For the moms who didn’t breastfeed in the hospital

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone saying warming formula to body temperature is bad for the baby?

But some people are saying that cold or room temperature formula is not in the baby’s best interest.

I’d say the warm-the-formula people win by the default of no one is against it.

DP here who genuinely doesn't understand--we used formula, but the bottles were warmed both in the hospital, and the nurses taught me about proper warming methods while we were there. My daycare center also warmed bottles. I get that it is not harmful or anything not to warm bottles, but isn't it the general "best practice" to warm them? Why wouldn't you?

It's important to teach moms proper warming techniques because there is concern that many old school people- grandmothers, daycare center teachers etc- firmly believe bottles "need" to be warm for babies and will tell moms to warm them. And if mom warms them incorrectly- too hot, microwaved. etc- it can burn the baby's mouth and esophagus. So it's definitely important to teach the right way to warm bottles in case mom ends up warming them, but they don't teach it because it's what you SHOULD do, they teach it because if you decide to do it but then you do it wrong, it can be really bad.

Right, and no one is disputing that. At all. Of course you should learn the proper way to do anything baby-related...swaddling, burping, changing diapers, etc. No one here said otherwise.

Right - I thought you were asking why the hospital would teach you how to do it if it wasn't the preferred way to feed a baby- I was just saying they were teaching you the proper way to do it not because it's the doctor-preferred way to feed them, but because if you're going to do it you need to know how to do it right. That's all.

So then...why was the first one they handed me to give to her warm? And the second? I/DH prepared the third and subsequent ones.

I don't know, I delivered at Johns Hopkins at they gave me room temp ones. Maybe parents at the hospital you delivered at tended to request them warmed, so they warmed them as protocol? My NICU son also got room temp ready to feed bottles through his NG tube. I don't think it matters either way- warmed is certainly not wrong! I just don't think it's any kind of medical necessity/ recommendation.

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I imagine the "cold bottle" parents enjoy eating their dinner cold.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine the "cold bottle" parents enjoy eating their dinner cold.

Funny you should say that- I actually love cold food! Cold pizza, tuna sandwiches, gazpacho, hummus and chopped veggies- haha. But I was breastfed as a baby, so no correlation I guess.

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If someone calls a beverage "cold" and what they offer me is room temp -- water, beer, whatever -- I'm going to give them the side eye.

I think some of you like calling room temperature bottles "cold" because of the drama.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine the "cold bottle" parents enjoy eating their dinner cold.

Funny you should say that- I actually love cold food! Cold pizza, tuna sandwiches, gazpacho, hummus and chopped veggies- haha. But I was breastfed as a baby, so no correlation I guess.

And cold chicken soup! Yum.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine the "cold bottle" parents enjoy eating their dinner cold.

Funny you should say that- I actually love cold food! Cold pizza, tuna sandwiches, gazpacho, hummus and chopped veggies- haha. But I was breastfed as a baby, so no correlation I guess.

And cold chicken soup! Yum.

Yes, clearly some food tastes better warm and some better cold. For me, I actually prefer cold milk to warm milk (gross) and my baby doesn't seem to care one way or another, so... moving on!

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine the "cold bottle" parents enjoy eating their dinner cold.

Funny you should say that- I actually love cold food! Cold pizza, tuna sandwiches, gazpacho, hummus and chopped veggies- haha. But I was breastfed as a baby, so no correlation I guess.

And cold chicken soup! Yum.

Yes, clearly some food tastes better warm and some better cold. For me, I actually prefer cold milk to warm milk (gross) and my baby doesn't seem to care one way or another, so... moving on!

Since birth your baby got cold formula?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone saying warming formula to body temperature is bad for the baby?

But some people are saying that cold or room temperature formula is not in the baby’s best interest.

I’d say the warm-the-formula people win by the default of no one is against it.

DP here who genuinely doesn't understand--we used formula, but the bottles were warmed both in the hospital, and the nurses taught me about proper warming methods while we were there. My daycare center also warmed bottles. I get that it is not harmful or anything not to warm bottles, but isn't it the general "best practice" to warm them? Why wouldn't you?

Because if I'm out and about, I don't have a warmer with me. Because at 2am, when my baby wakes up crying, I don't want to spend 10min warming a bottle first while she screams. And no, it's not "best practice", it doesn't matter. Some babies prefer it warm so obviously it is best for those babies. Some babies don't care, so in that case, no one else should either.

I mean, yeah, I've certainly fed on-the-go without warming on an airplane, but there is usually a way to warm a bottle, even if you are out and about. I once warmed a bottle under a faucet in a mall.

And I'm sure I would have done that if my baby had really seemed to prefer warm bottles, but she doesn't act like she notices one way or another, so why would I lug her into a mall bathroom, sit her on the floor, warm the bottle under the sink, wash my hands, wash HER hands since now she's touched the bathroom floor, and then go sit somewhere to feed her? I just never saw the point. But again- if your kid prefers it that way then obviously the trouble becomes worth it.

You do what you want, but the picture you are painting is LAUGHABLE, as if you are the person who writes the script for the bumbling idiots in the "Has This Ever Happened to You" infomercials.

How about my husband sat with the baby in a lounge chair in a quiet area while I popped into the bathroom, ran a bottle under the sink for a few moments, washed my hands, and came back out.

Sorry if your life is as hard as you just tangentially described it, but mine is certainly not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have the Baby Breeza Formula Maker. The bottles are made to perfect “body temperature “ in seven seconds. DD will take a room temperature bottle if we are out but will never drink as much.

