heating expressed breastmilk

flowers04 · Nov 22nd, 2009, 16:37 PM

i am going to start intoducing one bottle feed a day to my little one - if i store the breastmilk in the fridge do you have to heat the breastmilk or just leave it at room temp for a while?

thanks

Sherileigh · Nov 23rd, 2009, 03:15 AM

I heat it up by filling a cup of warm water and letting the bottle (or just liner) sit in the cup for a few minutes until it's room temperature.

MelanieF · Nov 23rd, 2009, 09:24 AM

There's a guide to storage of EBM and how to treat it here: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/2/T026900.asp. If you're giving it to a nursery etc make sure they know how BM is different from FF - babies need less BM than FF; it has to be heated more gently and to a lower temperature, it stores differently, and it seperates.

Mel

indy and lara · Nov 23rd, 2009, 09:34 AM

I would bring it to room temp naturally if you can. Have popped the bottle into warm water too. However, Emma happily takes it from the fridge too!

Marleysgirl · Nov 23rd, 2009, 12:12 PM

Andrew drinks his EBM more readily (and less windily) if it's warmed slightly, so I sit the bottle in a jug of warm water while I change his nappy.

moomoo · Nov 25th, 2009, 16:24 PM

ive been told to swirl ebm instead of shaking it when warming it up

x

DolceBella · Nov 26th, 2009, 04:59 AM

We let our EBM sit out for a bit and give it at room temp.

K477uk · Nov 26th, 2009, 14:44 PM

You can give it straight out of the fridge, but it's preferance of baby.. I tend to warm it in water.

I've never heard of swirling... do you know why moomoo???

AtomicPink · Nov 26th, 2009, 14:50 PM

its so you dont create bubbles, therefore reducing wind

K477uk · Nov 27th, 2009, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sb22

its so you dont create bubbles, therefore reducing wind

Ahh!! Makes sense... I would never have thought of that.. shall stop shaking!

Nov 22nd, 2009, 16:37 PM	#1
flowers04 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 270	heating expressed breastmilk i am going to start intoducing one bottle feed a day to my little one - if i store the breastmilk in the fridge do you have to heat the breastmilk or just leave it at room temp for a while? thanks

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Nov 23rd, 2009, 03:15 AM	#2
Sherileigh Other BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 4,444	I heat it up by filling a cup of warm water and letting the bottle (or just liner) sit in the cup for a few minutes until it's room temperature.

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Nov 23rd, 2009, 09:24 AM	#3
MelanieF Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 185	There's a guide to storage of EBM and how to treat it here: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/2/T026900.asp. If you're giving it to a nursery etc make sure they know how BM is different from FF - babies need less BM than FF; it has to be heated more gently and to a lower temperature, it stores differently, and it seperates. Mel

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Nov 23rd, 2009, 09:34 AM	#4
indy and lara Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,738	I would bring it to room temp naturally if you can. Have popped the bottle into warm water too. However, Emma happily takes it from the fridge too!

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Marleysgirl Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,447	Andrew drinks his EBM more readily (and less windily) if it's warmed slightly, so I sit the bottle in a jug of warm water while I change his nappy.

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moomoo Other BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Somerset - Oooh arrrr! Posts: 5,767	ive been told to swirl ebm instead of shaking it when warming it up x

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DolceBella Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,285	We let our EBM sit out for a bit and give it at room temp.

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K477uk Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Nottingham Posts: 1,842	You can give it straight out of the fridge, but it's preferance of baby.. I tend to warm it in water. I've never heard of swirling... do you know why moomoo???

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AtomicPink Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 19,052	its so you dont create bubbles, therefore reducing wind

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