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Bottle Warming on Planes - Beware!

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LJAM · 26/04/2006 19:38

We recently flew transatlantic with our 4 month-old son on a Virgin Atlantic flight.

The flight attendant kindly offered to warm our son's feeding bottle. She took the full bottle away and 15 minutes later, I went to find it because I was worried that it would be too hot. When I reached the galley, she handed the bottle back to me and I thanked her but said I'd been a bit worried because it had taken so long and I thought the bottle would have overheated. She replied that it had overheated but that she'd cooled it down. I asked how she'd cooled it and she said she'd added some cold milk - ordinary cow's milk. She didn't realise that baby's bottles do not contain plain cow's milk.

I explained what a bad idea that was and she was very apologetic. But please be careful if you have your kid's bottle warmed on a plane!

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SHHHH · 26/04/2006 21:06

Shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shock. It's nice to be made aware. Thanks.

Twinkie1 · 26/04/2006 21:11

Write to Richard Branson and you will get a free flight or holiday - they are so good with complaints!!

peaches27 · 26/04/2006 21:11

Thank you! I wont let it out of my sight. I wonder if they will object to my own flask warmer?

AttilaTheMeerkat · 27/04/2006 07:57

The problem as well is that many of these cabin crew do not have a clue re heating up bottles as many of them do not have children of their own. After one overheated bottle (which was popped into the microwave) I used to follow them down to the galley and watched them.

So Virgin are good with complaints are they- that made me laugh out loudGrin!!!.

eidsvold · 27/04/2006 12:00

i just got my dd used to room temp milk anbd that way I could just use bottled water and formula and make it as I went. I also used the tetra packs of ready made formula - again at room temp and dd1 was fine with that.

SHHHH · 27/04/2006 15:02

peaches27, take your own flask..as long as you warmed it while waiting for everyone to board and it's away for takeoff you will be fine. I would next time. TBH, dd wasn't keen on having milk during take off and landing, we found a dummy worked even better.

peaches27 · 27/04/2006 15:07

I think she will take it at room temp as she has done when we have been out. I might have a go with water and mixing when ready as I bought some of those little containers for milk powder yesterday, the ones that fit in your bottle (tommee tippee).

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