The bottles should be thoroughly cleaned and then sterilized by boiling. Milk should not be kept in the room temperature for more than 1 hour. After your baby has taken the feed, you must throw the remaining milk and rinse the bottle and nipple thoroughly. The water that is used for making the feed should be boiled or you can use bottled sterile water. Do not use very hot water for mixing the feeds, otherwise the vitamin-C will get destroyed.
Proportion of the water and the powder to be used should be strictly according to the instructions written on the tin of the powdered milk because if you add less amount of powder, baby will get less nutrients and thus will not gain weight and, if you add more than required, baby may get constipation and also can get dehydrated. Some brands of milk powder provide big size scoop, which has to be mixed in 60 ml of water while others provide small scoop, which has to be mixed in 30 ml of water.
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