FF Mommies - Do you warm bottle or not?

OCMom2be · April 2010

I am still warming DD's bottle in the warmer. I think I read somewhere that it's not necessary to do this. But, I think her premade bottles we make are super cold and wouldn't want her to get a brain freeze or something. The coldest we'll go is room temp.

Any ladies still warming them?

ivs112 · April 2010

Nope, we've always used room temperature water to make her bottles.

deeanneharris · April 2010

No, but we never have.

kerivp · April 2010

ivs112:
Nope, we've always used room temperature water to make her bottles.

This.

elyselowe · April 2010

We just use room temp water to make them.

FlaCourtney · April 2010

Never have! Sometimes he gets them straight out of the fridge. He's fine. I figure it's Florida, he's hot too. ;-)

juliane2004 · April 2010

- It's never been necessary to warm it, it's just how your baby prefers it.

- We definitely still warm bottles, because A. she likes it better (spit it out when it was cold) and B. we premake bottles, so they are cold from the fridge.

mfransdell · April 2010

I premake some of her bottles so they are ice cold. I only warm them to room temp though because when we are on the go she gets bottled water at whatever temp it happens to be at in the diaper bag.

chels0120 · April 2010

Nope just use room temp water.

soontobe05 · April 2010

I never have.

*Caress* · April 2010

We've never warmed her bottles. We use room temeperature water.

BlueKJ · April 2010

We use warm tap water when at home. If on the go, we use a warmer with bottled water. DD prefers it warm and won't take it cold. She'll take room temp, but with some protest.

rebus82 · April 2010

I don't warm ones that I'm making right then, but if they've been in the fridge overnight I do. During the day he doesn't mind cold bottles very much, but he gets a little unhappy if I try to feed him a super cold bottle early in the morning.

mellp9 · April 2010

Never have. Just used room temp water.

anarivera · April 2010

When I started to supplement with formula, DD wouldn't take the bottle or just dink a few sips. Somebody told me to warm the bottles and since that moment she take the bottle without problem.

However that could be a PITA when we gou out. I have to warm some water put it in a thermo and pray that stays warm until she gets the bottle.

Art Teacher · April 2010

We make them up as we need them and just add room temperature tap water (that's been filtered with a Brita filter.) I have never warmed her bottles- it's not necessary and it's kind of impractical if you're out and about.

We never had premade bottles in the fridge because the formula "expires" after an hour. We just make them one at a time.

amhough · April 2010

We've always just given it to him using room temp water, but he will take it straight out of the fridge, cold. I don't think he even realizes that food come in a temperature warmer than romm temp.

iowagirl73 · April 2010

I warm them but only because DS2 will not drink/eat it any other way. I am trying to lessen the warmth on them gradually though.

FlaCourtney · April 2010

Art Teacher:

We make them up as we need them and just add room temperature tap water (that's been filtered with a Brita filter.) I have never warmed her bottles- it's not necessary and it's kind of impractical if you're out and about.

We never had premade bottles in the fridge because the formula "expires" after an hour. We just make them one at a time.

Actually, if you read the formula can, premade bottles are OK for up to 24 hours if kept refrigerated. Otherwise, we'd be SOL at day care!

Cullum13 · April 2010

ivs112:
Nope, we've always used room temperature water to make her bottles.

this.

OCMom2be · April 2010

FlaCourtney:
Art Teacher:

We make them up as we need them and just add room temperature tap water (that's been filtered with a Brita filter.) I have never warmed her bottles- it's not necessary and it's kind of impractical if you're out and about.

We never had premade bottles in the fridge because the formula "expires" after an hour. We just make them one at a time.

Actually, if you read the formula can, premade bottles are OK for up to 24 hours if kept refrigerated. Otherwise, we'd be SOL at day care!

The formula only "expires" an hour or 2 after heating a bottle from the fridge. Like pp said, they're good for 24 if left in the fridge.

Anyhew, when we go out I warm a bottle of just water (brita pitcher filtered) and put the powder in a travel container. Now, when you say "room temp" is this tap or bottled water? I think I'll invest in the filter for the faucet this weekend.

kiwi443 · April 2010

Am I the only one who gives LO bottles straight from the fridge?

kiki4 · April 2010

Nope...we have always used room temp water for DS's bottles.

MrsV092207 · April 2010

kiwi443:
Am I the only one who gives LO bottles straight from the fridge?

I don't really apply to this thread bc I EBF, but at my previous nanny job, the baby took the bottles straight from the fridge. He was born in the winter and the parents just stopped warming them up for him when the weather got warmer, and he was totally fine with it. (And so was I.. one less thing I had to do)

SusieQ1982 · April 2010

We warm to room temperature. We make formula in a pitcher in the fridge and pour it as needed.

Art Teacher · April 2010

FlaCourtney:
Art Teacher:

We make them up as we need them and just add room temperature tap water (that's been filtered with a Brita filter.) I have never warmed her bottles- it's not necessary and it's kind of impractical if you're out and about.

We never had premade bottles in the fridge because the formula "expires" after an hour. We just make them one at a time.

Actually, if you read the formula can, premade bottles are OK for up to 24 hours if kept refrigerated. Otherwise, we'd be SOL at day care!

I stand corrected That's funny, though, because I remember someone at the hospital or at our doctor's office saying that it didn't matter if you refrigerated it. Weird. Even my husband remembers someone saying that. Oh well. It works for us to just make them as we go, so no big deal.

kiwi443 · April 2010

MrsV092207:

kiwi443:
Am I the only one who gives LO bottles straight from the fridge?

I don't really apply to this thread bc I EBF, but at my previous nanny job, the baby took the bottles straight from the fridge. He was born in the winter and the parents just stopped warming them up for him when the weather got warmer, and he was totally fine with it. (And so was I.. one less thing I had to do)

Good to know :0). I've heard (and pedi confirmed) that if the baby doesn't mind cold bottles, it's perfectly fine. I was just surprised no one else responded in the same way.

poopteen · April 2010

We warmed them when it was cold out, and now that it's warmer, she gets anywhere from room temp to cool. If I premade them, she'd get them straight out of the fridge, but we rarely have room in the fridge for that.

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