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EAT => Bottle Feeding => Topic started by: Cerys' mum on November 03, 2006, 20:53:38 pm
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Hi
I'm travelling from UK to Canada for three weeks with 6 month old daughter. I'm wondering what's the easiest way of sterilising bottles when travelling. And what about on the long haul flights? Pre-sterilised bottles?
And how about formula on long haul flights. Packaged formula or bring along pre-measured powdered formula and water? So much to think about when travelling so far!
Any other tips when travelling abroad are welcome!
Cerys' mum :)
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I didn't bottle feed but I have seen those bottle liners in stores. Would they help at all? And I would imagine bring more than you think you will use in case of delays etc.
Wishing you a good flight and enjoy your vacation!
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Thank you, I've never noticed bottle liners before, but will investigate it. :)
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I know I've seen other posts on here re: travel. We traveled from US to Ireland when lo was 7 mths. What airline are you going with? Could you presterilize the bottles, add the powder, and then mix when ready? I am sure a bottlefeeder will be on here soon anyway to help you out more
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Hi,
We travelled with DS from the UK to South Africa when he was 5 months old. We premeasured all his formula out for the flight, and made sure that we had enough bottles with us in our hand luggage, so that we would not run short.
I also had his food pre-measured out, and all we needed to do was get it heated on the flight.
We were lucky enough to be travelling at night, so DS slept most of the time and only had to worry about the evening and morning bottles.
HTH
Paula x
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A Midwife told me once, to bring a Ziplock bag, and those sterilising tablets, and just do a cold water sterilisation on the plane. Have a test run at home to see how much water you'll need and to make sure it will all fit first. This is what I'm going to do when we travel in december.
For water, I'm sure the flight attendants can top up your bottles as they always have boiled water on hand. Or just bring a thermos with preboiled water?
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Thanks for your thoughts and advice. For those of you who've gone on holiday with your babes, which method of sterilising bottles did you find easiest? I use a steamer at home, but I'm wondering whether to buy those sterlising bags that go in the microwave, or cold water sterilising tablets. During our holiday, we'll be staying at hotels for a few nights, and then self-catering accommodation and family, so will have access to a kitchen most of the time.
Your thoughts are welcome.
Cerys' mum :)
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I've used the microwave bags before. They worked really well, although you can only do 2 at a time. Quick, easy and no hassle. didn't need to find anything big enough to do the cold water sterilising in etc. Although not sure what you'd do at the hotels.
Alex
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u cld just boil for 5-10 mins the ol' fashion way. or coldwater ster'n in a tupperware - or use a large saucepan thats been cleaned and boiled etc and dedicate it to your bottles during your stay.
i used to use the electric steamer but now find cold water so hassle free. i just dump cleaned bottles and breast pumps in and they're always ready for me anytime of the day. just got to remember to change the water every 24 hrs.
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Thanks for your replies. Think I'll bring microwaveable bags, and some cold water sterilising tablets just in case!!! :)
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I too found microwave sterilizing the easiest and most convenient method both when traveling and when at home!
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You can buy cold-water sterilising sets - with tablets and bags included - we found them fantastic for our trips away. I pre-sterilised 6 bottles and filled them with boiled water. I then took two avent powder dispensers - they allow you to measure out formula into them before hand. This worked really well for us as sometimes dd needed cooled water and other times milk. Finally, I aslo took some cartons of ready made milk just in case.
Cx
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Hi, just a thought about the flight, make sure you check what the restrictions are on taking liquids on a plane leaving from the UK.
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Yes, we are flying with British Airways, so I'm going to call them and find out what exactly we are allowed to bring regarding restrictions on taking liquids. I'll post this information once I call.
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Went to NZ at the height of the restrictions from Heathrow. We took presterlized bottles and bought a 1 litre carton of formula air side (which is fine). We flew singapore air and they stored the carton in the fridge and then we handed them bottles and asked them to pour out and heat the right amount. For the non restricted legs we took prefilled bottles of water and formula already measured into the right amounts in those avent pots.
We used sterilising tablets and found they were the best method for the whole trip (we were staying with family tho so easier). Hotels can usually find you a bucket or actually a champagne cooler fits 2 bottles!! What's great is that it only takes 30 mins to sterilise (or some tablets only 15) and you can leave the bottles in until you need them. Definitely the least hassle when overnight in singapore during a very long trip!!
Most of all we were amazed how easily Charlotte took it all (she was 5 months on the way out 6 on the way back). Make sure you have a bassinet and hopefully your LO will sleep on the flight. We also fed her on take off but to be honest with long haul I'm not sure the plane climbs sharply enough to bother babies.
Good luck! :)
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Hi CharlotteWoo, so you flew during height of resrictions? I haven't called British Airways yet, but was wondering if bringing cartons of formula would be okay.... but sounds as if it is okay with your experience. I've bought presterlized bottles for the days we will be flying and travelling. When I can, I'll bring prefilled bottles of water and formula measured in the little advent pots. Do you know if it's okay to use bottled water???? When you were staying at the hotels, were you able to boil water? or have the hotel do it? We'll only be in hotels on the first two nights and last night of our trip, so can use pre-sterilized bottles for then.
Glad your LO did so well on the flight. That's encouraging. Our Cerys will be 6 months at time of the trip, but think she'll do pretty well. It's a night flight too, so should sleep most of the time.
thanks! :)
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Hey Cerys' mum
Our intial plan was avent pots of formula, presterlised bottles (just avent ones not disposable) and a litre of boiled water in a evian bottle. But they simply wouldn't let us take the water through, not even if tasted. So we ended up buying pre-made formula airside which was fine. We then just used it with the bottles as needed.
We then sterilised the bottles with milton tablets in the hotel. They all had kettles so that was fine. For the next leg there were no restrictions so we went back to plan a) and simply took the bottles with water onto the plane and then added formula. As far as I know the restrictions are only out of the UK and the US. You'll have tocheck about Canada.
I hope that helps.
:)