Boiling water for formula
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I’ve also had questions over this, I’m not sure if you follow Ruth the health visitor on socials but she says it needs to be 70 degrees or higher therefore I believe pouring from boiling is ok, Saying all that, sometimes when I measure out the water in my bottle, I leave that smaller amount to sit for maybe 3-4 mins before adding to the nuby and adding powder and I find that reduces the temp way quicker as it’s not the entire kettle having to cool down
HV advised me wait 20-30 mins for water to cool before adding the powder formula and so I ended up buying ready made bottles for night feeds and it’s made through the night so much easier, they just need to be warmed🤗
I always have one bottle with cooled down boiled water and one with boiled water and combine the two before each feed to get lukewarm water. My whole family did the same with all their babies x
I didn't realise you couldn't add boiling water!
The nhs website states to let it cool for ‘no more than 30 minutes’ so that the water is ‘at least 70C’. It does not mention any problems with the water being too hot. So it’s my understanding that you can use it immediately.
I was going to say the same as Paige. You wait no longer than 30 minutes so you can use the water straight away, but if it was boiled over 30 minutes ago then you can’t use it. Another thing we do now is we’ve bought a flask that shows the temperature on the top and we use that. We boil the kettle, put it in the flask, and as long as the temperature is above 70° when you need to use it then you don’t have to wait whilst the kettle boils each time.
@Jennifer what flask is this please ☺️
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I use the hot shot method and sometimes use it straight from the kettle my boy is 2 months and 2 weeks healthy weight and health visitor and doctor have both been happy c
My health visitor told me using boiling water that’s has just boiled kills the goodness in the formula that’s why the recommended waiting the 30 mins🤷🏼♀️ never know what to believe these days. I use a flask which then isn’t boiling but don’t let it go lower than 70 degrees