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Breastmilk, not too cold, not too hot

pfallerj by pfallerj Proud Parent(May 2006) (rank 102nd)
Today's Tip - In addition to making sure milk isn't too hot, make sure milk isn't too cold

My son was having none of it when I tried to feed him a bottle straight from the cooler. I had met my wife at her soccer game, and since there was
no microwave in sight and her milk was in a little cooler tote, I foolsihly tried to have him eat milk at a temperature he wasn't used to. After struggling with it for a few minutes, I trekked across two fields and into the public bathroom, where I warmed up the bottle under running water just enough so that he'd eat it.

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Anonymous Member
4.50 (Excellent) | June 2006 | anonymous  
Babies are creatures of habit.

Babies will stick to what they know and what they're used to. If you feed baby food at room temperature, they'll keep eating it at room temp and may even fuss a little if it's warmed up. It really goes for the milk too. If your your baby milk that's cold (with chill taken out of course), then they'll take it that way.



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Anonymous Member
4.08 (Good) | May 2006 | anonymous  
How to heat it

My little one likes his milk warm too. We were at a restaurant the other day where they absolutely REFUSED to help heat the milk - they wouldn't microwave it (which is fair enough) but they wouldn't even give me a bowl of hot water to stand it in - "health and safety" they said. In the end I ran a bowl of hot water in a sink in the bathroom and stood it in that for 10 minutes. Usually I find public places are more than happy to help though.



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hrs2004
4.00 (Good) | May 2006 | hrs2004
food temperature

A friend, when it came to weaning her children, fed them jars at room temperature. They soon got used to this and it saved her having to worry about heating them up when out and about. I think she had a period where she had to slowly get them used to warmer food, but she feels that the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.



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