RTF Heating

[Anonymous]

My daughter has been on alimentum and after a month i found out this is covered my health insurance dohhhh….

anyway , the doc called in and its all RTF. once opened it says put it in the fridge. But once i take it out how do i warm it before using them in my playtex disposable bottles.

thanks

satz

[Anonymous]

Well, first consider yourself VERY lucky that it is covered by your health insurance. I paid out of pocket for Neocate for 9 months. Luckily we have made the switch to whole milk and done well!

I would recommend warming it like you would breastmilk, in a bowl of warm-hot water. My doctor said that microwaving can change the proteins in milk and we were having enough problems, I wanted to eliminate anything more. But if anyone else chimes in here they may say microwaving is fine. We never used any RTF, always powdered.

[Anonymous]

I used a bottle warmer for our ready to feed formula. Maybe get a glass bottle to use in the warmer since plastics are so controversial. Good luck

Kathy

[Anonymous]

I would and still do if I make my bottle in advance let it sit a room temp for 15-20min before I give it. I usually do this at meals when we are doing solids so it is “warming” while he is eating his solids. But using warm water is much faster if you need it quicker just to take the chill off.

[Author]

Posts