logistics

[aryanhwy]

So tell me, just how exactly is this supposed to work?

- When preparing formula, the water should be heated to at least 70 degrees, if not boiling, to kill bacteria in the formula. Once the formula has been mixed, it should then cool 20-30 min.

- Water should be boiled fresh each time. Formula should not be mixed in advance, even if it is then stored in the fridge.

- Babies should preferably be fed when they first display hunger cues, i.e., before they start crying from hunger.

- The amount of time between when Gwen wakes up and displays initial hunger cues (hands to mouth being the most reliable) and when she starts screaming and clawing at her face because I have not provided food fast enough is about 5 minutes (if I'm lucky).

This is one riddle I simply don't see a solution to. (Oh, wait. Quit with the formula and nurse! That's the magic ticket.)

Comments

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just the brand I've got -- Nutrilon.

Heating the water is quick, especially with European water boilers. It's cooling it back down to non-scalding temperatures that takes time!

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Hah, funny! That reason has so far never come up in anything that I've read.

[mamamoira.livejournal.com]

Try sticking it in the freezer to cool it quicker? :)

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Ah, there's a topic for a whole 'nother post! The house didn't come with a freezer, but we figured, that's OK, we have a basement! We'll buy a small chest freezer! We like our freezer! (We need a freezer, given how much soup we make in large quantities and then freeze.) So we dutifully measured all the dimensions, and finally ordered it on Sunday and it was delivered on Wednesday.

Whereupon we found out we didn't measure all the relevant dimensions, namely, the doorway to the basement. It doesn't fit.

The freezer is now living next to the bathtub. It will be plugged in as soon as we get a splitter that fits into the nearest electrical socket, hopefully tomorrow.