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Sometimes we have half a bottle left from lunch and we want to use it at dinner.  We’ll cook it the full minute while half full – getting it super hot to kill anything that’s been growing – and then top it off with fresh cold milk.

EEEEWWW!!!  Half a bottle left from lunch and you want to use it at dinner?  How would you feel knowing that your dinner was cooked "super hot to kill anything that’s been growing"?  My goodness, any bottle older than two hours should be dumped.  Or at least gotten into the fridge to save. (Actually the experts say you shouldn’t even do that because the baby’s saliva in the bottle’s nipple can start producing bacteria).  .

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EEEEWWW!!!  Half a bottle left from lunch and you want to use it at dinner?  How would you feel knowing that your dinner was cooked "super hot to kill anything that’s been growing"?

Do you not ever eat leftovers from the fridge?!  :) l.f.

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Because the energy transmitted is a constant, and the starting

temperature of refrigerated milk should be constant, microwaving milk is THE MOST RELIABLE and SAFEST way to heat your baby’s bottle. Guess we shall have to agree to disagree Ron, because I have seen the results of warming a bottle in the microwave many times.  In addition, not everyone has the type of bottle you are talking about. There are plastic and glass bottles out there too. and you can’t ‘feel’ the milk like you can in the bottles with liners.

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Because the energy transmitted is a constant, and the starting temperature of refrigerated milk should be constant, microwaving milk is THE MOST RELIABLE and SAFEST way to heat your baby’s bottle. Guess we shall have to agree to disagree Ron, because I have seen the results of warming a bottle in the microwave many times.  In addition, not everyone has the type of bottle you are talking about. There are plastic and glass bottles out there too. and you can’t ‘feel’ the milk like you can in the bottles with liners.

Thats why you make sure to shake it up(really good) then test it on you arm then you can feel it just fine…. Anita mom to Courtney(4) Sean(2.5) Stephanie(8mo) — Please edit this signature file.  * JDS Mail & News

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When liquid is heated in the microwave, it heats unevenly and developes "hot spots" when the baby drinks the liquid,… Please – no matter how much you shake the bottle afterwards – when you microwave a baby bottle – it isn’t safe. I disagree 100%.  My microwave has a turntable, so the energy comes from various angles during the warming cycle.  When it’s done I agitate the bottle (I’m talking about the Playtex type with the liners) with my fingers and also by shaking couple seconds.  The liner is a nearly perfect adiabatic barrier and feeling the liner is an easy way to know exactly how warm the milk is.   Yes, due to the geometry of incident radiation, corners and nooks do get hot, but a quick stir evens things out.  THE WORST WAY TO CHECK FORMULA TEMPERATURE IS BY SQUIRTING SOME ONTO YOUR SKIN.  This is because the fluid cools quickly as it travels through air before contacting your skin. Besides, if the stuff was dangerously hot, why endanger yourself.   Formula does not need to be all that hot.  Body temperature is likely to be prefered.  Sometimes we have half a bottle left from lunch and we want to use it at dinner.  We’ll cook it the full minute while half full – getting it super hot to kill anything that’s been growing – and then top it off with fresh cold milk.  The net warming is only slightly less than cooking the full bottle for the same time.   Because the energy transmitted is a constant, and the starting temperature of refrigerated milk should be constant, microwaving milk is THE MOST RELIABLE and SAFEST way to heat your baby’s bottle.   – Ron Low Levity is the dearth of gravity.  Brevity is the height of clarity.  

Microwaving is totally safe as far as I am concerned, we now have our second child and have always used the microwave – our fridge is always at 3C (it has a readout) and as we always use 200ml of milk, and heat it for exactly 30seconds the resulting temerature will always be the same but I guess if you have an old type microwave with a knob to set the time which is thus less accurate it could cause a problem, but here again experience is the issue – simlpy use you watch with a second hand to measure the time and cut the microwave off manually at what ever time you find is right for you – milk will not all of a sudden change its physical properties and adsorb microwaves at a different rate from day to day !. Richard — Richard Webster

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When liquid is heated in the microwave, it heats unevenly and developes "hot spots" when the baby drinks the liquid,… Please – no matter how much you shake the bottle afterwards – when you microwave a baby bottle – it isn’t safe.

I disagree 100%.  My microwave has a turntable, so the energy comes from various angles during the warming cycle.  When it’s done I agitate the bottle (I’m talking about the Playtex type with the liners) with my fingers and also by shaking couple seconds.  The liner is a nearly perfect adiabatic barrier and feeling the liner is an easy way to know exactly how warm the milk is.   Yes, due to the geometry of incident radiation, corners and nooks do get hot, but a quick stir evens things out.  THE WORST WAY TO CHECK FORMULA TEMPERATURE IS BY SQUIRTING SOME ONTO YOUR SKIN.  This is because the fluid cools quickly as it travels through air before contacting your skin.  Besides, if the stuff was dangerously hot, why endanger yourself.   Formula does not need to be all that hot.  Body temperature is likely to be prefered.  Sometimes we have half a bottle left from lunch and we want to use it at dinner.  We’ll cook it the full minute while half full – getting it super hot to kill anything that’s been growing – and then top it off with fresh cold milk.  The net warming is only slightly less than cooking the full bottle for the same time.   Because the energy transmitted is a constant, and the starting temperature of refrigerated milk should be constant, microwaving milk is THE MOST RELIABLE and SAFEST way to heat your baby’s bottle.   – Ron Low Levity is the dearth of gravity.  Brevity is the height of clarity.  

