warming bottles up?
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to warm my lo milk up, i boil the kettle and let bottle stand in a jug, when my friend saw me do this she said "wouldent it be much easyer to warm it in the microwave, i do for my babys bottles"
i always thougtht you couldent do that? does anyone know if you can or if not why? thanks xx
i always thougtht you couldent do that? does anyone know if you can or if not why? thanks xx
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You just have to be very careful with micrawaves as you can get hot spots which could burn babies mouth
I have been known to do it before though, like at night. I think as long as you shake the bottle really well it's OK. I remember my stepmum doing it for all my little brothers bottles.
When Im out and about I add boiling water to cooled boiled ater eg for a 7ozs bottle I use 5oz cold and top up with 2ozs boiling and that tend to be the right temp for Holly.
I started doing the same as you Hollysmummy which meant I could make the bottles fresh at each feed and all I could think was.. Why didn't I think of doing this in the first place!? Tips like that could have saved me many a night of worrying about milk going off/being too hot!
I microwave phoebes bottles and give them a good vigerous shake for about a minute so I know that the milk is fully mixed up.... bit of a long shake I know but best to be safe than sorry....
At nigtime for night feeds I used a bottle warmer... it was easy to warm the water up and have it hot throughout the night then when she was ready I turned it up and then heated bottle then by the time the nappy was changed the bottle was ready....
but then saying that my HV is really good about microwave heating.. I went to baby clinic a few weeks ago and asked for some hotwater and she looked at me shocked and said dont u use a microwave... lol.. I sid yes but thought better not ask in front of oyu and she laughed... think she was shocked as she knows I am not one for follwing the guidelines.... I go by what baby wants not what the guidelines say to do....
just do what you feel safe with... once u have done it a few times you will get to know what time is best to nuc it for x x x x
it works the same way as when you heat food and then have to mix it to even out heat.
more recently we just make up the waters and add the powder in when needed, so much simpler...did this with my first too and never did her any harm x