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luckyinlove10
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

How important is this? Anyone wait two hours? I hate throwing out formula!

Posted 3/27/14 9:54 AM
 
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luvmyReese
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I dont. If my bsby doesn't finish i try to put in fridge. I smell it too if its funky then i toss

Posted 3/27/14 9:56 AM
 

ANewDayHasCome
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

As long as it hasn't gotten hot I stretch it out a little bit. Think of it as a glass of milk for yourself. How long would you leave a glass of milk out and still drink it.

I also think the 1 hour thing is the formula companies covering their butts...knowing people would stretch it.

Posted 3/27/14 9:57 AM
 

b2b777
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I dont think it is based on it sitting out per se... more that once the baby drinks from it bacteria can form and grow bc of backwash.
If i mix formula and it sits out two hours before the baby touches it, im fine with that. If he drinks from it I try to keep to the 1 hr rule.

Posted 3/27/14 10:04 AM
 

Cheeks24
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

If DD started a bottle and didn't finish it all (left half or more) we put it in the fridge for later. We only threw it out if it was her last bottle before bed.

Posted 3/27/14 10:09 AM
 

Finally1108
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

i have gone up to 2 hours.... no more than that though

Posted 3/27/14 10:09 AM
 

alli3131
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Once my DS was older I def pushed it out much longer.

As a newborn I stuck to the rule.

Posted 3/27/14 10:15 AM
 

AsItShouldBe
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I stretch it sometimes but won't use it after longer than 2

Posted 3/27/14 10:21 AM
 

EricaAlt
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

DS1 - an hour no touch then I tossed. He turned out fine

DS2 - maybe 2 hours as long as the house is cool and it wasn't in the sun. He turned out fine

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Posted 3/27/14 10:25 AM
 

luckyinlove10
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

So should I refrigerate during that one to two hour span or just leave out in a cool place?

Posted 3/27/14 10:43 AM
 

ANewDayHasCome
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Posted by luckyinlove10

So should I refrigerate during that one to two hour span or just leave out in a cool place?



You can leave it out. It's not so much leaving it out or putting it in the fridge. Once it's been started it has to be thrown out 1-2 hours bc of bacteria from the babies saliva, regardless of fridge or left out.

Posted 3/27/14 11:10 AM
 

jmp1105
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I usually give it 2 hours because my DD is a grazer. She'll never finish the whole bottle but she'll usually go back to it. But I never let it go too much past 2 hours.

Of course if it was in the hot sun or something that would be different.

Posted 3/27/14 11:50 AM
 

JDubs
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Posted by luvmyReese

I dont. If my bsby doesn't finish i try to put in fridge. I smell it too if its funky then i toss



ita

Posted 3/27/14 11:58 AM
 

NervousNell
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Posted by luvmyReese

I dont. If my bsby doesn't finish i try to put in fridge. I smell it too if its funky then i toss



I did this too.
And she lived!

Posted 3/27/14 12:19 PM
 

NYCGirl80
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Posted by alli3131

Once my DS was older I def pushed it out much longer.

As a newborn I stuck to the rule.



This. It depends how old the baby is.

Posted 3/27/14 12:26 PM
 

maybebaby
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

It goes in the fridge for a few hours if unfinished...microbial growth is slowed in the fridge and my kids have never ever gotten sick.

Posted 3/27/14 12:52 PM
 

Sixofus
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I've left it in my nightstand and used it the next morning. I am on my fourth kid though so I let a lot more slide. Chat Icon

Posted 3/27/14 1:33 PM
 

MrsFlatbread
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by luvmyReese

I dont. If my bsby doesn't finish i try to put in fridge. I smell it too if its funky then i toss



I did this too.
And she lived!



Ha!! Exactly!

Posted 3/27/14 1:37 PM
 

MrsW2010
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Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I never did... but after I take it back out and its not finished I won't put it back into fridge

Posted 3/27/14 1:39 PM
 

WannaBeAMom11
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

Nope my kid is a grazer. Would have been bankrupt if I stuck to the rule.

Posted 3/27/14 2:01 PM
 

BriBri2u
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I toss it after an hour or so. I would not drink milk that was sitting out for that long.

Plus, formula smells extra funky to me once it's been sitting in a bottle for a bit, same with milk. I gag when I wash DS's sippy cup if he didn't finish and it was sitting out for awhile...I can't imagine drinking it yuck!

Posted 3/27/14 2:07 PM
 

phoenix913
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V

Re: Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

After he was a month old we disregarded the "rule". If there's more than 2 ounces left in the bottle we put it in the fridge and use it at the next feeding. Have not had any issues yet (he's 5 months now).

Posted 3/27/14 3:04 PM
 

Pinkisles
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I just read this thread and gave my son the rest of his bottle. It was under two hours and now he isn't crying lol

Posted 3/27/14 3:12 PM
 

CallaLily
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Throwing Formula Out After an Hour

I stuck to the rule. After an hour, it went in the trash. I didn't want to take any risks.

Posted 3/27/14 7:30 PM
 
 

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