Anyone else feeding their baby cold milk?

rainbowzebra2 · Dec 4th, 2009, 14:37 PM

Hi there, I was given a tip by my midwife (probably off the record!) that newborn babies dont mind if they have warm or cold milk as long as you dont change it once you have picked. Sooooo - I started off giving Luke cold milk - made by filling the bottles with slightly cooled boiled water (stored in the fridge) with powder just before each feed - or if im super lazy I make up 2 or 3 for the night and keep in the fridge - then only need to grab them for night feeds. Anyone else heard of this or doing this - Its made life much easier than warming bottles and LO has no time to cry for food if he wakes hungry. X

Eala · Dec 4th, 2009, 16:46 PM

Our LO takes her bottles at room temperature. We put boiled water into sterilised bottles and let it cool then keep them in a cupboard. Then it's just a case of adding the formula and we're off

elly75 · Dec 4th, 2009, 18:32 PM

To be honest, I've never heard of that before but it is rather interesting!

For Christian, we have the milk at room temperature or sometimes a little warmer (dependant on the warming method when we've taken the milk out of the fridge). He seems to be fine with it but if it is too cold, he'll have issues.

suzib76 · Dec 4th, 2009, 18:34 PM

i always fed mine at room temp, that way i was able to take a carton upstairs for the nightime feed lol

Aidedhoney · Dec 5th, 2009, 05:58 AM

Alex gets his at room temp but when he was in hospital they would give him it straight from the fridge both oral and down his NG tube

Vici · Dec 5th, 2009, 06:02 AM

Imi has hers at room temp but i do often make the bedtime bottle a bit warmer

Aided honey - isn't it weird how things differ depending on where we live. Our SCBU were very insistent that Imis milk (oral and tube) must be at room temp to make it easier for her to digest

Kte · Dec 5th, 2009, 10:50 AM

I feed Chloe hers either at room temperature or from the fridge. I usually get it out the fridge shortly before a feed, 5 mins or so before to warm up a little as usually straight from the fridge seems to give her more wind.

jacs · Dec 8th, 2009, 03:51 AM

Hi,
Evan's bottles are at room temperature, they sit out once filled with the boiling water. If I need an emergency ready-made carton from the fridge, I warm the bottle up a bit.
In hospital he was given bottles at room temperature, so I didn't want to change what he was used to. Also, I thought that feeding when out and about would be easier this way.

Jx

suzib76 · Dec 8th, 2009, 04:37 AM

oh, i never kept the cartons in the fridge, they were always in the cupboard so ready to use

aimee-lou · Dec 8th, 2009, 07:42 AM

Earls are room temperature most of the time (or close to it - I warm pre-made bottles to 'cool' rather than body temp) but I make his bedtime bottle warm and he gobbles it lol. He has never refused a bottle though apart from once it was too cold as I had left his bottle in the bathroom overnight (water to add formula too) and it was colder than the fridge! Even I wouldn't have drunk that though....would give me a tummy ache lol

Dec 4th, 2009, 14:37 PM	#1
rainbowzebra2 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 317	Anyone else feeding their baby cold milk? Hi there, I was given a tip by my midwife (probably off the record!) that newborn babies dont mind if they have warm or cold milk as long as you dont change it once you have picked. Sooooo - I started off giving Luke cold milk - made by filling the bottles with slightly cooled boiled water (stored in the fridge) with powder just before each feed - or if im super lazy I make up 2 or 3 for the night and keep in the fridge - then only need to grab them for night feeds. Anyone else heard of this or doing this - Its made life much easier than warming bottles and LO has no time to cry for food if he wakes hungry. X

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Dec 4th, 2009, 16:46 PM	#2
Eala Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,164	Our LO takes her bottles at room temperature. We put boiled water into sterilised bottles and let it cool then keep them in a cupboard. Then it's just a case of adding the formula and we're off

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Dec 4th, 2009, 18:32 PM	#3
elly75 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,153	To be honest, I've never heard of that before but it is rather interesting! For Christian, we have the milk at room temperature or sometimes a little warmer (dependant on the warming method when we've taken the milk out of the fridge). He seems to be fine with it but if it is too cold, he'll have issues.

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Dec 4th, 2009, 18:34 PM	#4
suzib76 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,671	i always fed mine at room temp, that way i was able to take a carton upstairs for the nightime feed lol

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Dec 5th, 2009, 05:58 AM	#5
Aidedhoney Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,444	Alex gets his at room temp but when he was in hospital they would give him it straight from the fridge both oral and down his NG tube

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Dec 5th, 2009, 06:02 AM	#6
Vici Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suffolk Posts: 5,931	Imi has hers at room temp but i do often make the bedtime bottle a bit warmer Aided honey - isn't it weird how things differ depending on where we live. Our SCBU were very insistent that Imis milk (oral and tube) must be at room temp to make it easier for her to digest

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Dec 5th, 2009, 10:50 AM	#7
Kte Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 4,530	I feed Chloe hers either at room temperature or from the fridge. I usually get it out the fridge shortly before a feed, 5 mins or so before to warm up a little as usually straight from the fridge seems to give her more wind.

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Dec 8th, 2009, 03:51 AM	#8
jacs Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 576	Hi, Evan's bottles are at room temperature, they sit out once filled with the boiling water. If I need an emergency ready-made carton from the fridge, I warm the bottle up a bit. In hospital he was given bottles at room temperature, so I didn't want to change what he was used to. Also, I thought that feeding when out and about would be easier this way. Jx

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Dec 8th, 2009, 04:37 AM	#9
suzib76 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,671	oh, i never kept the cartons in the fridge, they were always in the cupboard so ready to use

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Dec 8th, 2009, 07:42 AM	#10
aimee-lou Other BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norfolk - UK Posts: 6,106	Earls are room temperature most of the time (or close to it - I warm pre-made bottles to 'cool' rather than body temp) but I make his bedtime bottle warm and he gobbles it lol. He has never refused a bottle though apart from once it was too cold as I had left his bottle in the bathroom overnight (water to add formula too) and it was colder than the fridge! Even I wouldn't have drunk that though....would give me a tummy ache lol

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