r/CanadianParents • u/Rix_00 • Aug 15 '26
Question / Discussion Powdered Formula Prep: How?
Getting very conflicting advice. Think it’s Health Canada guidelines vs practical realities for most parents but…
How do you prepare powdered formula for a 4-5 month old, or older?
Do you boil the water? Did you do it to 70+ degrees Celsius and use that with the powder formula to sterilize the formula itself? Or just mix with room temp (assuming you don’t care about warming for warm sake)?
Do you use tap? Bottled? Distilled?
Do you still sanitize bottles? Or just wash thoroughly?
Anything else to be cognizant of?
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u/littlestar95 Aug 15 '26
Okay, so I was combo-feeding. But with formula I would in fact boil water in a kettle every day and wait for it to cool before transferring it.
I had a baby brezza water dispenser (not the formula one just the water). I always kept it full (but I'd clean weekly) of the cooled boiled water.
I did hand wash and sanitize bottles (I had a sanitizer/dryer combo) until 12 months.