Night time feeding routine

nanabanana06 · February 2013

I've been trying to get night feeding down, but seem to not be finding a way that works. We formula feed and change before every feeding. However, when your sleep deprived and trying to mix a bottle in your bedroom with little light things can go awry. So far we have tried formula dispensers and scooping out of a smaller can into bottle prepared with the desired amount of water. Both of these have resulted in formula in my bed or all over the night stand. Tonight we are trying those Enfamil packets to see if those will make it less messy. What do you guys do?

SunshineShades · February 2013

I dont FF. But my sister did. She made up all the bottles for the day and night the night before and then just went and grabbed a bottle out of the fridge when it was time to feed.

nanabanana06 · February 2013

SunshineShades:
I dont FF. But my sister did. She made up all the bottles for the day and night the night before and then just went and grabbed a bottle out of the fridge when it was time to feed.

I did that with DD. Except with DD I had a mini fridge in my room. Now I do not. I have issues sleeping as is. I do not want to have to walk all the way down stairs to the other end of the house to grab a bottle. It would wake me up too much.

Necack · February 2013

I prepare all his night time bottles with water and fill our formula dispenser with the correct portions. When he's ready I just add the formula and mix. I know you said that you tried this and still had a mess. I've found it's harder with a regular formula dispenser, but my Dr Browns formula caddy has a nice spout on it that makes it pour really nicely. They are $7ish on amazon. You might want to try it. I like mine so much, I'm going to buy another one or two.

Starfish+77 · February 2013

I struggled with a routine at first too and getting the logistics down. But here is what works for me. I use Dr Browns bottles and bought the Dr Browns bottle bag since its tall enough for the bottles and the caps. I make up 2 bottles before bed and take upstairs with me in the bottle bag with ice packs. When my daughter wakes, I can take her from our room quickly so she doesn't wake my husband since he wakes early for work and go to the hall bath where I have the bottle bag and plop it into the Dr Browns bottle warmer. The bottle warms while I change her diaper.

I used to have a formula dispenser and would try to mix it while holding her and hated it. The formula would get stuck in the corners.

I have the Dr Browns formula pitcher which is wonderful. I make up the formula for the day in the pitcher and then make all the bottles and store in the fridge. These get warmed during the day before feeding. I think making bottles by shaking just would make them too bubbly and add to her gasiness.

Hope is helps!

huwehotaling · February 2013

Our bathroom is attached, so we have the bottles with the formula in them sitting on the counter. H just adds water and mixes them before getting DD from her room (she's right across the hall from us).

ArmyWife114 · February 2013

Nana_Osaki06:
SunshineShades:
I dont FF. But my sister did. She made up all the bottles for the day and night the night before and then just went and grabbed a bottle out of the fridge when it was time to feed.
I did that with DD. Except with DD I had a mini fridge in my room. Now I do not. I have issues sleeping as is. I do not want to have to walk all the way down stairs to the other end of the house to grab a bottle. It would wake me up too much.

We have an ice pack that we put in a cooler bag and leave it in his room all night so we don't have to walk downstairs to get them out of the fridge.

IUIBaby · February 2013

I preamble their bottles for night.

cookie280 · February 2013

I prepare the dr brown pitcher and fill the bottles them I put them in a cooler filled with ice and take it upstairs to the bedroom. As soon as LO is ready to feed I pop the bottle in the warmer and voila!! It's still a pain in the a... But gotta do it !

reyorra · February 2013

We do the ice pack in an insulated lunch bag thing as well. Two bottles ready to go at any time. It saves us from having to go downstairs and turn on lights while the baby is crying.

aimee413 · February 2013

I do what everyone tries to avoid. lol
I have bottles made and in the fridge. My LO is in my room so once she starts to wake, I go downstairs and warm a bottle on the stove. I leave her in the pack n play. Sometimes she cries and other times I'm back before she is fully awake. Some nights I change her and some I don't. It depends when her last diaper change was. I feed her in my room, lay her back down and I go back to bed. Some nights I'm up for 20mins and other nights it can be 45mins.

abbp23 · February 2013

have you tried the small premade bottles? You could try using those just at night so you don't have to go downstairs. They don't have to be refrigerated either. We use them when we are out and I use the $5 similac coupon when I purchase them so they are about half price.

itsmevkb · February 2013

We use an insulated lunch bag with freezer packs added inside. This is my third baby using this method and I like it much better than what I did with my first, which was to have the water in the bottles and then add formula before each feeding, which like you said, can turn out poorly when you're exhausted and not fully awake. Premade formula sounds great but I just have never been able to justify the price.

ashbee0223 · February 2013

I fill enough bottles with water before bed. When he wakes to eat, I just go to the kitchen and add the formula powder, shake, and come back to the bedroom to feed him.

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