One of the most tried and true bottle warming methods is the counter top method and it requires no special.
Heating up baby bottle in microwave.
Use a bottle warmer.
If you warm up a bottle and let it sit until it s cold again don t warm it up a second time.
If i m warming expressed breast milk i just sit it in a bowl of hot water for a min or so.
Never reheat a bottle of formula that your baby didn t finish the first time around.
Just don t use the microwave.
Put a couple ounces of tap water into it.
You don t need a lot of water because the bottle is going to displace a lot.
Well the american academy of pediatrics specifically says that microwave warming is a no go.
Don t have any experience with this as i m breastfeeding but everything i ve read says not to warm bottles in microwave as it causes some areas of the milk to heat faster than others creating pockets of very hot milk that can scald the little one s mouth.
Don t warm up a bottle twice.
Prepare formula bottles with warm tap water.
It s never a good idea.
Set the bottle in warm water.
Stick the cup in the microwave for 1 2 minutes.
Microwaves don t warm bottles evenly and you can end up with scalding hot pockets of milk in an otherwise warm bottle.
Warm milk bags under tap water.
Grab the nearest pyrex measuring cup.
The microwave will heat the milk unevenly causing hot spots that can burn your child s mouth.
So what about microwaves.
And if you can t resist the temptation of the microwave heat the bottle for only a few seconds just enough to make it slightly warm and then shake it well to distribute the heat.
Because of the risk of scalding burns remember to not use a microwave to warm your baby s bottles of formula.
4 ways to safely warm your baby s bottle.
Do not use a microwave.
A microwave heats things unevenly and can lead to superheated pockets of formula in the bottle which can scald your baby s mouth.
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