Advice on Bottle Warmer

Ok, I'll go against the grain and tell you that I love my Avent bottle wamer. Lots of temp control, never overheated, and you don't have to stand there replacing water to keep frozen milk defrosting...especially important if baby is screaming. A little pricey, but you may see them at mother's sales. I saw one once for five dollars and am kicking myself for talking another mom to be into it...I wouldn't have minded having a spare at that price.
Good luck!
Jen M.

First Years bottle warmer for the car works great. A bit more expensive but worth it!

In my opinion, bottle warmers are a waste of money. Just put the bottle in a bowl of warm water and swirl - for free! Also, you may not even need to warm the bottle at all. With the exception of nursing in the hospital and for a few weeks before going to exclusive pumping, my son has taken the bottle right out of the fridge without warming. We tried to warm it once and he wasn't having any of that! We've not warmed a bottle (breast milk or formula) since.

Honestly, you're better off putting the bottle (w/ the cap on) in the sink and letting hot water run over it for a few minutes. The bottle warmers never really get the temp right, and they take *forever*. If you can try to anticipate her hunger it works even better. FOr instance, if you're pretty sure that your daughter eats every 2 hours, and you want your husband to take a feeding, start warming up the milk before she's screaming for it. Easier said than done in the middle of the night, but a little screaming never killed anyone. :)

we used The First Years Night & Day Bottle Warmer by Learning Curve sold at Babies R Us or Target - and it was nice because it holds 2 bottles cold for the night - and you heat it up as needed. you have to follow the warming instructions perfectally, or else you will burn out the warmer - we broke one, but learned our lesson. Really helps out with convienience in the middle of the night. Best of luck!!

I agree with Lisa, bottle warmers take much longer. Just get a big cup, fill it with warm water and set the bottle in it. It will get warm quickly.

I know you weren't looking for advice but you may want to add a pumping session if you are planning to routinely skip a feeding at night- you will probably wake up engorged and it could (but may not!) affect your supply. But you have to do whatever it takes to keep yourself healthy and happy so make sure you keep that in the balance too.

A large bowl of hot tap water. Best yet it is free

I also agree. we had a bottle warmer and it took too long to warm the milk, esp when they are crying and crying. And, the temp was never right. We even got the recommended one, the "First Years" one, but still, we wound never use it again. I'd put the bottle in very hot water, it heats up fast and uniformly. good luck and congrads on being a new mom!

We use The First Years Night & Day Bottle Warmer and we love it! You premeasure the water so you hardly have to open your eyes to use it. Just put in the bottle (stored in attached cooler), dump in the water, push the botton and in less then a minute your bottle is perfectly warmed. Good luck with your little one!

Congratulations Mom!
My understanding is that breast milk is best warmed (in its storage baggy out of the freexer, in the bottle out of the fridge)under just a bit of warm tap water. The fats in the milk will seperate out (you probably know that), but it just needs gently shaken and it will all mix up nicely. Using the warm tap water gives the milk every opportunity to retain all that great stuff in there... excess heat breaks some of that down - still good stuff... just might as well get the most out of it since you took the time to pump for your little one (and kudos to you for seeking answers and getting dad involved with breast-feeding - what a great start this baby has!).

I agree with the other mom's advise to just run it under hot water. We used playtex bottles with the drop in liners and they work really well for this. They have vents at the very top of the bottle so that when you turn it upside down under the faucet the water circulates out. We tried the same bottle warmer that was recommended and went back to running it under the tap. Congrats on being a new mom!

Try just putting the bottle/container in hot water for a couple of minutes. EBM heats/melts very quickly.

Personally, I hated every bottle warmer that I tried. They took forever (almost 5 minutes) and it was never the right temp.