Warm bottles or not??

JBD

squashy wrote: »

To be honest I have used forums of all types in my time and in my experience it is the "formula feeding police", for want of a better phrase, that are the ones to get shirty! Never understood why it is the breastfeeders that get such a bad press. We are *all* parents just trying to do what we can for our children at the end of the day.

Because this thread was about formula feeding, specifically on whether to warm the feed or not. Yes it did get sidetracked on guidelines on how to prepare the feeds as the OP was getting conflicting advice. At no point did she ask for advice re whether she should consider breastfeeding or not, a decision she is capable of making for herself.
Personally if I was in that position and people kept giving me unsolicited advice then I would find it rather patronising and annoying. After all, if someone posted with a query about breastfeeding then it would be inappropiate if someone said 'hey, why not just formula feed' wouldn't it?.

pigpen

emsywoo123 wrote: »

30 years ago I was brought up from a few weeks on just bottle fed goats milk......bottles sterilised but milk more or less from the teat.....jsut thought I'd through that in :rotfl::rotfl:

They used to have lactating goats in childrens homes for children to suckle from.. at least you had a bottle!

60 years ago diluted sweetened condensed milk was the norm!

onlyroz

Well I've never formula-fed a newborn. Perhaps if I had, I'd have been more careful with the preparation. But what worked for me, when forumla-feeding an older baby (from 4-5 months or so) was to prepare the bottles with the boiled water, and then add the powder when required. As for temperature, babies definitely prefer the milk warm (cos that's how it comes out of mummy) but they can "get used" to room temperature milk. If they'll drink it at room temp then this is much easier when out-and-about, because the biggest pain with formula feeding is trying to heat up a bottle when you're out for the day. I haven't found a single travel bottle warmer that ever worked properly, and I've bought a few. The only way that really works is to take a thermos with you, which'll give you hot water for bottle warming for about half a day.

As for all this preparing formula with water boiled in the last 30 mins - that's news to me...

emsywoo123

JBD wrote: »

After all, if someone posted with a query about breastfeeding then it would be inappropiate if someone said 'hey, why not just formula feed' wouldn't it?.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I'm going to do that next time I get the chance

JBD

emsywoo123 wrote: »

30 years ago I was brought up from a few weeks on just bottle fed goats milk......bottles sterilised but milk more or less from the teat.....jsut thought I'd through that in :rotfl::rotfl:

My ex was fed on ordinary full fat milk from a week old as his Mum's milk dried up. That was in the late 50's. My SIL fed her children on carnation, in the 1970's. All of them perfectly healthy [though am definitely not recommending either of these methods!]

daveyjp

Glamazon wrote: »

The boiling water will kill the bacteria.

I used to boil the kettle and make up 6 bottles with formula powder, then stand in cold water to chill then pop in the fridge. I will do this with future babies as well. I then pop in the Microwave to heat up for 45 seconds.

The guidelines are there for people to be aware and make their own decisions.

Similar to us.

6 bottles with boiled water put in fridge. Formula added when needed, 30-45 seconds in microwave and shaken well.

Evansangel

thatgirlsam wrote: »

eta - if you are leaving bolied water in the fridge and adding formula when its cold then none of the potential bacteria in the formula will have been killed off

water has to be 70 degrees for this to happen

Im not, im leaving water in the fridge, then heating the water. Then adding the powder to the microwaved water.


Also, OP. I heard that sometimes warm milk can help colic. But dont quote me on that, it was told to someone i know when her baby had colic.

Glamazon

daveyjp wrote: »

Similar to us.

6 bottles with boiled water put in fridge. Formula added when needed, 30-45 seconds in microwave and shaken well.

Sorry, I added the powder when the water was boiling and then out the cooled made up formula in the fridge.

Bea89

dreambirdie wrote: »

i think the reason people are commenting on the "breastfeeding" police is because it was quite clear when i started the thread i would be formula feeding. and to those who asked "why are you not breastfeeding, its the best you can do for your child bla bla bla" im not because i just cant be bothered having sore boobs etc for a few weeks. i know thats selfish but i dont care

cheers everyone for your input its gave me quite a lot to think about and im sure il find some tricks of my own to make the 4am feeds a little bit easier xx

Please dont call me 'breast feeding police' for this BUT not every one gets sore boobs, i didnt , some do but not every one. silly o clock feeds are a lot easier too. My LO was FF to 3 days old, bf mainly till 6 months and then mix fed then back to BF so im far from 'breasting police'

I planned to bottle feed till my little one was 3 days old, it was 3am in the morning , we had no bottles made (we went by instructions because my opinions is , instrustions are there for a reason) and no pre made left so my exact thoughts were 'may as well as give bf a chance, even if it keeps her happy until a bottle is made'

Please dont all jump on me at once , i just want the OP to know not every one gets sore boobs

nuttybabe

i only gave a warm bottle for the bed time feed as my mil thought it helped them sleep better. the rest of the time it was room temp!!! made it easier for me as once one bottle done i boiled water, put in bottle and at room temp ready for next feed!! you need to do what you feel is best for your baby and you!