FF moms, what is the best way to carry formula when out?

ascott654 · May 2013

Just wondering how does everyone take their formula when going out and about? Do you take it in a cooler? Looking for the best (and easy) ways to do this. And if your out in public how are you heating it up? Am I better off using powder for days like this?

tig594 · May 2013

I have a container with 3 compartments for premeasured powder. I sometimes use that with bottles already filled with water. Pretty easy since the water stays at room temp. I also bought some of the pre-made stuff and have one in the diaper bag just in case i forget something.

mindymaske · May 2013

I bought the newborn nurser bottles. We still use em

lkm2006 · May 2013

IMO, powder is way easier.

I carry a formula dispenser that has the right amount and a bottle with the right amount of water already.

Pour and shake and feed baby. No dealing with a cooler, warming the bottle, etc.

khaze · May 2013

I use a formula dispenser with three compartments and fill it with the powder. Then I stick bottles pre filled with water in the diaper bag. When it's time to feed, empty one compartment into the bottle that stays at room temperature. I keep the dispenser and pre filled bottles on the nightstand in LO's room for MOTN feedings made easy.

PipSqueak0313 · May 2013

tig594:
I have a container with 3 compartments for premeasured powder. I sometimes use that with bottles already filled with water. Pretty easy since the water stays at room temp. I also bought some of the pre-made stuff and have one in the diaper bag just in case i forget something.

This -- except I don't carry the pre-made stuff. I keep a 5 oz bottle with enough powder for 4 oz and all necessary parts in the diaper bag. It's also the only bottle I take when I'm grabbing my "abbreviated" diaper bag (2ish diapers, wipes, and this bottle and nothing else for quick trips to the store) For something like church, I will bring a bottle with the formula premixed, or breastmilk since I'm still partially breastfeeding, if I know there is a potential for him to get hungry in the middle of the service.

runningyogimama · May 2013

If I have a bottle made and am only going to be gone a couple of hours, I take that one, since it's fine for 2 hours out of the refrigerator. The. I also fill one bottle with 4 oz water, and another bottle with enough formula to mix into that 4 oz so we're ready to go.

We don't warm out bottles, as long as they aren't freezing cold out of the fridge. DD doesn't mind.

dpraseutsinh · May 2013

we use powder formula. i fill the bottle with the amount of powder i need and a bottle of nursery water. if i need to make formula, i put an oz of water or so into the bottle and shake it up so all the powder dissolves, then i add the rest of the amount needed for the formula.

guilletskichuk · May 2013

lkm2006:
IMO, powder is way easier.

I carry a formula dispenser that has the right amount and a bottle with the right amount of water already.

Pour and shake and feed baby. No dealing with a cooler, warming the bottle, etc.

This. I bought a dispenser that is divided into three compartments. DH tried using it but said the powder poured from one compartment into another so he refuses to use it. I have to try it one of these days myself because DH often gives up on things if they don't work quite right off the bat. I bought a medicine dispenser with a nipple on it to give LO gripe water. DH used it first and said LO wouldn't take it. I proved him wrong afterward. Lol So I want to try the dispenser to see if it works properly for me. Ha!

Anyways, we use small Tupperware containers to transport premeasured portions of formula. It works just as well.

InkedMegs · May 2013

lkm2006:
IMO, powder is way easier.

I carry a formula dispenser that has the right amount and a bottle with the right amount of water already.

Pour and shake and feed baby. No dealing with a cooler, warming the bottle, etc.

This. The Avent dispenser works way better than the Munchkin one IMO. The mouth of the container is in a better place than the Munchkin.

We usually always take 3 bottles and 3 premeasured sections.

JenniD2 · May 2013

lkm2006:
IMO, powder is way easier. I carry a formula dispenser that has the right amount and a bottle with the right amount of water already. Pour and shake and feed baby. No dealing with a cooler, warming the bottle, etc.

This. I don't worry about warming the formula when I'm out. I know Tommee Tippie has a travel bottle warmer, but it's a PITA.

mnj05 · May 2013

I got two breast milk storage containers for free in a sample and I put pre-measured powder in those and have bottles with water in them already.

RachaelM24 · May 2013

We use powder. Our LO was spitting up a lot with the pre mixed (and the powder is cheaper). We have Tomme Tippee bottles and they make formula containers that you fill and actually put in the bottle so its not lost in the diaper bag. You can fill up the water, put in the plastic formula container, then when your LO is ready to eat, just unscrew the lid, take the top off the formula and dump it in and shake. THEY ARE AWESOME! Especially for late night feedings.

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JPinkman · May 2013

I buy the pre-mix 2 oz bottles (Similac) or 8 oz cans (this time for DD#2 since the Alimentium doesn't come in the 2 oz size). I hate carrying powder and trying to mix it. My DDs have never been too picky about temperature and will drink formula at room temp.

dande2129 · May 2013

tig594:
I have a container with 3 compartments for premeasured powder. I sometimes use that with bottles already filled with water. Pretty easy since the water stays at room temp.

This is what I do too. I usually have a bottle of water in the diaper bag too, in case we're out longer and he wants more. If we're just going to someone's house, I'll have the formula container in the diaper bag.

kk1160 · May 2013

We've got the 3-compartment powder thing, one 4-oz bottle ready with powder, and a stainless steel canteen full of water. We just mix as we go and rinse the bottle after the feeding. Our diaper bag has an insulated side zipper big enough for the water bottle. We've never heated bottles, just used room temp water. LO doesn't seem to mind.

We used to take multiple bottles filled with formula and the water bottle, but they just take up so much space.

Some of you may be thinking "you're supposed to have water and mix the powder in, not have powder and mix the water". Trust me, we've experimented with how it mixes and how much should be in there... it works the same

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