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don’t warm formula or breastmilk in microwave because it kills the nutrition from Your baby but do warm the water in the bottle as long you shake it real good that is what my doctor said Anita mom to Courtney(4) Sean(2.5) Stephanie(7mo) I was told not to heat breast milk in the microwave because it breaks down the content of it.  I did however heat my babys plastic (not platex) bottles in the microwave.  I just shook them real good to make sure that there  were no hot spots.  That is what my doctor had warned about.   Hope that helps, Tereson PS.  My daughter is as healthy as a horse.

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I don’t like putting any plastics in the microwave.  I’ve heard there is problem with off-gassing.

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Actually, it’s nearly as fast to pour the liquid right into a small pan and put it on the stove to warm up the liquid.  I know that with our electric stove, it takes exactly 55 seconds to be just the right temperature.  Make sure you’re not trying to do ANYthing else while warming it up this way.

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As a Nanny for 13 years, and a preschool teacher for 5, I would like to say – putting bottles in the microwave is VERY dangerous and should not be done!!!! When liquid is heated in the microwave, it heats unevenly and developes "hot spots" when the baby drinks the liquid, he can burn the roof or his mouth, his tongue, or throat – and you wouldn’t even KNOW IT! Please – no matter how much you shake the bottle afterwards – when you microwave a baby bottle – it isn’t safe. (One of the parents whose child I watched on a part-time basis took their child into the dr.’d because he was crying so much. Turned out he had 2nd degree burns in the mouth and on his tongue from a too hot bottle.)

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I was told not to heat breast milk in the microwave because it breaks down the content of it.  I did however heat my babys plastic (not platex) bottles in the microwave.  I just shook them real good to make sure that there  were no hot spots.  That is what my doctor had warned about.   Hope that helps, Tereson PS.  My daughter is as healthy as a horse.

I was always told that you should never heat any drink (formula or breast milk) in the mike.  It broke down the vitamins and what not in the milk and was not good for the baby.  What I do is I heat water in the mike for 3 min. in a mike-safe container and then put the bottle in the warm water. Saves time and water that way!

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I always under stood the main reason for not heating bottles in the microwave was because they might cause hot spots, so if you do make sure you always shake well before testing the temp. At last they have found something capable of doing the work of 5 men. ONE WOMAN !!!! http://homepages.enterprise.net/odonn

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I recently heard that it might not be healthy to warm up plastic bottles for a child in the microwave… Does anyone know anything about this?  If so, please e-mail me Thanks.

I was told not to heat breast milk in the microwave because it breaks down the content of it.  I did however heat my babys plastic (not platex) bottles in the microwave.  I just shook them real good to make sure that there  were no hot spots.  That is what my doctor had warned about.   Hope that helps, Tereson PS.  My daughter is as healthy as a horse. — The Creative Child http://www.the-creative-child.com Lafayette Online http://www.inlafayette.com

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Never heard that plastic bottles were a problem.  What I have heard is that you are not supposed to warm bottles in the microwave because of the uneven heating they produce.  The idea is that there may be pockets of hot milk that could burn the baby’s mouth. That said, I have warmed my baby bottles in the microwave (they are the plastic kind) and shook the bottle afterward to mix the milk.   The interesting thing I found though, is that my kids didn’t care whether it was warm or not once they hit about 6 months of age.  So I rarely warmed any after that age. -Suzi – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I recently heard that it might not be healthy to warm up plastic bottles for a child in the microwave… Does anyone know anything about this?  If so, please e-mail me Thanks.

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I recently heard that it might not be healthy to warm up plastic bottles for a child in the microwave… Does anyone know anything about this?  If so, please e-mail me Thanks.

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I recently heard that it might not be healthy to warm up plastic bottles for a child in the microwave… Does anyone know anything about this?  If so, please e-mail me Thanks.

It would be most unwise to heat the plastic bottle in the microwave. Many plastics will outgas rather toxic substances into whatever is adjacent to them, milk or formula in this case. For those of you who like their coffee in styrofoam cups, they are particularly bad in this regard (lots of surface area to outgas) and have been associated with pancreatic cancer.  Yuck. Al Moore

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I was told by my DR. it is ok to boil Water or warm the juice in the bottle in the microwave but NEVER the FORMULA… So if you got some more info or pamplets on or about heating bottles please e-mail me at since i wont be able to recieve any E-Mail on this Posting so i can stop heating my Baby’s bottles thank you – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I recently heard that it might not be healthy to warm up plastic bottles for a child in the microwave… Does anyone know anything about this?  If so, please e-mail me Thanks. It would be most unwise to heat the plastic bottle in the microwave. Many plastics will outgas rather toxic substances into whatever is adjacent to them, milk or formula in this case. For those of you who like their coffee in styrofoam cups, they are particularly bad in this regard (lots of surface area to outgas) and have been associated with pancreatic cancer.  Yuck. Al Moore

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