To think serving babies cold milk is 'orrible?

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My friend is due to drop any day now and is adamant she will only the baby its milk either straight out the fridge or room temp. Am I the only one to (be very snobby) and think horrid! Poor little mewing newborn getting this cold rubbery thing shoved in its gob! Why cant she just warm it a little?

I cant help it, I think giving a baby cold milk because you 'dont want to spoil it' is lazy and shit!

I thought you were supposed to make formula up with boiling water to kill the bacteria in the powder? SUrely you shouldn't be heating up bottles from the fridge - or giving them cold! Breastmilk is body temperature so surely that is the temperature babies are expecting their milk at!

Is it lazy, or just cutting out an unnecessary task?

I never warmed formula or cows milk.

It's worth remembering that powdered formula is a relatively recent invention when wondering how previous generations survived and that the 'interference' that the milk goes through to make it into infant formula exponentially raises the risk of contamination, for all it's better for health when not contaminated. Plus there are more treatment-resistant nasties out there now making prevention doubly important.

room temp or cold is soooo much easier.

and soooooo much more risky for a newborn :(

I have never given my DD milk straight from the friedge, (she wouldn't drink it anyway) but she has had countless room temp bottles and drains the lot so can't see the problem really.

The problem is that powdered formula isn't sterile and contains harmful bacteria that could make your baby really ill. FSA on formula

Crikey, looking at todays 'guidelines' I'm glad that I am going to breastfeed my baby!

How on earth have all the older kids in the world survived quite well even though their bottles were pre-made (always sensible, methinks) stored in the fridge and then microwaved to room temp when needed?

I'm not talking about generations ago either..it's only been ten years since I had my last baby, and formula has been a round a very long time.

When DS was born the midwife told me the milk couldn't be fridge-cold because it would lower his body temperature.

He was born at 35 weeks and only weighed 4lb9oz though so maybe it would just have been more risky to lower his temp than for a full-term newborn?

DD has pre made cartons at room temperature. SHe doesn't like them straight from the fridge but to warm them up surely makes it easier for bacteria to grow. She's happy with bottles and food at room temperature adn it makes it much easier when out and about.

I would think cold milk is alot safer than microwaving.

Microwaving liquids can cause superheating of some parts of the liquid so the bottle may feel cool on the outside but when the contents are stirred these areas then boil and can cause hot pressurised milk/steam to burst out. dangerous stuff.

Some babies do get very ill or even die from food poisoning Deciduousblonde.

I was told I was cruel for giving my ds a bottle without warming it.

I was very annoyed, especially as I had never commented on her belief that it was FINE for a newborn to go four hours between feeds, anything more was spoiling them. However much they cried in between.

Can you tell it still rankles?

Is anyone reading the links that explain why you HAVE to add boiling water to powdered formula to kill the bacteria? I BF both my boys and even I know that! It's very worrying that so few people bother with the guidelines - theyr'e there for a reason. If it 'wasn't doing any harm' why would they change them?!

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For my little one boob was warm and if expressed she got it at the temp it happened to be. She's fine

bulby - breastmilk is different because it is naturally antibacterial :)

I microwaved bottles.

i've given my daughter fridge-temperature cartons a couple of times and she's not fussed about it at all. I usually warm them up cos i think it'd be easier on the digestion, but i suspect it doesn't matter a jot.

I hate this sort of thread. Who cares, its not your baby.

Personally I think giving a newborn formula(ie without attempt to BF) is a bit lazy and shit but I don't really see why room temp formula milk is more lazy and shit than warmed up formula milk.

As others have pointed out that esp for a newborn, unless she is using cartoons, making up bottles safely results in warm milk not cold.

My ds was born at 27 weeks, I breastfed but had to express alot.
The staff told me to serve at room temperature as it was much better for reflux. He also had formula top ups and again was always room temp.
I've continued to do this and now (age 2 1/2) he pretty much has it cold out of the fridge.

• The staff on special care

I agree op, my sisters children were both brought up on cold milk and she even fed them the jars of food cold now her eldest (5) wont eat hot food or drink warm drinks.

You can still premake and fridge, deciduous. It results in a bottle of milk which should be kept in the fridge like a bottle of cows milk would be.

What you shouldn't do is make a bottle with room temp water. Make fresh each time or in a batch and fridge instantly, either way the water and powder combine at 70C. Personally I'd make fresh because bacteria can still grow at under 5C but sometimes that's not practical and for me the smaller risk is to premake than to have sterile room temp water to which powder is added.

YABU