Microwaving formula in the bottle?

[DillyDallyDayDream]

Yes or no?

Officially no. Unoffically yes.

I've heard no because it heats unevenly, causes hot spots to appear & I once heard that it can affect the nutritional value of the formula. I don't do it because of this but would love to know if any of it's true.

You're not supposed to but I've done it with both dc and never more than approx 50 seconds with an 8oz bottle and a VERY good swirl / shake and it's always been fine.

No. It heats unevenly. And microwaved food keeps heating for a few seconds after so it could end up hotter than you think.

I do, because DD2 doesn't really have it warm, more room temp, so I can just put it in for 20seconds and know that it's not going to scorch.

If I was trying to get a warm but not boiling bottle, then I probrably wouldn't.

I know you're "not meant to" and in fact I didn't (one of life's natural prefects) but if you shake the bejaysus out of it after heating and then test on your wrist I really do fail to see what the risk is.

I made up feeds in advance and then microwaved them to take the fridge chill off. shitty parent
I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but it never did DD any harm.

I tend to microwave the water before adding the powder.

That make a difference?

I have done every feed since we went ff 39 seconds on defrost setting its hardly even warm

I did don't tell my hv though, she still thinks I made every single bottle up fresh give it a shake and it's good to go.

Yes but only to take the chill off and I shake it a lot!

Officially no. Personally, shake it very well and test temperature.

Apparently you are not meant to. I do. 40 seconds for a 7oz bottle and I shake. It's always a minute or two or longer whilst I faff around before I actually feed. I did this with DD too. I have never had a problem.

Yes yes yes, I wasn't going to, but its just not possible to make it fresh and yes most people do they just lie to the HV!
Really who at 4am with a screaming 2 week old will boil a kettle wait for it to cool to make up a fresh bottle??

8oz 20 seconds and a damn good shake and your ready to go.

Yes. 40 secs, good shake, quick test and feed away.

Yes yes of course yes
(In case you have never used a microwave before) Make sure you give it a shake and test

This is what I did - going on 18 years ago - probably very wrong but I was advised by an a&e nurse who was also an NCT breast pump expert.

For a four once bottle. Pour boiling water into the sterilised bottles up to the 3oz mark. Put the teats and lids on and pop into the fridge for up to 24 hours. When a bottle is needed boil kettle and add one ounce into the bottle. Add the requisite scoops of powder. Also stops the scoop going claggy because it iss hovering over steam and you get an accurate measure.

Am sure lots will come and say this was terribly wrong but ds was never sick and never harmed as a result. His 6'2" hulk is a testament.

BF didn't go wrong with dd so it wasn't necessary.

Why microwave the water first? Why not just add the powder to just boiled water - surely it takes just as long to.nuke it to the right temp as it would do in the kettle?

I don't see how it is physically possible for it to continue to heat. If you shake it then the hot spots will get mixed with the cold spots. So it seems to be a reasonable thing to do.

I think the bit about using water at over 70 degrees is important. But I think some of the rest of the instructions may be designed to make it as hard as possible to be a parent.

I think you are not supposed to, but common sense and sleep deprivation forced me to. just make sure you shake well after heating and leave for a minute or so.

officially no, unofficially hell yeah. ds2 full bottle goes on for 1 min, a good shake and hey presto, we're all set. Have done this for ff, bf and now just normal milk. Isn't this how everyone makes cocoa, by heating milk up in the microwave?

I always gave DD her bottles at room temp (made with 70deg water, refridgerated and took out an hour before feeds).

Dont think she has ever had warm milk.

MAke the bottles up properly in advance (with hot water added to powder, then cooled quickly). And yes, microwave carefully or use a jug of boiling water. I tend to do 20 seconds for a 6oz feed, give it a good swirl, test, give it another few seconds if needed, swirl and let it stand while I faf around convincing DS to come over for his milk.

I thought shaking it made it really bubbly though? DS was an awful puker, so I tried to avoid any extra bubbles going into him so I didn't end up getting showered in puke