BFing moms read! UPDATE

Mommylove2014 · November 2013

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~SgrRay929 (Feb '14 mod)

cattuccino · November 2013

I know many bottles are BPA free etc now - but I guess I just always assumed I wouldn't ever microwave them anyway. I'd be afraid of leeching, or warping the bottles...

Bookshelves said:

You know they make bottle warmers too, right?

And the bottle warmers help, stove top helps and even just a bigger bowl/cup of hot water and placing the bottle in it works.
I used to work in a coffee shop and a lot of moms would just ask for a big cup of hot water so they could warm their bottles in them while they're on the go.

queeniecrayon · November 2013

We just thawed the milk in the sink with warm water, and as far as I know that's how DH warmed it too.....

Eta: And you're not supposed to shake breast milk anyways.

boogerbearoriginal · November 2013

I always thought you're not supposed to microwave ANY bottles, regardless of contents, because it can cause hot spots. And you know, it's a plastic bottle (usually) which isn't supposed to be microwaved.

ETA - also it takes no time to warm a bottle using hot water from the tap, no need to bother with the stove either.

Sweets11 · November 2013

sms_518 said:
We just thawed the milk in the sink with warm water, and as far as I know that's how DH warmed it too.....

Eta: And you're not supposed to shake breast milk anyways.

I've never heard anything about not shaking breastmilk. I had to because mine would always separate to half fat, half liquid when frozen.

What's the reason behind not shaking it?

ShePersisted · November 2013

What about glass bottles? I thought that was a good option if indeed one wanted to use the microwave?

keags5496 · November 2013

Aaaand thanks for the diss to formula feeding moms casually tossed in there...because obviously anyone who formula feeds isn't giving their baby the nutrients they need. Pfft

NoelMarieFrey · November 2013

There is nothing wrong with formula feeding, in fact I plan to alternate between both formula and breast milk. However, hot water through the faucet will heat the bottle just fine.

And with all due respect, that sounded like a Dis to mommas out there who do plan to formula feed. Some people just can't breastfeed, it isn't always their fault.

funchicken · November 2013

No, you shouldn't microwave formula or breast milk. Just put it in a big cup or bowl of hot water for a few minutes. If the breast milk has separated, swirl it around after you warm it to mix the fat back in, and it will be fine.

queeniecrayon · November 2013

Sweets11 said:

sms_518 said:
We just thawed the milk in the sink with warm water, and as far as I know that's how DH warmed it too.....

Eta: And you're not supposed to shake breast milk anyways.
I've never heard anything about not shaking breastmilk. I had to because mine would always separate to half fat, half liquid when frozen.

What's the reason behind not shaking it?

https://www.bflrc.com/ljs/breastfeeding/shakenot.htm

https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/milkstorage/

I always just swirled it.....

Eta: I can't find the specific reasoning anymore, but it has to do with damaging the milk. I just know I've read it, a lot, and was told by multiple people not to shake it. I'll keep looking for the article I read last time that actually explains it....

slwprincess · November 2013

I also thought this was an odd post... But anyhoo... I use my keurig to brew a short cup of hot water into a larger mug (no k cup in it), then stick the bottle in the mug and it heats it perfectly. However, I try not to let my babies get too hooked on warm milk b/c it's such a pita when you are out. Most babies are fine with room temp or even cold milk.

slwprincess · November 2013

Sweets11 said:

sms_518 said:
We just thawed the milk in the sink with warm water, and as far as I know that's how DH warmed it too.....

Eta: And you're not supposed to shake breast milk anyways.
I've never heard anything about not shaking breastmilk. I had to because mine would always separate to half fat, half liquid when frozen.

What's the reason behind not shaking it?

Shaking it can mess up the nutrients and other goodies. You are supposed to swirl it instead to break up the fat.

iwubrory · November 2013

mrszee2b said:

No, you shouldn't microwave formula or breast milk. Just put it in a big cup or bowl of hot water for a few minutes. If the breast milk has separated, swirl it around after you warm it to mix the fat back in, and it will be fine.

