https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 05:50:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412468 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:07:11 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1412468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: I just used regular filtered water...cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412461 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:02:37 +0000 Vegmama 1412461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our lactation consultant told us to boil it (the ready to eat formula is sterile, but the powdered stuff is not). ... We bring the formula &amp; water to a boil in the pot, then remove it from the heat. We then transfer it to glass bottles &amp; let them cool for 15 minutes before putting in the fridge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412194 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:31:22 +0000 illumina 1412194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: fish oil?? ugh! Oh wait, isn't that often taken by adults as a supplement? We're using SMA first infant milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412187 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:29:43 +0000 wheres_c 1412187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The powdered smells different from the ready made. Many of the british powdered formula has fish oil in it, which smells gross!<br /> Which formula are you using?</p> <p>When we were over there, I boiled water in the electric kettle and then let it cool on the countertop.<br /> I mixed it with the formula, and never heated bottles.</p> <p>I used aptimil comfort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412099 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:07:03 +0000 loveisstrange 1412099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used tap water from the start. Really no need to boil.</p> <p>But yeah, the powdered stuff does smell different from the ready made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412071 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:05 +0000 looch 1412071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: i had a bottle warmer, a very basic one, as we had no microwave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412065 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:59:20 +0000 illumina 1412065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: ok so cool down in a glass, then how do you warm it back up again later? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412057 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:57:05 +0000 jetsa 1412057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: my advice appears to be wrong. Looch knows better, in the US we just use jugs of nursery water, you can buy them at any grocery store. good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412045 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:53:29 +0000 illumina 1412045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: @tysonja: I used freshly boiled because it said so on the instructions...do you think as she's almost 5mths that I could use tap water then? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412038 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:51:31 +0000 looch 1412038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was advised to boil the water, then let it cool down (Continental Europe), as the water isn't treated with chlorine, but ozone.</p> <p> So, I boiled it an electric kettle with an external heating element and then poured it into a glass pitcher to cool. Then I portioned it into bottles and warmed up the water before feeding. When the water was warm, I added the powder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412020 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:47:42 +0000 tysonja 1412020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: hmm not sure about that... i always use cooled down boiled water, or after they are a few months old, i just use cold tap water and shake. i let all the bubbles settle in the fridge before feeding him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412018 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:47:24 +0000 jetsa 1412018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: I guess I don't understand. First, why are you using boiled water? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412014 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:46:00 +0000 illumina 1412014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: @Mrs Green Grass: @jetsa: @tysonja: Thanks! But gross as in a burnt plastic sortof smell? I'm worried I'm either burning the powder or the bottles by mixing the water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1412008 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:44:04 +0000 tysonja 1412008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it's just different from the pre made stuff :) i think formula tastes and smells gross either way hehe, but the babies dont seem to mind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1411966 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:32:23 +0000 jetsa 1411966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It smells gross. I've never used boiled water for it I just use the nursery water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1411961 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:30:19 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1411961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's definitely different than the premade stuff in color and somewhat smell...but I think it's less gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1411954 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:27:24 +0000 cascademom 1411954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO took formula, we used distilled water for it. Powdered formula smells gross to begin with. You might not be used to the smell as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/powdered-formula#post-1411941 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:24:24 +0000 illumina 1411941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now we are giving LO more formula we have gone from using the ready made stuff to the powder that comes in a big tub. I think I must be doing something wrong in preparing it because it smells and tastes funny and not like the other stuff. I've tried leaving the boiled water in the kettle for 30mins, then putting in the bottle and mixing and also pouring the boiled water straight into the bottle and leaving it there for 30mins before mixing and both ways smell weird. </p> <p>Help! </p>