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Anonymous
Different pediatrician here, agreeing with both the prior pediatrician and the CDC. I think this likely represents a difference between "clinically significant" and "statistically significant." Post the study, and we can talk about whether it's generalizable to human infants (if it was a non-human sample) and whether the difference would be clinically significant. As for the "maximizing the absolutely perfect, super-excellent, mostest-bestest choice each and every time for your baby poster, " well, I wish you the best.  I think you have to pick your battles, and I'd focus on the ones where there is a significant difference, myself.
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PS: I mean, sure, warm the RTF bottle if you want. But don't jump on someone else for not making the same choice, and don't try to make them feel bad about it. That's mean. It's bad for the other mom, and it's therefore bad for her baby. The only one it helps is you, if you are using it to feel better about yourself and your choices.
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Most people want the best possible care for babies. If cold milk is your best, so be it. But if you can do better, why wouldn't you? It's that simple, people. |
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If you care about baby preference, warming formula isn't always the best for all babies.
If you care about minimizing injury through accidents, supporting postpartum women who may be in very difficult circumstances, and minimizing the unnecessary criticism we pour out onto new mother, insisting on warming formula as being the best choice -- isn't always the best for all babies. So why is being right so important to you, regardless of whether you actually are? |
Anonymous
Because there is no data that suggests it is actually better to warm it. In fact, it can be harmful (burn the baby, heating it in plastic is bad, it starts to break down at certain temps). This is a fake concern troll who insists she is right when in fact she is not. Room temp formula is as good of an option as warming it, and it may be better. |
Anonymous
| I breastfeed my babies but after my third was born at VHC I sent her to the nursery at night with instructions to give her formula if she got hungry — *I* was going to sleep. She’s a fat happy 6mo now and I’m nursing her as I type. |
Anonymous
Why doesn't everyone here comprehend this simple fact? |
Anonymous
You’re right, I let my newborn be raised by a wire monkey!! |
Anonymous
To be gentle about it, scientific research doesn't always prove what you think it does. Post the study/studies, and we can discuss their relevance and impact. |
Anonymous
Becaue it’s not “science” or “a fact” and even if it were marginally better, as other posters have pointed out, it’s actually BAD parenting to drive yourself crazy doing every tiny thing that is supposedly “preferred” based on arbitrary cultural notions. |
Anonymous
You seem to truly believe your nonsense. If that's the best you can do, bless you. You do the cold bottles, I'll do warmed bottles. |
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DP. And apparently you'll continue to cherry pick your information and the posts to which you will respond. Fair enough. Have a great weekend. |
Anonymous
| Having a control freak mother is sub-optimal for a child of any age. And most definitely not comforting. |
Anonymous
If you posted something evidence-based showing that cold or room temperature bottles is dangerous, then I'd listen to you. As it is, you're the one clearly engaged in nonsense: insisting that we're bad mothers if we don't follow all your old wives' tales. |
Anonymous
I think that much is clear, yes! Breastfed babies having lower obesity down the road has nothing to do with formula being served room temp or body temp. I don't think you need a medical degree to see those things aren't related. One school of thought is that BF babies can regulate their intake better than bottle fed babies, for example. Nothing to do with temperature. And yes, taking breastmilk and storing it does break down some nutrients. Again- this has nothing to do with formula being warmed, unless you think that warming formula that has been sitting at room temp in the bottle somehow ADDS nutrients to it? But again- it's clear you aren't a doctor! |
