Baby Milk/Bottles/Heating

Baby Milk/Bottles/Heating

by: lis - 16-08-10 11:46

Morning Everyone,

A question for you it has always been are practice that parents, bring in there babys formula milk made up we then store it in the fridge to the baby needs it, it will then be heated in the microwave for the baby and used withinh the hour, we do this as it are Policy that we do not make up bottles because of the milks getting mixed up. What does everyone else do cause i have had concerns form parents about having the milk re-heated .

Look forward to hearing from you all

Lis

by: Mel

Hi,

 This is our policy as well. however a new parent has brought an article in saying not to reheat and to make bottles let it cool then feed a baby and she has asked us to do this which we are doing at the moment and we are reevaluating what we are going to do hope this helps.

by: lis

Hiya from my understanding we were not allowed to make the bottles up incase the milk got mixed up how do you overcome this

Thanks x

by: bagpuss

cooled boiled water should come in the bottle from the parents and then the powder in a dispenser measured out by the parents.  mix and serve.  never microwave bottled milk (officially) due to potential hot spots.  use a bottle warmer if the baby prefers the milk warm.

by: T4

We follow the guidance from the food standards agency. There is a pdf you can download from the website which we give out to all new parents which still use formula. It is NOT advised to mix cooled boiled water and measured formula as the water is not hot enough to kill the bacteria in the formula powder. The guidance is that a freshly made feed is best for baby however in circumstances where it is not possible to do so a feed that is made up in the morning, cooled as quickly as possible and transported to nursery in a cool bag with ice pack and then placed into a fridge is safe for up to 24 hours and can be reheated once. (Baguss is correct microwaving milk can cause hot spots which can burn babys mouth.) If parents prefer ready to feed liquid formula in cartons is the safest way to get around this issue. Parents provide a sterilised bottle which the carton is poured into when needed. Hope this helps, the pdf file is really useful and answers all those little questions parents and staff have!

by: T4

Guidance for health professionals on infant formula found at

http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2006/dec/infantform

by: Mel

not really sure what you mean lis about mixing feeds up, everything is labeled so we dont have a problem.

i have just looked on the food  pdf info and it just says about how to make bottles up and not about what nurseries should be doing

by: denise 85

i dnt understand how staff can mix up formula milk.

In our nursery each child has there own basket, with clearly labelled milk powder and bottles etc...

There is no possible way of mixing them up.

by: T4

Mel: You need to scroll through the pdf to the section - Guidance for the Use of Powdered Infant Formula Feeds in
Care Settings

by: Tallulah

I'm sure I read that bottles should not be heated in a microwave because of hot spots forming - If a mother has gone to the trouble of expressing her breast milk the idea of zapping it in the microwave seem very wrong to me

by: kerrance

our setting has to make the bottles up fresh on the premiseses using water 70 degrees or above this is then cooled down and used within the hour

by: whmon

the requirement is that you must make the formula up on site