Cold formula for infants. Your baby may prefer it warm at room temperature or even chilled and all of those options are just fine. Some parents like to give their baby a bottle of warm formula because they believe that makes it seem more like breast milk. In fact they may get as many as 8 to 10 a year in their first 2 years.
For example most formula for infants now contains dha docosahexaenoic acid and ara arachidonic acid omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids respectively that have been shown to enhance mental and visual development in infants and play an important role in brain function. If your little one is around older children their chances of getting. If your baby has cold symptoms longer than a couple of weeks or her symptoms are getting worse instead of better after a few days call her doctor.
A baby feeding on cold formula has to use valuable energy warming the liquid inside her body to reach her own body temperature. Nevertheless if you provide a baby formula made with cold tap water it could be more than 40 degrees fahrenheit cooler than breast milk. If your baby prefers warm formula place a filled bottle in a bowl of warm water and let it stand for a few minutes or warm the bottle under running water.
Its fine to give your baby room temperature or even cold formula. Never bring the formula to the point of boiling as this is a serious danger and risk to your childs health both internally and externally. Dont warm bottles in the microwave.
Inside your babys bottle place the formula either under a stream of warm water from your sinks faucet or place it inside of a pan of hot water on the stove and gradually raise its temperature. Cold symptoms typically peak on day two or three when babies have a cold then gradually improve over 10 days to two weeks. Experts at ohio university medical center suggest heating fresh formula as soon as it has been mixed with cold water.
Babies are typically happier feeding on warmer liquids. Theres no medical reason to warm up formula. A baby can catch a cold at any age or time of year.
The formula should feel lukewarm not hot.