You will learn the temperature your baby prefers shortly as some babies like their bottles warmer.
Mixed baby formula at room temperature.
As a general rule the bottle will last for 2 hours at room.
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.
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Toss prepared formula that s been sitting at room temperature for more than an hour.
After you boil the water allow it some time to cool down before you mix it with the formula powder and feed it to your baby.
Once you mix water and formula powder to create that magical elixir that nourishes your sweet babe the countdown clock starts ticking.
The formula should feel lukewarm not hot.
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.
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 temperature of the formula at which you feed your baby will often be determined by your baby s preferences.
Use prepared infant formula within 2 hours of preparation and within one hour from when feeding begins.
Throw away formula your baby didn t finish.
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