New mums are only just realising what the plastic on the side of formula boxes is really for

New mums have only just been discovering the real purpose of the plastic strip found on the side of baby formula boxes.

Mum-of-two Gillian Mitchell was the first to share the groundbreaking discovery by sharing a video of the plastic strip’s real function onto TikTok.

In the video, Gillian explained that she had only noticed the tiny bit of plastic when she was taking her first child off of formula.

When taking a closer look, she had realised that the plastic is actually intended to level the top of the scoop of formula.

Gillian wrote: “When you are taking your first born off milk and realise that this little plastic part makes the powder level.

“I know what to do second time round!”

And it quickly transpired that Gillian wasn’t the only mum to have missed the function of this little plastic strip, with the video being flooded with countless comments by equally as puzzled parents.

One mum admitted: “I used to level it off at top with a knife until I realised”, while another commented: “I was on my 3rd baby before I realised this”.

And it wasn’t only the little piece of plastic that went amiss, with one mum commenting: “I didn’t realise for ages that the inside of the lid holds the scoop so you don’t have to fish it out the powder every time”.

A fourth agreed: “Imagine I just found that out with my third child that there is a spoon holder”.

At least they all know now…