Warm milk or room temp milk?

jdsummerbaby

Do you have to feed your baby  with warm milk or is room temperature milk ok? I seen mothers that have milk Warmers but I think it takes too long especially when you have a baby crying. At the hospital I don't even think they warm it up. 

 

What do you think or what do you do?  

 

punkrockabye

I'll be breastfeeding but in the past, babies that I fed were given formula made with room temperature bottled water. I don't think I've ever heated up a bottle.

jdsummerbaby

punkrockabye:

I'll be breastfeeding but in the past, babies that I fed were given formula made with room temperature bottled water. I don't think I've ever heated up a bottle.

 

Me too! Breast feeding it is. I was just wondering because I've seen women lugging around theormos and putting a lot of effort into that warm milk. 

Grins04

Depends on the baby. . Some only take it warm, while some don't care.  If you do formula and use a formula pitcher you have to keep it cold...my son would take it cold, but it upset his stomach, so then I'd have to heat it up.  But if you make them individually (what I mostly did), then I never needed to do anything.  I wanted to BF, but that didn't happen...but I imagine those babies prefer it warm since that's what they're used to.

jjhp2018

*lurking*

I wasn't able to breastfeed but both of my children would not drink formula if it wasn't warmed up first. With my first I breastfed for about 4 days before we had to switch to formula. She wouldn't drink it without it being warm and with my 2nd DD right from the hospital she would spit out the formula if it wasn't warm. We ended up having to run it under hot water the entire stay or she wouldn't eat at all!

irer

I breastfed ds, and will with this baby, too. I have given bottles of pumped milk, though, and would not get into the habit of heating up bottles.  Too much work for you! You can heat up water to sterilize it and then it will stay sterile for 24 hours in a closed  bottle...it is fine at room temperature. 

HappyMama2011

Depends on the baby and also what you are feeding it.  Anything you have to refrigerate (non-powdered formula or pumped breast milk) generally needs to be warmed.  I strongly recommend if you do FF, to use powdered formula and room temp water.  It makes life SO much easier.  But then again, it might not agree with the baby.

FemShep

If you're using refrigerated or frozen breast milk, you should warm it to at least room temperature.  (Babies should never drink cow milk).  As far as what a baby *can* drink, there's no difference between room temperature and warm milk; I'd suggest getting them used to room temperature milk, it makes life much easier.

Rhenna

With DS I would make a pitcher of formula and then warm the bottle up just enough so it wasn't cold.  I started off making each bottle but there were too many air bubbles in it and I found that making a pitcher and scooping out the foam then letting it settle in the fridge helped with the gas and spit up.  So that is why I had a bottle warmer.  If you make bottles individually or have the premade and sealed bottles you don't need to warm them.

dangerkitty102

I think room temp is probably fine unless your baby fusses about it. I guess ideally you warm it up to body temp (sprinkle a little on your wrist and if you can't feel it at all, it's the right temp), but after a while I found that DS was perfectly happy with room temp or even chilled breast milk.

Crossingfingers

When I had my first, the hospital gave her a bottle of room temp formula. I asked if it should be heated and they said absolutely not, unless you want to keep heating it. My nurse said that baby will eat what baby is used to eating, so if you start out at room temp, it *should be ok.

There are of course special circumstances in every situation, including what temp a baby will take their bottle. 

If you are feeding pumped breastmilk that has been refrigerated or frozen, you should heat it to at least room temp. 

 

BethPSU

Some kids prefer it warm so that is most likely why.  I breastfed both boys, but if they ever had a bottle of pumped milk it had to be thawed down under warm water so it was warm.  DS #2 did like to have a bottle of milk in the evening when he was around 13 months and he would not drink it unless it was warm.  I would just run it under warm water for a few minutes.  

Andreabks

best advice i have on this is room temp.  that way when you travel or are just out and about, you don't have to worry about warming it up you can just use what you have on hand.  i've been told kids just get used to either way.