Individual cartons of ready made formula milk are available. These are really handy if you are out and about with your baby and can be simply poured into your sterilised bottles. If your baby prefers to have the milk warm, the bottle can stand in some warm water.
Alternatively take out with you:
- A sterilised bottle.
- A flask of hot water which has been boiled.
- The correct amount of powdered formula in a sterilised container.
The formula can then be made up immediately before it is needed. The water must still be hot when you use it, otherwise the bacteria that may be present in the milk will not be destroyed. You can cool the formula to the required temperature in a jug of cold water.
If this isn’t possible or if you need to transport a feed (for example, to a nursery), prepare the feed at home and cool it for at least one hour in the back of the fridge.
Take it out of the fridge just before you leave and carry it in a cool bag with an ice pack, and use it within four hours. If you do not have an ice pack, or access to a fridge, the made-up infant formula must be used within two hours.
- If made-up formula is stored in a fridge, use within 24 hours.
- If made-up formula is stored in a cool bag with an ice pack, use within four hours.
If made-up formula is stored at room temperature, use within two hours