Yes, swirl breastmilk but do not shake it. Also, when you've stored your pumped milk in a storage bag, the fat in the breastmilk tends to cling to the bag. I always found it easiest to warm the milk by placing the storage bag in a cup of hot water, then I transferred it to a bottle. It worked beautifully.

One more thing, I always wonder what happens to those poor babies who are formula fed... oh that's right, they grow up to be perfectly healthy adults (like me) capable of bringing new babies into the world. Imagine that...

OutOfStep81 · November 2013

I always used warm-hot tap water in a bowl to thaw breast milk. And yes, I did know not to use the microwave.

littlepig2 · November 2013

@bribbon but you MIND as well!

dunvilles · November 2013

I never warmed a bag of breast milk because if I was there to warm the bag for DS, I would just nurse him....

That said, daycare, DH, and anyone else that needed to feed DS when I wasn't around just used warm tap water and would put the milk in it for a few minutes. No problem. We never microwaved a bottle and I wouldn't even if its formula.

Also, if you're planning to FF, I'd never get my LO used to warm bottles... just use room temp water and shake in the formula. No need to heat it up.

WookieesCookies · November 2013

Milk doesn't have to be piping hot to feed. Heating it on the stove is overkill and can kill the nutrients like microwaving does. It doesn't come out of your body hot. Warm or room temp is just fine and it saves you in the long run when you are out somewhere and don't have a way to heat it. I ran my bags under hot water in the sink and that was enough heating.

ChinaDoll87 · November 2013

I agree with this

WookieesCookies said:

Milk doesn't have to be piping hot to feed. Heating it on the stove is overkill and can kill the nutrients like microwaving does. It doesn't come out of your body hot. Warm or room temp is just fine and it saves you in the long run when you are out somewhere and don't have a way to heat it. I ran my bags under hot water in the sink and that was enough heating.

MamaHollywood27 · November 2013

Oh!? I just figured I would warm my bm in the microwave and add couple scoops of formula to you know compensate for any over cooked nutrients! Lol I kid I kid

becausemom · November 2013

::eye roll:: "Mind as well?"

MamaHollywood27 · November 2013

kalimom2be said:
So here is a serious question to you stm's from a FTM........how come no one has mentioned cold milk?? Is this a no-no? I mean, you do store extra bottles in the fridge as well right?....so should you not give it to LO cold or are they more picky and only like it warmed/room temp?

In my experience every baby is different, my niece will take a room temp bottle, while the other lil guy I nannied had to have it warm. My boys didn't care what temp, nipple, who was feeding them as long as it was happening! My DD NEVER took a bottle! And yes you can store expressed milk in fridge. Just time/date stamp the bottle or bag to not go past the recommended storage. And for me I always had to warm it some for the fat to reincorporate or it just kinda sits on top. I never shook it just gently massaged the bags (sound weird lol)

CarissaA · November 2013

When my boys were in the NICU, the nurses just warmed my pumped milk by putting the bottle in a bowl of hot tap water.

lindarslane · November 2013

I work at a daycare and for the breast feed babies we just warm over tap water or sometimes they use a very small crockpot they keep with water in it on warm and place them in there

ZAngel · November 2013

I used a bottle warmer with DD and it worked out great. I just did enough to take the chill off. Don't most of the bottles have a warning label that says not to microwave? I haven't checked in a really long time, but I thought they made it pretty clear for safety reasons.

JordyInIndy · November 2013

The OP is very ill informed and educated. Food for thought.

C12H22O11 · November 2013

FWIW, I microwaved my BM when DS was screaming and hungry. I also shook it. And I also eventually supplemented with formula. Gasp. Guess what? DS turned out just fine.

VeronicaAnn143 · November 2013

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Tally06 · November 2013

Well........I was coming here to post that you are correct in stating that microwaving BM depletes nutrients and was good advice, (however, the dig at formula feeding was completely unnecessary) but now I see that your "update" has changed the direction of this thread
:-/

VAMomma31 · November 2013

Does anybody's post-it contain a list of people who know everything prior to giving birth? Want to make sure that they're the first to be consulted with when the baby poop hits the fan. (Or the wall...cause that happened the first week we brought DD home.)

