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.
Mixed baby formula at room temperature.
Toss prepared formula that s been sitting at room temperature for more than an hour.
The formula should feel lukewarm not hot.
Some babies prefer warm formula and others are fine with cold formula.
Prepared infant formula can spoil if it is left out at room temperature.
In contrast others prefer them cooler and even cold.
It s fine to give your baby room temperature or even cold formula.
The temperature of the formula at which you feed your baby will often be determined by your baby s preferences.
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Use prepared infant formula within 2 hours of preparation and within one hour from when feeding begins.
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.
If you do not start to use the prepared infant formula within 2 hours immediately store the bottle in the fridge and use it within 24 hours.
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As a general rule the bottle will last for 2 hours at room.
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.