Avent Milk Powder Dispenser

The market in baby "gadgets" is huge - corporates have tuned in to the fact that new parents haven't got a clue and will get sucked into purchases that they think are good for baby or that will save them time and effort without really questioning whether they really do need the item or not. As I breastfed my son I was spared much of the pressure to buy in the early days but there soon came a point where, for reasons beyond my control, I had to switch him to formula milk. So the purchases of bottles, sterilisers and brushes commenced. When making up baby feeds it is recommended that you make up the feed and use it immediately (within an ...  Read the complete review

When my grandson was born, my daughter and her husband, had bought just about everything a new baby could possibly need. His nursery was all ready and waiting for him to come home from the hospital. His cot was all fitted out with cot bumpers and matching bedding. All this despite the fact that the baby would be sleeping in his moses basket in his parents bedroom for several months. The family had a good laugh about how times have changed. The worst thing that they bought was a 'nappy wrapper' which, at the time, was quite expensive. I called it the 'glorified nappy bin'. It was useless and smelly. The best thing that they bought cost ...  Read the complete review

I bought this product after having purchased a much cheaper version online that didn't quite measure up. This is invaluable for when you are out and about with your little one as it stores 3 milk feeds and can take up to 8 scoops of powder in each of the 3 compartments - enough for a 240ml/8oz feed. This way, you just need to carry about with you bottles of cooled boiled water and tip the powder straight into the bottle. I got this one once my baby started to take more milk as the previous dispenser I had could only take 4-5 scoops at a time - not great for a growing baby. Also the old one tended to allow milk powder to move from compartment to ...  Read the complete review

The advice from health visitors and midwives these days are to make the milk up as you go along ie. make it up before you feed. This Avent container makes this easy - it consists of a cup with an inner container that is split into 3 sections and a lid with a holes that can be slid round. Basically you fill up each of the 3 sections with the desired amount of formula powder and take it with you in a perfectly sealed container. You then pour the powder from the dispenser into a bottle that contains the water and give it a good shake to make up your milk. Since this container holds three lots of powder you can be out for the day with your 3 feeds all under control. My ...  Read the complete review

I bought this milk powder dispenser (by Avent) for just under £5 from Boots - it was reccommended by a friend. It is blue and I think you can now get pink, and is a very simple but clever little pot that has an outer pot that you slip the section part into and it then holds 3 lots of milk powder for feeds. The idea is that you take it out with you and when it comes to feeding time you simply pop up the lid and tip the already measured amount of milk from one of the sections into the bottle - avoiding spillages or having to make up feeds before you go which could then go cold and not be useable as well as savingyou from taking out a whole milk tub!lol. Definatly ...  Read the complete review