How to Prepare a Baby Bottle | CloudMom

HI everyone. Melissa here from CloudMom! So excited to be talking about my favorite topic today, babies. I'm going to be showing you guys step-by-step how to prepare a bottle for your baby. Don't worry -- soon this will be second nature for you.

First, a brief note on water. Talk to your pediatrician and see whether he recommends that you boil the water for your formula or whether tap water in your area is safe for your baby. Your pediatrician also might recommend that you do not use filtered or bottled water for your formula. Finally, he might recommend that you boil the bottle, nipple, and ring so that all that stuff stays super clean. Check with him and see what he thinks. I did do this by setting up a little "boiling station" where I boiled all my stuff at the end of each day. Make this part of your routine.

Ok, so for today, I am using boiled water. Water should be brought to a full boil for one minute, and then turned off to cool.

Before your prepare your bottle, wash your hands thoroughly. Then, check to make sure there is no loose dirt on the top of your formula container, since that can get in the formula. Also check the expiration date on the formula to make sure it is nice and fresh.

Once my water has cooled, I pour it into my bottle. I am using four ounces today. For every two ounces of water, I am going to use one un-packed scoopful of formula. Remember, DO NOT skimp on the amount of the formula since this is crucial nutrition for your baby.

With the water and the power in there in the right amounts, close the bottle tightly and shake. Try twisting your wrist as you shake. If you are using prepared formula, you should still shake but you can shake a bit less.

Your bottle is ready to go!

So that about wraps it up. I hope this video has answered your questions! Feel free to comment below if you have other questions and I'll do my best to answer them. Thank you so much for watching and see you next time!

[gabigoncrxzy]

Omg ty you so much, I just started to babysit and I’m only 12 ty ty ty ty ty!!!

[ebonywright]

thanks, I had so many questions & u answered all of them in this video 😄

[rebeccaelda]

i appreciate you making a video like this, without any mention of how "breast milk is best!" of course, as a new mom i desperately wanted to exclusively nurse, but after lots of issues - one definitely being PPD! - i made peace with needing to formula feed (my daughter was not gaining weight sufficiently on breastmilk due to a number of reasons), and while there is still guilt associated with it, she is a thriving, healthy, smart girl. all thanks to formula :) for any moms on a budget, don't be afraid of store brand formula! i have been feeding my daughter the target brand for many months without an issue.

[Pachucobeauty]

I’m having a lot of problems breast feeding and have no idea how to do a bottle since this is my first baby. Thank you so much for making this video. Really helpful

[markgil]

Thanks a lot introducing formula to my 5 month daughter needed help which you provided thank you

[aleksandravalchanova]

The end of the video was so precious. I always feel the constant need to explain myself why i prefer bottle, etc etc and when i hear in random baby videos how breast milk is best for the baby it annoys me right away. Thank you for being so thoughtful

[leeleefy]

my little had had terrible acid reflux and I found that shaking it caused too many bubbles that really made it worst. a simple and easy suggestion would be to stir and not shake it makes a huge difference! love your channel by the way

[mia-uech]

My daughter is 2 weeks and she was born with some thing that she was the clothing size of a 0to3 months and she had to gain weight and so now I'm feeding her about 4 to 5 bottles which are each 4 ounces so now she weighs around 7 pounds but when she was born she weighed around 4 and a half pound but she was born at 34 Weeks. But she eats for 3 to 4 minutes each bottle so the doctor says that we can just keep this schedule. So it's fine 😊

[Dcook]

I like using the Tommee Tippee steam sterilizer. It makes this process quite a bit quicker. But this is the tried and true method if you don't have that.

[deetrue]

Can you keep boiled water in a pitch once the water is cooled offf

[minsy]

I know the tap water in my area is not good. I was using a water that we get from a water store to mix the formula but cause it takes 15mins to cool down. My sister said to use baby water. It's made for baby and it's always in a room temperature. What do you think of this? I have not found anywhere about this?

[quinlanplayz]

My sister have a baby in her tummy is Thx you for is my sister is gonna be happy thx you so much and stay safe

[dlo]

Can I use hot water from bottle dispenser ?? I put this hot water in a thermos bottle and it’s good for whole day and mix it with bottle water that it’s room temp.

[spongebobsrdbiggestfan]

What do you mean by playing around with the quantity of powder formula?

[patandbrandi]

using a Dr brown formula mixing pitcher and a microwave sanitizer work great.

[chrismeyerlawfirm]

Don't forget, don't add too much formula either. That can dehydrate the baby and make him/her constipated. Great video

[aroosashah]

What amount of water we should put in the bottle and how much scoop we should put formula in it .and we need water boil before? Which bottle or pacifier are good for baby's?

[spongebobsrdbiggestfan]

Would skimming be the same thing as not feeding them & getting underweight?

[sevn]

Where did you get the scoop? How big is that scoop?

[spongebobsrdbiggestfan]

Would it be safe to use a rinsed slimfast scoop?, would you need to measure out the amount for the amount of scoops you need?, isn't it optional to put the exact amount?