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My wife pointed out and I feel dumb for not realizing it because I know this myself, you never heat baby food much past 30 seconds, certainly not for 3 minutes
by surge 3y ago
My wife pointed out and I feel dumb for not realizing it because I know this myself, you never heat baby food much past 30 seconds, certainly not for 3 minutes at highest setting. Babies generally eat baby food at room temperature to body temperature, and anything outside that is considered extreme to a baby's sensitive nervous system, not to mention you wouldn't want to risk lava spots that might burn their mouths. That adds a rather unrealistic element to the study.
It's far more likely to effect people eating microwave dinners, reheating food/meals in plastic containers, and even then those are different tougher plastics, that said it might be reason enough to just invest in glass containers for food storage.
- unsupp0rted 3y agoI wonder how it went when our ancestors heated food for babies to eat on a burning camp fire? Was that a factor in high child mortality?
- doubleg72 3y agoI wonder how our ancestors used a material not even developed yet without getting to to melt on an open fire.
- unsupp0rted 3y agoI mean it's difficult to precisely gauge when cooking food on a camp fire how hot it'll be for a baby to eat. I guess they would do it by finger touch then.
- kube-system 3y agoThe practice of using utensils exclusively and not touching food with hands is a relatively recent thing.
- barbazoo 3y agoI wonder how our ancestors used a material not even developed yet without getting to melt on an open fire they haven't discovered yet.
- surge 3y agoI'm pretty sure children just breastfed for longer before eating solid foods.
- SoftTalker 3y agoOur pediatrician said there was no reason to heat formula. We used powdered formula, just put it in a bottle with "cold" (i.e. unheated) tap water and shook it up right before feeding. Also great for traveling, you don't need a cooler/ice packs to keep mixed formula cool, just bring a bottle of water and mix with the powder as needed. Not storing formula in the bottles also means you don't need to sterilize bottles. Just wash them in the dishwasher and store them empty/dry. We never heated baby food in either, just opened the jar and fed it.
- barbazoo 3y agoSame here, we never heated up milk/formula, it seems to be a preference thing.
- manmal 3y agoI think baby food in this context is not formula, but puréed veggies etc.
- surge 3y agoYes, but in this case I'm referring to formula, food, or breast milk that's been sitting in a fridge. You don't need to "heat" it, but some babies are more receptive if its not cold.