Wondering what other policies are re: Warming Bottles

For formula we have the ready-made bottles that we don't warm up. Room temp for those.

If we have breastmilk in the fridge, we put it in a clean plastic container/syringe (or empty out a bottle of water from the formula company and put the breastmilk in it) and put it in warm/hot water. (Our nursery has temp gauges on the faucet so we keep the temp of the water between 98-105F.) Incidentally, I have taken breastmilk out of the fridge cold and not fully warmed it up (pinched for time) and baby has taken it fine.

Agree with Elvish...room temp for commercial premixed formulas and heated up in warm water for cooled breast milk. Note of caution...do not put formula in the microwave...that leads to possibility of getting it too hot and burning yourself or the baby.

We use a small crock pot filled 1/3 of the way with water to warm our bottles for any formulas/breastmilk that has been refrigerated. We set the pot to low to prevent boiling and change in temperature. Works nicely and is safe and accessible to families.

You don't worry about cross contamination? Breast milk is a bodily fluid you know. And a warm water bath seems like a nice place to grow bacteria.

The only policy we have is for storage of formula and breastmilk....and no microwave. No official policy on warming it up.

no prep for pre-packaged formula. Frozen or frig breast-milk goes in a bottle then a cup of warm water from tap until room temp.

We have a penquin bottle warmer for all breastmilk from the fridge or freezer. Our policy is simply to use it per manufacterer protocol. It will do warming and/or defrosting. We leave formula at room temperature.