The Importance of Warmth for your Baby

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Anonymous wrote:Some babies can get constipated from cold formula.

No they do not. At least not because it is cold.

Please list what you believe are the possible causes of constipation in a cold formula fed baby.

Milk protein allergy or intolerance. Iron. Preemies often suffer from it due to an immature gut. Nothing to do with temperature. Feel free to feed your babies cold, room temperature or warmed formula. Doesn’t matter.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some babies can get constipated from cold formula.

No they do not. At least not because it is cold.

Please list what you believe are the possible causes of constipation in a cold formula fed baby.

Milk protein allergy or intolerance. Iron. Preemies often suffer from it due to an immature gut. Nothing to do with temperature. Feel free to feed your babies cold, room temperature or warmed formula. Doesn’t matter.

I'll add to the list: temporary dehydration (not enough fluid, losing too much fluid -- increased sweating in hot weather or overbundling, post-diarrhea, etc), post-viral temporary ileus, functional variance responding to increased osmotic agents.

There is a broad differential for functional constipation, even in ileus. You will not find room-temperature formula on it. I don't even think you will find "cold" formula on it.

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How long does it take the baby to get the formula warmed up to his body temperature?

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Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the baby to get the formula warmed up to his body temperature?

What do you mean? There is an increase to body temp regardless of what temp the formula is. It is a metabolic function.

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Anonymous wrote:Some babies can get constipated from cold formula.

No they do not. At least not because it is cold.

Please list what you believe are the possible causes of constipation in a cold formula fed baby.

Well, let's see: It's kind of like pudding. If the formula is cold, it will make everything in the baby's gut thick and hard to move along. Then it's like what happens to the pudding you leave in the refrigerator. It dries out and gets kind of hard.

Or something like that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some babies can get constipated from cold formula.

No they do not. At least not because it is cold.

Please list what you believe are the possible causes of constipation in a cold formula fed baby.

Well, let's see: It's kind of like pudding. If the formula is cold, it will make everything in the baby's gut thick and hard to move along. Then it's like what happens to the pudding you leave in the refrigerator. It dries out and gets kind of hard.

Or something like that.

Stand back, guys. We got ourselves a Ph.D. in biology here.

P.S. No.

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I read that the body can't immediately digest the cold milk until it gets up to body temperature. But how long does that take for a newborn baby?

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the body can't immediately digest the cold milk until it gets up to body temperature. But how long does that take for a newborn baby?

Where did you read this?

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the body can't immediately digest the cold milk until it gets up to body temperature. But how long does that take for a newborn baby?

My newborn baby was immediately digesting the cold formula, I have the laundry pile to prove it.

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the body can't immediately digest the cold milk until it gets up to body temperature. But how long does that take for a newborn baby?

Wouldn't that depend on the initial temperature of the milk?

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the body can't immediately digest the cold milk until it gets up to body temperature. But how long does that take for a newborn baby?

My newborn baby was immediately digesting the cold formula, I have the laundry pile to prove it.

The vomit?

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the body can't immediately digest the cold milk until it gets up to body temperature. But how long does that take for a newborn baby?

My newborn baby was immediately digesting the cold formula, I have the laundry pile to prove it.

The vomit?

Poop. He poops very regularly and those little newborn diapers sometimes aren't situated perfectly on his bottom and it gets on his clothes.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

No. This is based on actual studies. They do know. Increased temperature is associated with higher rates of SIDS.

And this is SIDS, not suffocation, which is what stuffed animals and blankets would cause.

How exactly is SIDS defined?

Sudden death of child under 1 with no known cause after investigation. It excludes deaths by suffocation.

But there’s no way to know because about half the time the parents present at the ED with the deceased baby. I’d venture that 100% of the time the parents touch/move/try to rouse the baby before calling 911, so investigators rarely see the scene as it was when the baby died.

Oh, for god's sake. There are forensic tests for suffocation, such as the presence of microscopic fibers in the airway, as well as characteristic hemorrhages in the conjunctiva, patterns of edematous change in the airway, etc.

Please don't assume other people who do this for a living don't know what they are doing, just because you don't know what you don't know. That is why there is research, done by professionals, and that is more than just "Google PhD."

So why are they saying no blankets in the crib because of SIDS?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

No. This is based on actual studies. They do know. Increased temperature is associated with higher rates of SIDS.

And this is SIDS, not suffocation, which is what stuffed animals and blankets would cause.

How exactly is SIDS defined?

Sudden death of child under 1 with no known cause after investigation. It excludes deaths by suffocation.

But there’s no way to know because about half the time the parents present at the ED with the deceased baby. I’d venture that 100% of the time the parents touch/move/try to rouse the baby before calling 911, so investigators rarely see the scene as it was when the baby died.

Oh, for god's sake. There are forensic tests for suffocation, such as the presence of microscopic fibers in the airway, as well as characteristic hemorrhages in the conjunctiva, patterns of edematous change in the airway, etc.

Please don't assume other people who do this for a living don't know what they are doing, just because you don't know what you don't know. That is why there is research, done by professionals, and that is more than just "Google PhD."

So why are they saying no blankets in the crib because of SIDS?

Sometimes they lump SIDS and suffocation together. But they are distinct things and if it is suffocation, it is, by definition, not SIDS.

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Omg. Who IS this poster? Seriously, wtf?