Formula debate today..see if you can help

OK..let me set the scenario:

You fill a bottle for a feeding to 5 oz. DC drinks 3 of those, leaving 2 oz left in the bottle..and falls asleep for two hours.

1.) What do you do with the remaining 2 oz?

2.) How do you clean bottles if you fed at 10:00 am, and will feed again at 1pm? Do you just rinse the bottle? or..Do you use a completely new bottle?

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depending on room temp if its cool..keep theformula put it in the fridge and use again later.

as far as cleaning bottles. if i used it at 10am. i either completely clean it to reuse OR i get a new bottle for the 1pm feed

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1. i put it back in the fridge and feed at next feeding. if it's left OUT - i toss it.

2. i have a nice amount of bottles - once we made a bottle decision - we got many of them - so i would throw it in the sink to soak and i clean at night (using a new bottle for the 1pm feeding).

never re-use a bottle that has only been rinsed.

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I personally used a clean bottle every time, never just rinsed and reused. I also threw out the formula if it wasn't finished because I was told it was bad to reuse it.

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1. I would throw out the formula. I believe the can states to throw out any formula not used within 1 hour of the feeding.

2. I would use a new bottle or totally clean the bottle. Formula isn't good after being out for 2 hours, and any residue left in the bottle would make me nervous.

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1.) The remaining 2 oz. go back in the fridge, and that bottle starts the next feeding.

2.) I set up all my bottles for the day before I go to bed the night before, so once a bottle is done, it gets washed & put away.

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1.) i would refrigerate it within an hour

2.) we have over 20 bottles this way i have enough for at least 2 - 3 days and i rinse them than throw them in the dishwasher and if i don't run the dishwasher that night i still have enough for the next day or so.

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1. Throw out the 2 oz. Because of bacteria you are not supposed to use any formula left out after an hour.

2. I use a clean bottle for each feeding.

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1. I serve formula to DS at room temp. But I throw out any remaining formula after an hour.

2. I do a full clean (hot soapy water) after each use.

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1, Throw thre remaining formula out..

2. Wash the bottle

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if its been sitting out that long i toss it. If it was right after the feeding and put back in the fridge i would use it again that day.

as for the bottles, i have like 10 dr. browns bottles that are all filled and ready to use for the day. so i use it, put it in the sink and get another one out of the fridge for the next feeding.

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1) I toss the bottle after about 1 1/2 hours ( I would not put it back in the fridge)

2) I clean that bottle with soap and HOT water and use it again

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1.) What do you do with the remaining 2 oz?

- I put it in the fridge as soon as DC is done eating, and heat it up when DC wakes up to eat.

2.) How do you clean bottles if you fed at 10:00 am, and will feed again at 1pm? Do you just rinse the bottle? or..Do you use a completely new bottle?

- Use a completely new bottle. the formula residue skeeves me.

Message edited 2/3/2010 8:50:39 AM.

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1. I throw it out after 1-1.5 hours, I don't put back in fridge ever.

2. I make the bottles for the day the night before, so I just use the next one and wash them as I have a chance.

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What do you do with the remaining 2 oz?

- I put it in the fridge as soon as she's done eating and re-use (we do not heat Ann's bottles so most likely it is still pretty chilled)



I don't really get the rinsing question ... but I'm not a rinse/re-user of anything anyway (DH on the other hand will rinse a glass and leave it on the counter for his next beverage ). I would wash the used bottle or use a new, clean bottle.

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1. Throw out the remaining, I use Enfamil and it says once they start drinking it it's only good for 1 hour.

2. I use clean bottles every time.

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1. i would throw out the formula after 1 hour.

2. i use a clean bottle for every feeding and sterilize all the bottles every night. i have enough bottles so i can wait at night to sterilize.

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If the bottle wasn't previously warmed, I would put it in the fridge, but toss it after an hour. I go by the throw out after an hour once they drink from the bottle rule.

I always clean each bottle after each use.

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I wait about 15 minutes after she falls asleep and then I cap the bottle and store it in the fridge. Then I just reheat the same bottle.

For the bottles, I dont know if you mean about leftovers or just bottles in general. I have 8 bottles that I try to keep clean at all times. I wash them in extremely hot, soapy water and then thorughly rinse. At the end of the day I put them in the microwave sterilizer.

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1. I would definitely throw away the remaining 2 ounces. After 1 hour, you are supposed to throw it away, bacteria are present and multiply. I couldn't risk DS' health.

2. Definitely a completely clean bottle! Rinsing is not enough. If there are a limited number of bottles, I would make sure to thoroughly wash the 10AM bottle asap so it's dry for 1 PM.

Hope you win your debate

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1. I always got rid of unused formula always too worried about bacteria.

2. I would use a new bottle.

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1. I put it in the fridge and use for next feeding.

2. I always wash the bottles w/ hot, soapy water....