Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you avoid standing close to the microwave? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:10:37 +0000 Andrea on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12914 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:18:32 +0000 Andrea 12914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It seems like a total luxury to have time to heat up all your food on the stove. By the time I get my LO home from day care she wants to EAT and so 30 seconds in the microwave it is! skibobrown on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12906 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:06:31 +0000 skibobrown 12906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours is pretty old, so I try to stay away from it b/c I'm worried about the seals. I think if you have a newer microwave, then it should be very well sealed, so you should be fine hanging out near it. enjollah on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12891 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:53:07 +0000 enjollah 12891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Geekinheels...I'm Chinese and since I can remember, my mom has told me to not stand in front of the microwave. I still use a microwave to heat up food but my mom rarely uses hers. When she reheats, she steams on the stove. I'm sure once baby comes, she'll re-emphasize the how-tos of heating up food and sterilizing. geekinheels on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12719 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:37:10 +0000 geekinheels 12719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I never really thought about it either, and I have never distanced myself from the microwave, pregnant or not. That being said, the hubs and his family (who are Chinese) are against using the microwave for infants — they insist on heating up food on the stove, and won't even let me use microwavable sterilizers for bottle & breast pump parts! (We boil to sterilize instead.) twodoghouse on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12323 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:08:31 +0000 twodoghouse 12323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My husband is an engineer and took a lot of physics back in the day. The way he explained it to me (I hope I get this right! Sometimes he talks and it goes over my head!) is that microwaves "wiggle" (you know, move in that wave shape) in a predictable way. As in there is a set height from the top of the wave to the bottom. So, the grill on the front of the microwave prevents any of them from escaping and harming us humans. I think there might be legitimate concerns with what happens to the food when you microwave it in plastic or something. I don't know anything about that though. (Ok, least eloquent response ever, but hopefully yall get what I'm trying to say) Mrsbells on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12305 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:00:54 +0000 Mrsbells 12305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I try not to stand too close to it once its one, but the bottom line is I still ea t the food that has been heated in the microwave and still stand directly in front of it to open the door so I'm guessing I'm still affected by it. we dont use our microwave very much since we have a grill/toaster oven and we eat most of our stuff freshly cooked. cyneswith on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12290 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:53:53 +0000 cyneswith 12290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I try to stay back from it most of the time. But sometimes I just space out and forget... cyndistar3 on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12285 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:52:15 +0000 cyndistar3 12285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, not really, I will stand in front of it if it is only going to be on for a very short amount of time. If not, I usually have something else to be doing while waiting. Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12283 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:51:30 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 12283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Majority of the time I put something in there and do go other things until it rings. So ya, I'm like @tequiero21 tequiero21 on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12277 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:46:17 +0000 tequiero21 12277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ our microwaves are all above our heads. i put in the food, and walk away and go online or do something until it beeps - yeah, i don't have the patience to wait a minute in front of the microwave haha. Adira on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12259 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:34:38 +0000 Adira 12259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ haha, I have it in my head that microwaves are bad too! I try to stand two feet away generally when I'm using the microwave. :P chopsuey on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12251 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:27:56 +0000 chopsuey 12251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I was pregnant I avoided standing in front of microwaves.. Andrea on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12240 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:20:30 +0000 Andrea 12240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha. I know @Hola Abejita. I saw your ;P mynoahbear on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12235 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:18:57 +0000 mynoahbear 12235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I try to distance myself from the microwave but half the time I forget. hola abejita on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12228 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:14:53 +0000 hola abejita 12228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ That was my silly attempt at a joke, Andrea. Microwaves are of course worse since they can cook food. mediagirl on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12226 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:12:59 +0000 mediagirl 12226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Honestly? I hadn't even thought about it! I do stand in front of it when I'm impatiently waiting for my bagel to heat up, though. :) I have started putting a pillow between me and my laptop now when that's on my stomach and I don't put my cell phone on my belly anymore either. :) Andrea on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12225 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:12:17 +0000 Andrea 12225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Hola Abejita - I know you can't and we have so many wireless devices in our house that it seems silly to avoid the microwave but I just do what I can. :-) hola abejita on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-12221 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:09:47 +0000 hola abejita 12221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ How are you going to avoid radio waves? ;P eeh on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-11948 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:13:08 +0000 eeh 11948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't know that this has ever crossed my mind. I wouldn't say I stand there and stare at my microwave but I also don't bust out a tape measure to make sure I'm standing far enough away. I usually pop something in and go about doing something else until it beeps. Mrs. Bee on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-11947 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:10:07 +0000 Mrs. Bee 11947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I did when I was pregnant, but now I don't care. I don't let Charlie stand in front of it though! Andrea on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-11936 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:48:56 +0000 Andrea 11936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha. I don't care what anyone says. I don't think I can break this habit. They are bad. I know it! Haha. MsMini on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-11934 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:43:32 +0000 MsMini 11934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It crossed my mind briefly, but then DH who is a computer engineer laughed at me and told me microwaves are so well sealed they use old ones as a signal/frequency blockers at work to test equipment. I don't stay away from them anymore - because he is even more cautious about things harming our unborn baby than I am! lola2011 on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-11930 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:38:19 +0000 lola2011 11930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ haha. I'm always careful to stay away too, but it's all in my head. If you were affected by the "waves" your skin would actually get hot/burn before you would be internally affected. In fact the people who invented microwaves didn't even have doors on the models for a while...not that I recommend that. I looked it up once because we had an old microwave at our old place that I lovingly named the "cancer box". Andrea on "Do you avoid standing close to the microwave?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-standing-close-to-the-microwave#post-11926 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:31:25 +0000 Andrea 11926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was watching an episode of The Rachel Zoe Project where she was pregnant but standing RIGHT in front of the microwave. She made a comment that microwaves aren't good for unborn babies (um, it's not good for anybody) but continued standing there anyway. Do you stand back or not care? I try to be at least 6 feet away. I don't know where I learned this but that seems to be the distance stuck in my head.