Contents:
- Medical Video: Newborn Burping Techniques
- Clean the baby's milk bottle well
- Presenting baby formula safely
Medical Video: Newborn Burping Techniques
Formula milk may be very necessary for babies who cannot get exclusive breastfeeding. However, the actual use of formula milk is more risky than breast milk in terms of cleanliness. Serving formula that is not done well can cause health problems in infants, such as diarrhea. Therefore, it is important for you to provide formula milk in a safe and hygienic way.
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Clean the baby's milk bottle well
The first thing you should pay attention to in order to make your baby formula milk safe is to always keep your baby's milk bottle clean. This is important because bacteria can nest in your baby's milk bottle that is less clean, especially the shape of a milk bottle usually makes it difficult for you to clean it.
The following are tips on cleaning your baby's milk bottle.
- Clean baby milk bottles with warm water and dish soap. Use a special bottle brush so you can reach all parts of the bottle easily. Also look at the cleanliness of the bottle's special brush you use, clean the brush first before you clean the bottle. Make sure you clean all the bottle parts. Then rinse with clean water.
- It's not enough to clean it, you also have to sterilize milk bottles. How to? You can boil a partially separated milk bottle (bottle, pacifier and bottle cap) in a pot filled with water. Make sure all parts of the bottle are submerged in water. However, you should not boil the bottle until the water boils because it can release chemicals in the bottle. Or, you can also place the bottle in hot water for five minutes to sterilize it from germs and bacteria.
- Also, preferably don't warm the bottle inside microwave. Bottles with certain plastic materials, such as bottles from polycarbonate or bottle number 7 or "PC", can release dangerous chemicals bisphenol A (BPA).
- Let the bottle dry yourself with air or you can use a tissue if you want to use it immediately. Do not wipe the milk bottle with a rag because there may be bacteria in the rag.
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Presenting baby formula safely
Not arbitrary when you present formula milk to your baby. Formula milk must be made well so that it is safe to drink by the baby, especially if your baby is under 2 months old. The following are the stages in presenting formula milk.
- Clean the place you use to serve formula milk. Don't forget to clean your hands with water and soap before serving.
- Prepare a cleansed and sterilized milk bottle.
- Boil water to be used to brew powdered formula. Use warm water (no more and not less than 70 °) C) to brew milk powder. It aims to kill Enterobacter sakazakii bacteria which may be contained in powdered formula milk. Infection caused by bacteria is very rare, but can occur in a very serious form. In addition to brewed with warm water, formula milk must be taken immediately or stored in a refrigerator (refrigerator) to prevent the growth of E. sakazakii bacteria.
- Prepare formula milk to be used. Look at the expiration date on the milk package to ensure formula milk has not expired and is still safe to use. Also read the presentation instructions printed on the packaging. How many spoons of milk powder should you dissolve into a bottle of water. (After that, store powdered formula milk in a closed container and put it in a cool place and away from moisture (with optimal storage temperature is 13-24 ° C). Moisture can make powdered formula clump and reduce the level of nutrients contained in it).
- Add a few spoonfuls of formula milk to warm water in a bottle (according to the serving instructions). After that, mix well or you can shake it (on a bottle that has been closed) until it dissolves completely.
- Cool the bottle under running cold water or place the bottle in a bowl filled with cold water. After that, dry the bottle with a clean cloth.
- If the milk is no longer hot or warm enough, you can immediately give it to your baby. Check the temperature of the milk by dripping a little milk on your skin before giving it to the baby.
- Dispose of the remaining milk that the baby does not spend if it has been more than two hours since the time of presentation.
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