Room Temp Baby Bottles

Freshly expressed breast milk can be kept at room temperature for up to six hours.

Room temp baby bottles.

Use a cup or glass that is a little wider than the bottle and fill it with hot tap water leaving enough room for the bottle. Maintaining a safe room temperature for your baby is important because it reduces the risk of overheating which has been linked to sids. Bottles that are microwaved also continue to cook after they re removed making the temperature increase further and putting your baby at risk for burns. Your fridge temp should be 40 f 4 4 c or lower.

It s fine to give your baby room temperature or even cold formula. Some babies prefer warm formula and others are fine with cold formula. The formula should feel lukewarm not hot. Your baby may prefer it warm at room temperature or even chilled and all of those options are just fine.

But if your baby does prefer a warm bottle remember that the microwave can create dangerous hot spots in bottles so you should never microwave formula. Some babies may actually prefer cold or room temperature bottles to warm especially if you start serving them that way from the get go which can make things easier for you in the long run. Freshly expressed breast milk can be stored in an insulated cooler with ice packs for up to one day. However it s optimal to use or properly store the breast milk within four hours especially if the room is warm.

Some parents like to give their baby a bottle of warm formula because they believe that makes it seem more like breast milk. Breast milk is able to withstand a longer period of time at room temperature but infant formula can become coagulated and vitamin deficient pretty quickly. The temperature of the formula at which you feed your baby will often be determined by your baby s preferences. As an aside it s.

Sure it would be great to grab a warm bottle from your diaper bag and feed your baby but prepared formula is completely unsafe after two hours at room temperature. Set the cup of water in the sink to manage any. Either way as long as your baby is happy and eating well there s no reason to be concerned if she prefers cold or warm formula. Others do so because it seems more relaxing for the baby that way.

Heating bottles on the stove top in boiling water can also cause milk to heat unevenly warm too quickly or overheat all at once.