Making formula is one of the most common and simple acts, but it is also one of the easiest and most learned things to do wrong. It is a must for new parents to learn how to make formula for their babies. As the saying goes, “the most dangerous place is the safest”, and by the same token, the simplest thing is also the easiest to get wrong. More than 60% of new parents do not know the correct way to brew milk powder, often into the wrong way to brew milk powder. There are many things to note about the way infant formula is brewed. For example, what kind of water is used to make formula for babies? What is the right temperature of water to brew milk powder? What is the ratio of milk powder? Is it better to add water or milk powder to the formula first? These are not casual. One wrong step will affect your baby’s nutritional intake. 5 kinds of milk powder brewing misconceptions: 1, with boiling water baby milk powder from the daily habits, adult drinking milk powder, soy milk powder, juice powder and other products, commonly used boiling water brewing, so as to accelerate the speed of powder dissolution. So many new parents also subjectively believe that infant formula should also be brewed with boiling water. It is even believed that high temperature can sterilize and ensure the health and safety of the baby. In fact, you must not use boiling water to make infant formula. Infant formula is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates and vitamin A, vitamin D and trace elements such as calcium and iron, and the high temperature of boiling water will make the whey protein in the milk powder produce clots, affecting the digestion and absorption of the child. And those vitamins that are unstable to heat will also be destroyed, especially the milk powder with added immune active substances, the activity of immune substances will also be destroyed. 2. Adding milk powder first and then water is one of the most common wrong brewing methods. According to daily habits, most people pour the powdered brew into a cup or bowl and then use water to brew it. But infant formula cannot be done this way, the correct brewing order should be to measure the amount of warm water and pour in the corresponding amount of milk powder according to the brewing ratio. The brewing ratio of each formula is specific, such as adding milk powder first and then adding water, still add to the original scale, the milk will be thickened; while adding water first and then adding milk powder, will rise some, but the concentration is appropriate. Babies eat too thick milk, gastrointestinal digestive capacity is difficult to afford, the kidney excretory capacity is also difficult to bear. Each formula will be marked on the package with a clear brewing ratio, mostly in the form of “N ml of warm water plus n spoons of milk powder”, and with a special milk powder spoon equipped with the milk powder itself. But many parents will think that the formula is too thin according to the labeled brewing ratio, the baby is easily hungry, so they take the liberty to brew the formula very thick. The most common consequence of such a practice is that the baby is constipated, on fire, and in serious cases, it can lead to the rupture of capillaries in the brain of the toddler, leading to bleeding and eventually affecting the intellectual development of the baby. Because milk powder contains sodium ions, it needs to be diluted with a sufficient amount of boiling water. If the concentration of milk powder is too high, the baby will drink it to increase the pressure on the blood vessel wall, which will eventually lead to bleeding capillary rupture. 4, using mineral water to brew milk powder for the baby’s water also has to be careful, but some parents will be too careful. They will choose mineral water or pure water to brew milk powder for the baby, which is wrong. Mineral water is rich in minerals, phosphate, calcium phosphate, and infant gastrointestinal digestive function is not yet sound, long-term use of mineral water to brew milk will cause infant indigestion and constipation. Pure water loses the mineral elements of ordinary tap water, and the absorption rate of calcium from water can be to more than 90%, so it should not be used to brew milk powder. 5, vigorously stirring or shaking the bottle Usually brewing milk powder for babies is directly with the bottle, after adding the correct amount of milk powder to the water, in order to make the milk powder dissolve more evenly without lumps, we need to shake slightly to help dissolve. However, many fathers shake the milk powder very rudely, up and down, left and right, front and back, in all directions, which ends up creating a lot of bubbles in the milk powder, and the baby will keep burping after drinking it. The correct way to shake a bottle is to hold the upper middle of the bottle in your hand and shake the bottom of the bottle in the same direction to make it rotate on the horizontal plane. The speed should not be too fast and no bubbles should be produced. If bubbles are generated, let it sit until they disappear before giving it to your baby. The water temperature, amount of water and amount of milk powder for milk powder brewing Different brands of milk powder have different requirements for brewing temperature, which is mainly related to the process of the product. Therefore, the temperature of the water used to brew the milk powder should refer to the temperature marked on the can. But how can you tell that the water temperature of the milk powder is exactly the required temperature? The