Dr Browns bottles (again) - warming them really quickly

[HappyAsEyeAm]

Can anyone recommend a bottle warmer that woudl warm a pre-prepared bottle of milk in a Dr Brown's bottle?

I would prefer not to microwave the feed, which is ovbiously the quickest way. And I found (with DD, 4 years ago) that she would scream and scream in the seemingly ages it took to warm the feed in a jug of boiling water.

Can anyone recommend a bottle warmer, that would fit a dr Brown's bottle, to use when at home and also when out and about please?

A bottle warmer would take just as long, if not longer than a jug of water ime!

If you don't mind me asking, Why don't you want to microwave it? As long as you give it a good shake so there are not hotspots there shouldn't be any problems. It only takes about 40 secs and you're ready to go

Birnawood I microwaved every formula bottle feed of DD's, but then someone freaked me out about it saying that every formula feed she'd ever had made been subject to the waves in the microwave and I began to feel incredibly guilty that I may have been subjecting her to something even vaguely harmful. I'm not saying that I agree with what she said, but I just don't know and I don't feel in a position to know enough about microwaves and their effect on babies' milk to take a view on it.

I know I know that what she said was scaremongering, as she couldn't substantiate her concern about it either! And I know that microwaves have been made for years and years and nearly every household has one etc and I know deep down that I'm being silly for listening to what she said. We never use our microwave anymore, not for this reason, but because have no need for it.

I also remember just how hard DD used to scream for her feed, and she would never have waited long enough for me to warm the feed in a jug of water! So if the new baby is the same, I can see me using the microwave pretty frequently anyway!

The only bottle warmer I've seen so far that advertises how long it would take on average to warm a bottle is a Yoomi one (I'd never heard of it before): www.shop.yoomi.com/collections/the-yoomi-range/products/warmer-duo-set but it is only compatible with Yoomi bottles it seems. I was after soemthing along these lines as it says that it will warm a feed in 60 seconds.

I'm sure dr browns do their own, can't link as on phone but I was looking yesterday and I saw one.

justabigdisco - yes, they do have one. Its about £40. I just can't find any reviews of it to find out just how long it does take to heat a bottle. If its no faster than a jug of boiling water, I would only ever use it whilst out and about.

Obviously, the ideal would be for the baby to take a feed at room temperature, but that proved impossible for DD and I am just trying to be as prepared as possible.

I think the scaremongering about microwaves came about when they were first on the market, I remember my friends mum telling me not to stand in front of a microwave when it ws on as it would 'do' things to me but the way I see it, is if they were that harmful they wouldn't be on the market.

Something to think about wrt bottle warmers and heating times is when were the timings done? if the warming time was tested when the warmer was already up and running then the time taken to warm the bottle would be less. If you're standing in a cold kitchen at 3am with a screaming baby and waiting for the bloody warmer to get going for 15min and then have to wait for the bottle to be warmed then it's going to take considerably longer than 60secs. The warmer i used whilst in hospital when ds2was 3mths old took an absolute age to warm the bottle. If i had one I can guarantee that it would be flung quite forcefully out of the window pretty sharpish

All microwaves do is vibrate the water particles, giving them more energy and then the liquid warms up. If you stood RIGHT in front of one, and IF the metal mesh designed to absorb the energy was broken, there is a faint possibility they may heat up the water particles in your body.

Microwaves contain nothing 'harmful' and nor do they leave anything in the liquid once it has been warmed. The only hazard from using a microwave is the potential for 'hot spots'. This is because the particles warm up more in some areas than others (this is why ants can survivie in a microwave - they move to the bit where the waves don't affect the liquid).

In summary, I believe your child is more at risk of harm in the ten minutes crying and flailing waiting for a bottle to warm up in hot water than in drinking microwaved milk. I microwaved all stuff after about a week - hope this helps to reasure you!