If you bottle feed your baby or if you are planning on bottle feeding your new arrival, it is very important that you know how to handle baby bottles to prevent your baby from getting sick. You want to have a healthy and a happy baby. Keep your baby’s bottles clean and stored in the fridge to prevent any harmful bacteria or germs that could cause stomach problems.
Wash all bottles, nipples, and bottle caps in warm water with a mild soap, or in the dishwasher. After you have wash and rinse them boil the bottles in water for about five minutes before you fill them with the formula.
Prior to mixing the baby’s formula you should boil the water that you will be using and let it cool. When the water is boiled it takes most of the additives out that could ham your baby. Which is similar to bottles sometimes. When you use a new clean bottle use it one time only then it will need to be cleaned again.
If you have to take the baby out for a long period of time and need formula, make certain that your baby drinks it within an hour if it is mixed formula or if it is breast milk. Obviously, this has nothing to do with bottles or with babies typically. You could also use powered formula if you formula feed your infant and take the boiled water separately this will allow you to mix the formula as it is needed.
Any formula that is opened will not keep very long. If it is a bottle of unused formula it is good for 24 hours after it has been opened. Ready to use formula is good for forty eight hours after it is opened. Powered formula is good for one month after it has been opened. Any formula that is not used in the bottle that your baby has drank out of should be thrown out so germs will not multiply.
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