FFers: Making a 3 oz bottle?

MrsJ723

DD has been routinely finishing her 2 oz bottles and I'm thinking she might be ready for 3 oz. How do you make a 3 oz? Eyeball half a scoop or do you make a 6 oz and split it between 2 bottles and refrigerate for later? My only issue when the latter is having to heat it to room temperature at night. I don't think she'll eat a full 4 oz and I'd rather not have to throw out the rest.

I can't believe how much I've forgotten since DS was a baby!

angieeaton

I make one BIG thing of milk for the whole day then at night before we go to bed I make 4 bottles so that way we can do everything right  I dont got to worry about it being to much or to little I also know if the bottles are not ready to go DH wont feed him cause he'll be half asleep in the middle of the night.

But I'm new at this so...

jbatch

I don't FF but my sister in law does. She always just eyeballs half a scoop. She has 4 kids and it has worked for all of them

seekup

I've always struggled with this because I didn't want to eyeball. I'd just make 4 in the middle of the night because I didn't feel like getting up and refrigerating. During the day, I'd premake it and measure what I needed. FWIW, you could be totally neurotic and measure the grams for 1/2 scoop because they list 1 scoop ok the formula. I considered this but told myself to relax! Lol

laurenhankey

my LO eats 5 oz so we just eyeball it at 1/2 a scoop.  For daycare we make a big jug and send it with her.  We use a bottle warmer to warm up her formula.

froggie33

I just eyeball it. Too big of a hassle to do it any other way esp at night! I did it with my first this way and will do it this way with my second.

runningyogimama

Now, we have a formula pitcher, so we just pour what we need into a bottle, but before we got it, I would just eyeball a half a scoop to make 3 oz.

amb04006

I eyeball it too.

MrsJ723

Thanks ladies! It's easy enough to do the 6 oz and bring it to room temp during the day, but I think we'll just eyeball it at night.

MJM3108

jack19:

JmeJme:

Now, we have a formula pitcher, so we just pour what we need into a bottle, but before we got it, I would just eyeball a half a scoop to make 3 oz.

This, we have the Dr. Browns formula pitcher.  Life saver.  We make up a batch for the whole day and pour what we need.   

I love the Dr Browns pitcher! It makes life SO much easier!

LindseyLooMagoo

I just eyeball it too!!