12 Steps to prepare a bottled milk for your baby

Sabtu, 03 September 2011

It's kinda funny to share this article. but just for your information, a lot of mothers tend to forget this steps or maybe even underestimate them. Actually, preparing milk is very essential because babies are very prone to diseases. Imagine your baby being ill because you did not clean the lid of the bottle. Their immune system aren't as strong as adults, they don't understand which one is clean and which is not, plus they tend to take everything as long it's for their stomach (when hungry of course).

So, because of so many reasons, I'll share you about how to prepare milk step by step:

1. Clean and disinfect a surface on which to prepare the feed
2. Wash your hands with soap and water, and dry with a clean or disposable cloth
3. Boil some safe  water. If using an automatic kettle, wait until the kettle switches off. If using a pan to boil water, make sure the water comes to a rolling boil
4. Read the instruction on the formula packaging to find out how much water and how much powder you need. adding more or less formula than instructed could make infants ill
5. Taking care to avoid scalds, pour the correct amount of boiled water into a cleaned and sterilized feeding bottle. Remember the water should not be cooler than 70 oC, so do not leave it for more than 30 minutes after boiling
6. add the exact formula to the water in the bottle
7. Mix thoroughly by gently shaking or swirling the bottle
8. Immediately cool to feeding temperature by holding the bottle under cold running tap water, or by placing in a container of cold or iced water. So that you don't contaminate the feed, make sure that the level of the cooling water is below the lid of the bottle
9. Dry the outside of the bottle with a clean or disposable cloth
10. Check the temperature of the feed by dripping a little onto the inside of your wrist. It should feel lukewarm, not hot. If it still feels hot, cool some more before feeding
11. Feed infant
12. Throw away any feed that has not been consumed within two hours

Share this to other mothers that care about hygiene and their babies health!

Source: WHO