Makes sense that close to body temperature is more natural. DD has never had reflux or colic and was STTN without sleep training at three months. I have no clue if it is connected or not but this next baby is getting warm formula!

Don’t care what anyone else does.

OMG, yes!!! I thought the B.B. formula maker was ridiculous when I got it as a shower gift but MAN was I wrong!! It is worth it’s weight in gold!

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine the "cold bottle" parents enjoy eating their dinner cold.

Funny you should say that- I actually love cold food! Cold pizza, tuna sandwiches, gazpacho, hummus and chopped veggies- haha. But I was breastfed as a baby, so no correlation I guess.

And cold chicken soup! Yum.

Sometimes, yeah. I prefer avgolemono room temperature or cold. Tastes differ, for adults and for infants.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not breastfeed for just a few weeks?
The formula still needs to be properly warmed in the hospital.

Omg. You are annoying.

No seriously - she’s not. Op just breastfeed your baby’s that’s why you have breasts. Also - you will produce milk. Why not give it to your child???

Ummm, there’s a lot of annoying going on in this thread but the two of you really take the cake. And to answer your question... because I’m a subpar mom who intends to only feed my baby I’ve cold or boiling hot formula.

See, I may be 9 months pregnant but I still have a sense of humor.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not breastfeed for just a few weeks?
The formula still needs to be properly warmed in the hospital.

Omg. You are annoying.

No seriously - she’s not. Op just breastfeed your baby’s that’s why you have breasts. Also - you will produce milk. Why not give it to your child???

Ummm, there’s a lot of annoying going on in this thread but the two of you really take the cake. And to answer your question... because I’m a subpar mom who intends to only feed my baby I’ve cold or boiling hot formula.

See, I may be 9 months pregnant but I still have a sense of humor.

Ice Cold*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone saying warming formula to body temperature is bad for the baby?

But some people are saying that cold or room temperature formula is not in the baby’s best interest.

I’d say the warm-the-formula people win by the default of no one is against it.

DP here who genuinely doesn't understand--we used formula, but the bottles were warmed both in the hospital, and the nurses taught me about proper warming methods while we were there. My daycare center also warmed bottles. I get that it is not harmful or anything not to warm bottles, but isn't it the general "best practice" to warm them? Why wouldn't you?

Because if I'm out and about, I don't have a warmer with me. Because at 2am, when my baby wakes up crying, I don't want to spend 10min warming a bottle first while she screams. And no, it's not "best practice", it doesn't matter. Some babies prefer it warm so obviously it is best for those babies. Some babies don't care, so in that case, no one else should either.

I mean, yeah, I've certainly fed on-the-go without warming on an airplane, but there is usually a way to warm a bottle, even if you are out and about. I once warmed a bottle under a faucet in a mall.

And I'm sure I would have done that if my baby had really seemed to prefer warm bottles, but she doesn't act like she notices one way or another, so why would I lug her into a mall bathroom, sit her on the floor, warm the bottle under the sink, wash my hands, wash HER hands since now she's touched the bathroom floor, and then go sit somewhere to feed her? I just never saw the point. But again- if your kid prefers it that way then obviously the trouble becomes worth it.

You do what you want, but the picture you are painting is LAUGHABLE, as if you are the person who writes the script for the bumbling idiots in the "Has This Ever Happened to You" infomercials.

How about my husband sat with the baby in a lounge chair in a quiet area while I popped into the bathroom, ran a bottle under the sink for a few moments, washed my hands, and came back out.

Sorry if your life is as hard as you just tangentially described it, but mine is certainly not.

+1. Babe, I’ve been trying n some tight spots, but my baby has never sat on a mall bathroom floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone saying warming formula to body temperature is bad for the baby?

But some people are saying that cold or room temperature formula is not in the baby’s best interest.

I’d say the warm-the-formula people win by the default of no one is against it.

DP here who genuinely doesn't understand--we used formula, but the bottles were warmed both in the hospital, and the nurses taught me about proper warming methods while we were there. My daycare center also warmed bottles. I get that it is not harmful or anything not to warm bottles, but isn't it the general "best practice" to warm them? Why wouldn't you?

Because if I'm out and about, I don't have a warmer with me. Because at 2am, when my baby wakes up crying, I don't want to spend 10min warming a bottle first while she screams. And no, it's not "best practice", it doesn't matter. Some babies prefer it warm so obviously it is best for those babies. Some babies don't care, so in that case, no one else should either.

I mean, yeah, I've certainly fed on-the-go without warming on an airplane, but there is usually a way to warm a bottle, even if you are out and about. I once warmed a bottle under a faucet in a mall.

And I'm sure I would have done that if my baby had really seemed to prefer warm bottles, but she doesn't act like she notices one way or another, so why would I lug her into a mall bathroom, sit her on the floor, warm the bottle under the sink, wash my hands, wash HER hands since now she's touched the bathroom floor, and then go sit somewhere to feed her? I just never saw the point. But again- if your kid prefers it that way then obviously the trouble becomes worth it.

You do what you want, but the picture you are painting is LAUGHABLE, as if you are the person who writes the script for the bumbling idiots in the "Has This Ever Happened to You" infomercials.

How about my husband sat with the baby in a lounge chair in a quiet area while I popped into the bathroom, ran a bottle under the sink for a few moments, washed my hands, and came back out.

Sorry if your life is as hard as you just tangentially described it, but mine is certainly not.

+1. Babe, I’ve been trying n some tight spots, but my baby has never sat on a mall bathroom floor.

Lol mine either because I never needed to warm bottles alone in the bathroom!