DH and I are unsure on this.. he thinks a bowl of water in the microwave for a minute will suffice to heat milk out of the fridge. We are already drowning in appliances. What say you all?
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We've always just used hot water to warm up her bottles when we needed to. I think it'd be convenient to have a bottle warmer, we just never got one.
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I don't have one and have never wished that I did. I use the cup in the microwave as your DH proposed. One less appliance is a good thing!
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Nay. I use a microwave and a mug or my Kuerig.
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I use the tommee tippee bottle warmer and love it. It takes up very little space on the counter.
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if you already have a small crock pot you can put some water in it & use it to warm bottles =)
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I liked my Kiinde bottle warmer but hot water works well too.
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Hot water in a bowl is more than sufficient. There really is no need to have a gadget for this.
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@mrs. bird: awesome idea! I have one of those mini crock pots that I've never used and it's been sitting in my pantry for years. Going to dig it out now!
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Here is what we tried:
1. Serve cold if we could (easiest option that some babies are ok with).
2. Set out on the counter for a few minutes or run under warm water just to get the chill off
3. Bowl of water in the microwave.Our daycare used crock pots and just kept the pots hot all day and dropped the bottles in as needed.
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Thanks all! @Thehistoryofus: Super helpful, thank you!
@mrs. bird: But do you sit there and wait for the water to heat up? Or just keep warm water in it all the time? -
Exactly what @Thehistoryofus: said! If you can train them to take it cold DO IT! Took us a while to figure that out.
At one point we wished we had gotten one, but that didn't last long. It would have gone into storage after a short period of time. I researched them, but never found a stellar review that made me want to spend the money.
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C only took the cold bottles during the summer, but she won't now
We just use the water in microwave method.
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We have a hot water dispenser and just fill up a mug with hot water. We stick the bottle in the mug and it heats it up within 3 minutes. Hot water works great for heating up bottles. No need for a separate bottle warmer!
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Lo will drink it cold in a pinch but i usually just leave it in hot water for a min.
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LO will drink cold which makes our lives so much easier, especially when she wants a bottle NOW. When we do take the time to heat it up, we run it under hot water. Also, since milk is fine at room temps, I'll sometimes just get her next bottle out of the fridge when she finishes a feeding and let it warm on the counter.
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@JoJoGirl: we kept it on during the day. But there were 2 babies, so we were making a lot of bottles!
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A lot of my friends just kept a crockpot of water on the counter and warmed up bottles that way.
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LO will drink it room temperature. If its in the fridge we use the dr browns bottle warmer. Love it.
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We just ran it under hot water or put it in a cup.
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We borrowed one from my sister but never used it and my son was fed pumped milk exclusivley (ie always bottles) from 6w on. We just did really hot water in a bowl for 30 seconds.
We also got him to start taking it cold around 4 months.
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@JoJoGirl: It depends. IF you are home its fine to just use a mug and microwave but for when you go out places a warmer really helps.
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I just showed DH the results of this poll and he texted back 'Get back to work!'. LOL. Okay then.
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hot water in a bowl, if you use the lansinoh bag and lay them flat it defrosts faster.
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Hot water in a bowl or cup works fine.
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We gave her breast milk straight from the fridge and bottled fresh from the breast. If you start early, the babies won't mind if the milk is warm or cold.
As for my frozen stash, I just put the bags in warm water until they weren't icy, then put them in the fridge to use as needed.
Maybe I'm mean - I also didn't buy a diaper wipe warmer
We just use the water in microwave method.
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