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"Peter Wolff, a well-known pediatrician and researcher who completed countless studies of newborns and their behavior, observed that temperature has an important effect on the amount of time babies sleep and on their crying. Babies kept at warmer temperatures, he found, cried less and slept more than those subjected to cooler environments."
Obviously, do NOT overheat.

Wondering if there may be a correlation between your baby's sleep difficulties and the fairly recent practice giving babies bottles that haven't been warmed. Am also thinking that warming the bottle may reduce the risk of colic.

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People who believe cold bottles are good for newborn babies should absolutely exercise their parental authority, and do cold bottles. Several posters have already made this abundantly clear.

If, however, these parents find they're having trouble getting their babies to sleep at night, they may want to reconsider, and give the warmed bottle a try. I find it fascinating that prominent pediatricians have found that optimal temperature control is an important factor in the healthy development of babies. -OP
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I am a pediatrician, and there is no science behind giving formula that is room temp vs formula that has been warmed, other than preference of the baby.  In the NICU, we do not order the formula to be warmed.  It's given room temp.  Optimal temperature control of food is not an important factor in the healthy development of babies.  If your baby cries with room temperature food- or milk- and prefers it warm- then of course, warm it up.  Be careful not to use the microwave or make it too hot.  Otherwise- temperature of their food does not matter.  [/quote]

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