Does anyone have one of these (or similar) bottle coolers/warmers?

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www.amazon.co.uk/First-Years-Night-Bottle-Warmer/dp/B000056HMB/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I am wondering whether this is the answer to otherwise having to traipse downstairs half-asleep to get a bottle out of the fridge and warm it in the microwave in the middle of the night? Whilst the baby is screaming all the while for its feed.

By the time I get back upstairs, I know that DH will be wide awake, and the chances are that the baby will have worken DS too.

I am planning on using Dr Brown's bottles when I stop BFing, as they were nothing short of amazing (and I tried every other brand and every teat flow) when I was bottle feeding DS. The reviews suggest that the Dr Brown's bottles fit inside too which is great.

If it is to save time you must have a big house! It takes me 40secs to warm a bottle in microwave but that gadget says 5mins.... looks like it could be handy but not sure it is going to do what you want i.e baby crying for shorter time. Not sure if I've missed the point tho.

Sorry not more help. :)

Gia, The description says that it takes 5 minutes, but the reviews say that it takes 2 minutes. In that 2 minutes, I could be conforting the baby to try and limit the crying in my nice warm bed, rather than going downstairs to the kitchen and warming the bottle in the microwave and coming back upstairs. Especially if the baby is having a feed twice during the night, as is the norm I found when they're little.

Or isn't it worth it? I have no idea and wondered if anyone had usedthis or something similar.

Gin, sorry.

Hmmm yes I can see that.

Well, sounds worth it from that point of view. :)

Only pauses for thought would be how much longer you will be needing night feeds, but that is a bit of a 'piece of string' question.

for 2 mins of warm comfort rather than my draughty kitchen I would be tempted if money was available for it. :)

I'm sure there is a good reason and I'm not wanting to be nosey....but if you're still breastfeeding why don't you breastfeed at night? Not having to get up to sort out a bottle was one of the huge bonuses to BF for me - in fact I pretty much mastered doing it without fully waking up!

Forgive me if I'm wrong, I have not ff, but guidelines are to make each bottle up fresh so how is a bottle warmer going to help?

dilbertina, I am pg, with a pre-schooler DS. I am planning to breastfeed, but after atruly awful BFing experience with DS, I don't know how long I'm going to be able to BF for. So I am trying to get mysef organised and think through how I would do things like bottle feed through the night in advance. Helps me prepare for the thought of having two DC!

Indith, If I am bottle feeding, I am going to make up the night feeds in advance, that much I have decided. They will either be staying in teh fridge in the kitchen or going in this type of chiller/warmer (if I decide to get one, which is why I am asking whether anyoen has one or something similar!).

Ah ok I get it now!

I'm far from an expert on it, but BF dc1 was tough too. It was much easier with dc2, despite a tongue tie, and by dc3 it was a doddle (probably helped by my nipples having given up the fight by that point!) In my very limited experience what helped was: not using a dummy (though this was entirely child dependent -used them for dc1 & 2 and would not have managed without frankly!) and not trying to express too soon (I'm convinced this is what buggered up BF with DC1). I would say that my breast feeding experience was entirely different each time. It was a darn sight easier managing with older dc as well if smallest was breastfeeding though.

My other advice would be that if bottles are prepared properly in advance with boiling water they only need to be room temperature to drink...if your baby is trained to drink room temperature milk it will save a lot of time both at home and out and about.

Wishing you a happy and uneventful remainder of pregnancy!

I have a bottle chiller/warmer like this but have never used the 'warmer' function, only the chiller (ebm not formula). When we were still feeding in the night I would put bottle of ebm in the chiller, and also take a tommy tippee flask full of boiling water. It takes literally 2 minutes to warm to room temperature.

I didn't think it was safe to warm bottles in a microwave in any case?

Ha, just realised its the same one as you were looking at!

dilbertina thanks for your words of encouragement. I am hoping for a better experience this time. But I am also trying to get organised in advance of DC2's arrival, and that's why I am considering all my options including bottles and that;'s why I am asking for views on this warmer/chiller in this thread.

ceeveebee I have been told that as long as you shake the bottle after microwaving it, to disperse any hot spots, it is perfectly safe to microwave a bottle of formula. I'm not sure whether the same applies to EBM - I haven't looked at that. Can I ask why you didn't use the warmer facility on The Firrst Years model that you have, rather than a separate TT flask? And did you use Dr Brown's bottles by any chance? They tend to be taller than most ottles and I am trying to work out wwhetehr they woudl fit into a TT flask of boiling water for when we are out and about (DS would only ever take his milk warm despite me trying and trying to get him to take it at room temperature, and would howl and howl if it wasn't 'just right'!).

Loving the look of the warmer, might have to get one. I used the tommie tippie one last time, it was brill. We used it to warm bottles in the night, I make my bottles up ahead & always have done (14 years & no sick babies) just boiled water then add the powder once warmed. (I know it's not the done thing & the powder isn't sterile) Saved time & stress at night & was handy when away.
I microwaved during the day, again just the water then added powder. That way it gets a really good shake.
My DD2 is due in May & whilst I'll give bf a try it was such a disaster last time I'm not holding my breath.
Shall I get my 'bad Mummy' t-shirt made now

I didn't use it because it required me to measure out specific quantities of water for different size bottles, and I have twins who have different sizes of feed so I thought I would just get too confused at 2am to be able to remember! It was bought for me as a gift, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered, you could just use a cool bag with ice packs to store the bottles in.

I used Avent and Nuk bottles. The TT flask lid (where you put the bottle to warm) is about 6.5inches tall and 4 inches wide, I haven't seen Dr Brown bottles in real life but I would be surprised if they did not fit. Also you only need to submerge it to cover the milk (not the whole bottle, you don't want the water to get in) so unless they are wider than TT bottles they should fit fine.

Best of luck!