Where to feed formula at night

[hokiegirl82]

DS is almost 7 weeks old and H and I are finally trying to sleep with all of us in our bedroom at the same time (we've been sleeping only in the living room and taking shifts). We are putting DS in a RnP next to my side of the bed.

Since we are FF when it's time for DS to eat, one of us has to go downstairs to make a bottle. We've been taking him downstairs with us and changing him, feeding him then coming back upstairs. I'm wondering if it would make more sense to go make a bottle and bring it upstairs and feed DS in the nursery down the hall from our bedroom, and change him there too. I'm not sure if taking him all the way downstairs is a good idea because he is waking up a lot going up and down the stairs.

On a happy note, H and I have slept in the same room for the last 3 nights- that's the most in months since I had trouble sleeping during most of my pregnancy so one of us slept on the couch a lot.

[bananapancakes]

My friend who FF keeps a kettle and cooler bag in the room with her, right beside the bed. She premixes the bottles and puts them in a cooler bag before she goes to sleep. Then she boils the kettle and warms them up right in the bedroom. No one has to leave the room!

[rex]

i used to measure the water into the bottles and use the travel formula dispensers and measure out before bed. when L would stir i would make the bottle, then change her, reswaddle and feed. i never got out of bed.

we had a nightlight in our room so i could see.

[twodogsandababy]

We're super lazy. We keep a few clean bottles, a Brita pitcher, and a can of formula upstairs. We fed DS in our room with a nightlight.

[pugz]

my kid took her bottles cold so we had them made up and in the fridge. We always fed and changed her in the nursery so the other person could keep sleeping.

[starlily]

We pre-fill 2 or 3 bottles with water each night before heading up, and keep an extra package of formula upstairs. We give DD2 her bottles at room temperature. She sleeps in our room, but when it's time to feed & change her one of us picks her up and steps into the nursery down the hall to minimoze noise for the person still sleeping.

[dcrunnergirl52]

For DS2, we filled bottles with water, kept them on the counter in the master bath along with a container of formula, and just made the bottles right in the bathroom. We also had an extra changing pad and changing supplies on the dresser in our room.

[Birdie]

When DS was tiny I would wake up and turn on Jimmy Fallon to feed him and rock him back to sleep. When he was around 8-9 weeks old I realized having the tv and other lights on was probably waking him up more than he needed to be and this making it a longer process to get him to go back to sleep.

His room is tiny so I still have to feed him in the living room, but I do it with the tv off and very minimal light. I get up and make the bottle before picking DS up and bringing him into the living room.

Long story short, you're right in that going downstairs is probably waking him up. I would get your LO used to drinking room temp bottles (if they aren't already) and just prefill and use a travel container in your bedroom.

[littlepeanut]

The less we moved him the better. We fed him in our room once I got smart about not moving him much. We also had the travel formula dispenser and just pre-filled the bottles with water when we went up to bed. Easy.

[catsarecute]

When we were doing middle of the night feedings, I would switch back and forth between feeding her downstairs and feeding her in the nursery. We didn't have a small lamp in the nursery so it was hard to feed her in the dark. Downstairs, I kept the small light above the sink on. But hated being downstairs alone in the middle of the night. I heard a few weird noises sometimes and I grabbed everything and ran upstairs!

I say whatever makes the process easier and more efficient, you should do. I'm sure you could set up a station to make bottles upstairs to avoid walking up and down.

[shellbear09]

At that age dd was in her crib and I would make the bottle then go feed her. Only change if poop and keep lights dim. We are on one level though. I would definitely keep bottles in your room with premeasured water and a formula dispenser.

[browneyedgirl9]

DS has been on formula since 4months. I just fill a bottle with water. Then measure formula into the travel dispenser. Then just mix upstairs and feed upstairs. I wouldn't be going up and down the stairs. The less stimulation in the middle of the night the better

[thebreakfastclub]

I used to mix in the bathroom at first, until I realized DS would take a bottle at any temp. Then I would just make a day's worth in my pitcher and grab a bottle from the fridge. I would at least see how a cold bottle goes at some point since it is much easier.

[mainelyfoolish]

I was also a mini-fridge user. I would mix up a pitcher of formula, pour out the number of bottles DS would drink overnight plus one extra (which was almost always his first bottle the next morning), and put them in the mini fridge when we went to bed. DS had no trouble drinking formula cold, so at feeding time I'd just grab a bottle and feed.

[purplecow0206]

When H was feeding A while I was out of town, he would take one of my BM collection bottles to measure out formula in, and put the correct amount of water in the bottle. When she woke up, he could just dump the formula in the bottle, shake, and feed. It worked out great.

[degal99]

We would pre-measure the formula into bottles and then take up a water bottle (since our tap water is terrible) and make the bottles in the room. She was in our room when she was that little, and we just feed her there.

[greencrayon]

Jul 21, 2014 17:05:45 GMT -5 @simpledog said:

We bought a mini fridge and keep it in our room. We got it when I was recovering from having him, but it has been great all around.

We did this too. It's in the nursery. We make all the formula and keep it in the fridge in premade bottles so we just have to zombie walk to the fridge and feed her with a nightlight on. Although we typically sleep with the tv on so that's enough light.