Love the ladies that got to this post before I did!

ZAngel · November 2013

micaelasmakeup · November 2013

I read this post earlier and was confused, then came back and read it and was like hey this was kind of rude and know it all w/o knowing anything, and then the update? WTH, OP?
Was there a question in there somewhere? I'm still confused what you were trying to say??

RondackHiker · November 2013

micaelasmakeup said:
I read this post earlier and was confused, then came back and read it and was like hey this was kind of rude and know it all w/o knowing anything, and then the update? WTH, OP?
Was there a question in there somewhere? I'm still confused what you were trying to say??

She not so subtly slammed formula feeding moms by saying formula didn't have the nutrients baby needs. Then was upset when people said that was a pretty uneducated view.

mythaldo · November 2013

I missed the original post except what I've read in the quotes, so I really don't get what happened here. Was OP asking a question, offering advice or inviting discussion? Asking a question as a FTM makes sense, but it came out sounding like bad advice to me or at least an uninformed assumption at best.

Either way OP, you could have made a recovery from this had you expressed this "food for thought" as a question and then maybe invited people to discuss it, but as a FTM, you should have considered your question may be based on an poor assumption and that other moms wouldn't appreciate the backhanded comment about formula feeding and apologized. No one would blame you for asking questions or inviting discussion, but veiling poor advice with a vague insult about FF and then burning the bridge is shitty way isn't going to look good on any board.

Just "food for thought." I will get back to fucking off now I guess.

calimama2007 · November 2013

What is going on in this post?!

NoelMarieFrey · November 2013

Wow, not in any of the previous comments before you flipped shit did I see any of my fellow Feb 14 ladies being bitches?

It's a good thing your leaving, because that rude ass *update* you posted is bullshit and so is your original post. Maybe you should have, I don't know, apologized instead of saying "fuck you all"

And just "food for thought" when your breast milk doesn't come in, or your baby won't latch, or you have a clogged milk duct, you will be thinking back to the post saying "shit, they were right. Not everyone can breast feed" and When you take that formula out to feed your baby, I hope you feel like a total idiot for making assumption on other women who don't breastfeed.

Tata

MamaAllison · November 2013

car seat said:
Oh, and you have no idea if you'll have a problem breastfeeding. There's absolutely no way to know if you've never done it before.
So... thanks for coming out.

This is exactly what I was going to say. OP, I've never actually wished the feeding/ anxiety issues I had with DD on anyone, but with your attitude I am thisclose. Good luck, but please feel free to take your suck-ass attitude elsewhere.

keags5496 · November 2013

I'm slightly sad I didn't earn a flag. Boo.

slwprincess · November 2013

Holy crap, I just popped back in to see the UPDATE thinking that surely OP had apologized and clarified her position only to see that she went totally BSC. So whereas I was totally willing to give her the benefit of the doubt previously, I am now inclined to tell her what I really think... there is a such thing as parenting karma. And the minute that you decide that YOUR way is the RIGHT way of parenting, that karma thing kicks in and will totally wreak havoc on your perfect little Martha Stewart universe. I always try to remember that there are A LOT of factors that go into raising tiny humans and every single one of them is completely unique and perfect in their own way. So unless someone is on here saying they intend to feed their baby only single malt whiskey, I say live and let live.

cjmFeb2014 · November 2013

OP, thank you for that information! I had NO IDEA that formula-feeding moms were doing their kids such a disservice. I'll be sure to go tell my mommy friends who have recently adopted or fostered infants, or are cancer/mastectomy survivors, or who are formula feeding for any of the umpteen reasons women need and/or choose to, that they're going to hell.

Sheesh.

Also, apologies if this is one of those threads where everyone else has moved on and are hoping it will just die. No CPR here, just snark. (;

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