What is the reason to discard formula after one hour if not used?

Question

Is it that it loses its nutritional value?Or does it go bad and could make your baby sick?

thank you soooooo much so far,I do sometimes put it back in the fridge but I think I will just toss it now everytime.

Wow!thank you all I get the point.This is very helpful.

Answer 1

If it's in the fridge, there is no need to discard it. If not refrigerated, it will develop bacteria after a while. It starts to develop bacteria from the minute it cools below 160 degrees; they are in the air all around us. The longer it is exposed, the more the bacteria will multiply. As for nutrition, it does not lose any after 1 hour at room temperature. Like I said, the whole concern is that bacteria grow rapidly on the formula in the bottle and around the nipple. Best way to make your child immune to these bacteria is to expose him to them. Let him drink from progressively older bottles (20 minutes old, 30 minutes old, 45 minutes old, etc). Protecting him from every microbial pathogen will make him weaker and more sickly as he grows up. We need to go back to what they did in the old days; expose kids to chicken litter, horse crap, and cow manure. If your kids live past two or three years old after being exposed to that, they'll live to be a hundred without many colds, flu, or respiratory ailments.

The worst sickness you will cause by using exposed formula is diarhea, vomitting, etc. It certainly won't kill him. Babies are much tougher than we give them credit for.

Answer 2

Because saliva from the nipple of the bottle slowly leaks back into the bottle ,causing bacteria to build up and get served back to baby next time they drink from it ! To avoid waste of formula, only put an ounce or two in bottle if this is all baby drinks at a time. You could always refill if they want more.Then you won't always waste a bunch if they don't drink it . Slowly work up to bigger bottle as baby 's appetite changes. I don't think it would actually " spoil " that quick unless it is really hot outside. How could we tell ? It smells yucky anyway. I always just made some formula up and kept it in a pitcher in the frig, instead of " building " bottles just for purposes like this . I could control how much at each feeding. Sometimes baby eats / drinks more or less than time before. Ya never know what they'll want , esp. if they are eating food too.If bottle is a "meal " they will probably want more . If bottle is only a " drink " with meals then probably want less . I know formula is expensive , so if you will do this it will help to not waste as much !

Answer 3

It could make your baby sick.

Even if you make up your formula with home-sterilized stuff (bottle, scoop, water), there is still a good chance you've got bacteria in that bottle. Formula is full of rich, wonderful, food - not just for your baby, but also for bacteria. You heat up the bottle to body temperature to give to your infant - great, now the bacteria is at it's happiest temperature. Even at room temperature, bacteria is quite happy to much away and grow, giving all the more numbers to colonize your baby's digestive tract and perhaps cause disease.

Having said that, not all bacteria, not even all E.coli is bad. Don't go getting paranoid about this :) Your baby is going to, and needs to, consume some. In fact, he or she needs E.coli before the good lactobacillus (the kind the yogurt companies are making all the fuss about) can grow.

But yeah ... the one hour is probably over cautious, but there's good reason for it.

Answer 4

Have you ever drank milk after it's set out for a while? After a little while bacteria can start to grow in it since it's not at a safe storing temperature. It's not going to really hurt the baby, it's just not a good idea. Don't get too worried if you give him/her the bottle on that one hour mark though, it's more of a precautionary thing. Besides the taste of warm milk that's been sitting out...

Answer 5

to avoid bacteria taht can cause a stomag infection on your baby,
but im a mom of 3 kids and almost never throw the milk away
if my kids did not eat it for some reason i just put it back on the fridge
but if they did drink like half i just throw the rest. i know formula is expensive so try not to make more than what the baby really eats
for example if he drinks 2 ounces for sure make 21/2 i was always afraid he was going to be left hungry..
good luck and enjoy your baby!

Answer 6

it is becasue of bacteria. but my dr told me its ok to have a bottle (that has not been drank from) sit out in room temp for up to 3 hours. in the fridge in needs to be used within 24 hours. just remember if the baby even only had a sip and wont take it within that hour it needs to be tossed in the trash.

Answer 7

well they only say to discard it after 1 hour if the baby drank from that bottle......have you ever heard people say a dogs mouth is cleaner than a humans?..the human mouth is a breeding ground for bacteria. so baby sucks from the nipple saliva gets in milk.......between room temperature and all the good stuff in the formula that it has to feed off of bacteria will reproduce too fast for your little ones natural antibodies to kill them when they drink it.

Answer 8

to avoid the risk of bacterial contamination

Answer 9

bacteria

Answer 10

it grows bacteria....