does anyone actually heat their babies' purees?

monkski

we just started solids two weeks ago and a post on the 6-9 board got me wondering if anyone actually heats up their babies' food?  I did it once and realized it was cold by the time I got two bites into them anyways, so what's the point. Maybe us MoM's just have to be more efficient, so these realizations come quicker. I do bring it to room temperature (by letting it sit out for little while beforehand). So anyways, it just got me wondering.

monkski

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i mixed the purees with rice cereal, that i made with hot water from the tap. 

Our kitchen cabinets are freezing in the winter - b/c of poor insulation to the outside wall - so the purees in that cabinet were always really cold - mixing it with the hot water probably brought it to about room temp.

if they'll eat them room temp or cold- go for it. no need to waste time.

Haven1

I freeze my own, so I microwave to defrost. The only thing I purposely make warm is their bedtime bottle.

marker56

we make all formula for the day early in the morning... including the formula for their cereal.  The cereal we make we warm in the microwave for 20 seconds on 50% power to make it not cold anymore.  we still warm their bottles, but none of the purees we give are warm.  everything is either cold or room-temp.

royalcrown1

If I make it in advance and it is stored in the fridge, then I heat it in the microwave to warm it up.  Otherwise, it is room temperature.

lgurian

i didnt even heat their bottles when they were babies, so no, i never heated their purees either. they never cared and i valued saving 10 seconds in the middle of the night (for the bottle part). in the end i think that helped make our transition to milk easier too. and when i mean easier i mean it was so easy it couldnt have been any easier (i gave them milk, they drank milk, they loved milk. the end). 

MamaCrystal

I never heated them, none of our kids minded ; )