Category: Parent Talk
Hi.
I recently became a parent.
On the 23rd of January our son Michael was born.
I wanted to ask you for tips when making milk.
I know that every 30 ml of water we add one skoop of milk.
At the moment our son needs about 150 ml with 5 skoops of milk.
My question is how do we measure the water?
How would i know that i put exactly 150 ml of water in to the bottle?
Finally i wanted to tell you what happened to us so new parents could be more careful.
At the hospital one of the nurces said to my wife that she should give to Michael 1 skoop of milk every 60 ml of water instead of 1 every 30.
For the first few weeks Michael was loosing weight until we found out the correct ammount of milk etc.
I know we should read the instructions on the milk but we asumed that the nurce should know better since she was working full time with newborns and parents.
Nikos
I'm going to reccomend you search for and join a site called "The Bump". it's a place for parents to discuss this kind of stuff. There's a ton of useful resoruces on that site. Of course, like here, it's a community so you'll see conflicting oewpoints, but it's really helped my wife learn a lot, and research even more.
Hi,
When my daughter was a baby, I used to have bottles that were the same size of the amount I would be using. Also, when she started requiring a larger amount, I found that some bottles have raised markings and numbers on them, so if you can read print numbers, you can figure out how much you are putting into the bottle by putting your finger in and placing it on the mark where you need to fill it. When you get the bottle, you can find out how much it holds, and if the required amount of water is half the size of the bottle, for example, you can fill the bottle halfway and feel how much is inside of it. I am not sure if you are in the U.S., but here there are some bottles that have the raised markings, so this may be the best way to go, since you will know how much you need to fill it by feeling of the numbers and lines.
I hope this helps.
Misty
Hi Misty
No i am not living in the USA.
I don't think i ever seen the bottles with the raced numbers and i don't know if we can find them here in Cyprus but i will have a look.
Thanks
Nikos
You can also use a talking scale. Just a standard talking scale will do. place the bottle on the scale after pouring the formula and eventually you will learn the feel of a bottle at a certain weight. I don't recommend sticking your fingers into your baby's bottle. Not a good idea. sorry. We sterilize bottles for a reason. raised bottles are a good idea, however, but you dont' need to stick your fingers into the bottle to pour to a certain marking. I had glass bottles for my baby when he was still on breast milk via a bottle, and I could feel the temperature of the glass change when the formula was poured in. You can tell at which point the bottle is full because the temperature of the bottle changes with the addition of the liquid.
hi
you could add numbers with tactimark and some sighted help. I'm looking for answers on same question - just my thoughts
J
I'm aware this has gone dead, but for posteritie's sake, now I've had my lil girl, I use a 30ML siringe to measure water. it works like a charm, 30ml= one scoop of molk :) now hope this helps someone down the line :)