Bottle feeding newbie

OK so this bottle feeding is all new to me and has come as a slight shock after planning on bfing for a year like last time! Anyway, am getting over that but have a few questions...

Whats your 'routine'? You can't heat made up bottles can you? So do you just have the water in bottles ready for the day, then heat that, then mix in formula?

Sterilising - if you use a microwave steriliser you dont need to use those milton tablet things do you?

Ummm, any other helpful advice? TIA

With neocate you have to use it with in an hour of it being made, so no def can't heat it up. Our routine, I boil the kettle and then later on use the water in it, our kettle has a reheat function so I can heat to 40, if I have forgot then I stick a bottle of boiling water in a jug of cold. When out I take bottles of water and a pot with the measure amounts of neocate in, avent and tommee tippee sell these they have three sections so you can take three feeds worth out with you. Then I just mix once out and if need be get the cafe/friend to provide a jug of hot water to warm it in. I have a bottle keep warm thing in my nappy bag which normally keeps it hot enough without having to get a jug to stand it in though.

No microwave sterilisers don't need any tablets added to them, the power of steam does all the sterilising.

making the formula then heating it was giving josh sore tummies so now i put boiled water in bottle in the fridge heat and add powder to them.  I take a thermas of boiled water and his milk powder when i go out and either heat the water in the bottles using the boiled water (Thermas has a big cup on it) or i add some boiled water to the cold water bottles.  I have an electric sterilizer and you just reminded me some stuff come with it to clean it should really go find them and read how they work opps

ok they arent tablets they just spose to be put through my sterilizer every so many weeks so thats not too bad i will have to do that now im only about 8 weeks late

I always made up our Neocate bottles at night, it's fine as long as you use it within 24 hours. They tell you not to on the tin, but me and Tara at Nutricia (0800 Neocate) have become good ole buddies over the months of negotiating the gremlins and she said standard policy is the same as normal formula - 24 hours in the fridge.
I also microwaved ours to heat them, after 10 weeks of having to heat breastmilk in boiling water it was a luxury and I didn't have to listen to the gremlins screaming while they waited for their bottles apparently just DYING of starvation (NOT!).

Our 'routine' was just to rinse the bottles out after use during the day, sterilise them all at night in the microwave steriliser then make them all up for the next day with cool boiled water (if you use boiling water the steam clogs up the powder scoop) then put them in the fridge and microwave them as needed.

aimee I'm in the same situation(thankyou peanut for answering my questions..there was so many ):)

so you can have formula made up in a bottle(even at 8 weeks old) in the fridge for 24 hours?

and do you all feed extra boiled water to them to help with thirst?

If you are keeping made up formula in the fridge and your baby starts getting constipation or other problems like upset tummies try making it as you need it before switching brands and/or adding a little extra water.  Apparently switching brands can cause problems for a few weeks while there bodies adjust so make sure you have tried everything first

so if he has no constipation i dont need to add water? yeah most babies hate water...!

LOL KA, that was going to be my next question!!

cause at work we always made it really warm and Ethan has been having his really warm..whoops:(

aimee-yeah its heaps more complicated than i thought:)! ok so i will give him water..id never heard of it before but it seems to be the general concensus..