottles has worked a treat! In all fairness she had reflux issues before we started using the prep machine so I can't say whether it's better or worse to use it. My top tip is to swirl the milk around the bottle and not shake it. That why there is a lot less bubbles and air. Xx
Absolutely no difference for our little girl, whether we make the bottle with the prep machine or the old fashioned way! X
@Chloe we had similar issues with my little boy and have almost been using the anti-colic bottles. It seems to slow things down a little bit as my little one is a bit of a guzzler!! I also do a combination of the prep machine and bottles made from the kettle xx
They say the machines add to much air to the milk. Try the old School way and see if it helps. You can get a nuby rapidcool to call milk down fast. I’ve been looking into machines and rapidcools ect. For if and when my milk runs out. Seem a lot of people are moving away from prep kettles and machines. And they arnt recommended by the NHS.
We combi feed formula and expressed breast milk 50/50. I personally didn’t find any difference pre and post prep machine. My baby has always suffered a bit from wind so we use infacol before every feed and it seems to do the trick. I’d definitely invest in one - even if you only do 2 bottles of formula it will save you so much time!