Warming expressed breast milk

[AussieMum28]

Morning all,

Does anyone express their breast milk and feed baby through a bottle? I was just wondering how you go about warming up the milk while out for the day!

Thanks x

I’ve only just started expressing but I’m following this guidance:

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/expressing-storing-breast-milk/

It would be easiest in the long run to get baby used to room temperature milk chocolate n a bottle.

Otherwise when out and about you'll have to stand the bottle in warm water to heat it.

At home DH use to put the bottle in boiling water. If at a friend's house or even a cafe you can ask for some, but if not DS just had it cold. As long as it's has been kept refrigerated you don't need to worry about heating to kill bacteria.

When I worked on the neonatal ward it was routine to warm bottles of ebm in a big of hot water. But I'd advise not too hot and keep it out of harms way (I then moved onto a burns ward!!)

Thanks all and thanks for link @Stephisaur. I didn't realise they could drink it cold (if they want it obviously!)

@AussieMum28 no problem. I was the same!

We tried DS in expressed milk last night for the first time and he was quite happy with it not long out of the fridge. I think some babies will take milk however you’ll give it to them!

@Stephisaur he's very happy to take it from the bottle thanks goodness as I really don't like actually breastfeeding (and he hurts too!) but I was worried about how to feed him out and about. I've got a bottle cooler that came with my nappy bag so I can keep them chilled easy enough if I'm out all day but didn't have a clue how to warm it. Fingers crossed he won't mind it cool!

The only thing about not warming it is that the fatty milk tends to get stuck on the side of the bottle.

If you run warm water over the bottle and give it a swish around the fat comes off the side of the bottle and mixes with the milk so baby gets it.

DD was slow to gain weight so I couldn't bear to see the fatty milk left behind!