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01-10-2013 at 3:21 PM
Kota26
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Bottle Warmers

There is a baby consignment store close by to me that have a few bottle warmers on sale for $7.  I was not considering purchasing one at all, but for such a low price I am reconsidering.  In your opinion are they helpful or a waste of space?

 

Edit: forgot to mention that I will be BFing while on maternity leave and then pumping into bottles for baby later on. 


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01-10-2013 at 3:26 PM
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I wouldn't.  Heating up a bowl of water in the micro and using that to warm up the breastmilk or formula was sufficient for me. 

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01-10-2013 at 3:32 PM
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IMO, a waste of space. We just got ran bottles under warm tap water, or stood them in a bowl w/ warm water.

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01-10-2013 at 3:39 PM
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Even for $7, I say that they are a waste of space and money.

I was gifted one and it took FOREVER to even remotely come close to warming a bottle. Also, bottles are not required to be warmed before giving to an infant, so I would first see if your LO will take a cold to room temperature bottle before even bothering to find what warming method works best for you. 

ETA: (I just saw your ETA) I don't know how long your work day is, but expressed breast milk can sit at room temperature for up to six hours, and be A-okay. When I was an exclusive pumper with DS, if I was going somewhere and pumping, I'd pump the milk into bottles and then screw on the cap that doesn't have a nipple attached. That way, I wouldn't have to worry about heating up the bottle if I knew that I was going to be feeding DS within that 6 hour period. (Room temperature was warm enough to his liking) 


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01-10-2013 at 3:41 PM
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Waste of $$ and space IMO.  I put wipe warmers in the same category as well. 

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01-10-2013 at 4:21 PM
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At our BFing class the lactation consultant recommended just running under hot water. So I say waste of money.

 
01-10-2013 at 5:20 PM
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stilts1:
Waste of $$ and space IMO.  I put wipe warmers in the same category as well. 

at least with the wipe warmers you just plug them in. We used the bottle warmer a few weeks then got sick of it, especially after I quit pumping and we just used powdered formula with room temp water.


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01-10-2013 at 5:30 PM
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Do you by chance have one of the really small crock pots? I think they are called a "little dipper" or something? Our daycare has them in each room to heat bottles. They just keep it filled with water and on all day. That might be something you already have laying around that you can try.

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01-10-2013 at 6:32 PM
Kota26
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Thanks so much guys, looks like I will save my $7 for something worth purchasing

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01-11-2013 at 8:47 AM
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monlyn9:
Do you by chance have one of the really small crock pots? I think they are called a "little dipper" or something? Our daycare has them in each room to heat bottles. They just keep it filled with water and on all day. That might be something you already have laying around that you can try.

This is what I'm considering; I'm a STM and I supplemented formula with breastmilk so doing the combination I pretty much always warmed my bottles and I HATED my warmer. DD's daycare used a crockpot, left it on all day and put the bottles in for a bit and it worked perfectly. I found one of the small 2.5 qt ones at Target for $11. And if it doesn't work, I'm got a crockpot for queso! 


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01-11-2013 at 9:01 PM
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526SadieSadie:
I wouldn't.  Heating up a bowl of water in the micro and using that to warm up the breastmilk or formula was sufficient for me. 

This. Totally agree. 

 
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