most direct method is to buy a thermometer, but this is not convenient to operate. You can use the inner skin of your wrist to measure the temperature, this part is more sensitive, feel warm and not hot hands is appropriate, the temperature will probably be about 50-70 ℃. The amount of water is not enough to make the milk powder too thick, and the baby will not digest it; too much water will make the milk powder too thin, and the baby will drink it all at once, but the required nutrition is not up to standard. So how can you control the amount of water most accurately? First of all, please try to choose a standard container (bottle) to brew milk powder, in addition, the bottle scale is standard and clear is also the focus of our investigation. Some poor quality bottles are prone to inaccurate scales, and the scale bar is not useful at all except for decoration. Moms who want to pursue a more accurate brewing ratio can purchase an experimental measuring cylinder to compare and test. If the scale of your bottle was once standard, but has been worn out due to long use, it is advisable to retire it honorably. If you want to accurately control the amount of water, there is another point that is particularly easy to overlook, and that is to add water before adding milk powder when brewing milk. This is because if you add the milk powder first, the milk powder will take up some of the volume, making the amount of water appear to be more than it actually is. This is the time to add water to the scale, in fact, has added less water, oh, please pay attention to this point. Don’t think that adding more milk powder will make your baby grow stronger, and don’t think that adding less milk powder will avoid the problem of fire and constipation in your baby, but brewing in proportion is the right approach. First, read the product’s brewing instructions carefully to determine the amount of milk powder at a time. Then, open the lid of the formula, scoop the formula with the formula scoop that comes with the formula can, scrape the formula flat on the scraping side, and pour the formula into the bottle. Did you notice that? Why do you want to emphasize the use of the spoon that comes with the milk powder and the need to scrape the milk powder after scooping it? The reason is simple, because different brands of milk powder, the size of the spoon are different, and brewing instructions are in accordance with their own spoons to match, if you use other spoons will inevitably appear “incompatible, mismatched” situation, resulting in the wrong amount of milk powder scooped. And scraping flat milk powder, of course, is also to make the amount of milk powder more accurate! Otherwise, if you run into a particularly steady hand, a spoon is the amount of two spoons …… that baby will be miserable! The danger of too thick milk powder Many parents always think that the thicker the baby’s milk powder the better, in fact, this is very bad for the baby. 1, milk powder is too thick will affect the baby’s digestive function. The appropriate concentration of milk powder brewing depends on the proportion of various nutrients in the formula and the digestive absorption capacity of the baby at different stages of growth, which is based on science. If the formula is too thick, it will lead to indigestion and defecation difficulties; or because the baby’s gastrointestinal function is weak, resulting in inadequate absorption of nutrients, diarrhea, weight gain and other problems. Overly concentrated milk powder directly increases the risk of digestive tract diseases in babies. 2. Overly concentrated milk powder can affect your baby’s kidney function. Powdered milk contains sodium ions and needs to be diluted with an adequate amount of water. The capillaries of infants and young children are tender and weak, and babies drinking milk powder with too high a concentration will increase the pressure on the walls of the blood vessels, thus easily causing the rupture of capillaries in the brain, leading to brain hemorrhage and symptoms such as seizures and coma, which will also affect the baby’s intellectual development over time. The high level of sodium in the blood will also affect the absorption of calcium, making the baby’s body development delayed and short. The high blood sodium content will also increase the burden on the kidneys and damage them over time. 3, the formula is too thick, it will affect the baby’s absorption of water, and in serious cases can cause azotemia. The baby who is fed with powdered milk must be given enough water. Overly concentrated milk powder will make your baby lose appetite and be reluctant to drink water, and subsequently the amount and number of urine will decrease, indirectly increasing the burden on your baby’s kidneys, which is very harmful. Overly concentrated milk powder also means that the baby is consuming too much protein, and with less water intake, the non-protein nitrogen produced by protein breakdown and metabolism will be retained in the blood plasma, leading to azotemia, which is a serious threat to the baby’s life. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. Therefore, parents must brew milk powder in accordance with the ratios indicated on the package, not how much you want to put in, to strictly comply with the recommended brewing method on the formula package, do not arbitrarily increase or decrease the concentration of milk powder. Add warm water first, then add milk powder, shake well and feed as soon as possible, and properly hydrate your baby to ensure healthy growth.