Seeking Bottle Warmer for Glass Bottles

I used a mini crock pot. I kept it about 2/3 full and on the low setting all day/night long. It warms bottles quickly, so don;t let them sit for too long.

As some of the other posters said I did not even heat up my son's bottles and he drank them with out issue. Maybe you can slowly change them to luke warm and then just room temp.

I switched my daughter from warmed breastmilk bottles (I would warm a mug of water in the microwave and then place the glass bottle in it for about 2 minutes) to ROOM TEMPERATURE formula bottles at between 3 and 4 months of age. She took to the formula at room temp with no problem and it makes life SO MUCH EASIER! You can stash glass bottles pre-filled with water and premeasured containers of formula in your diaper bag and go...no worries about heating! I HIGHLY suggest it! When she started at daycare at 9 months, they tried to give her a heated bottle the first day b/c I forgot to tell them -- she didn't even want to take it! Good luck!

When I worked in a daycare the infant room used a crock pot filled with water. It is safe to leave on all day and you probably already have one.

I used to warm my daughter's bottles under water also, and I just decided to stop warming it up. She didn't seem to care, and now as she is older, she prefers a colder bottle. I also nurse her, so she is getting "warm" milk some of the time. She doesn't seem to care that her bottles aren't the same temp. I know that wasn't quite your question, but you may be able to save time and water by testing to see if your little one will take a bottle without it being heated up.

We just put about 1/2 to 1 cup of water in a Pyrex measuring cup and pop that in the microwave for 60-90 seconds. Once it's nice and hot, we put a bottle in there and let it sit a couple minutes--taking it out and swishing a couple times for even heating. This helps avoid "hot spots" that could burn him, and it saves time/effort/money. Once it's warmed up enough that I don't feel the formula on my wrist, it's all his. :-)

We do this because we get the water out of the fridge filtered dispenser. It's pretty darn cold. Sometimes we use this method to make the bottle nice and warm, but more often to take the excess chill off. It's nice and easy and--as far as I know--safe.

For on the go, I just put water in the bottle from the dispenser and let it sit in the bag. It's not too warm or too cold after sitting in the diaper bag a while. If it sits in a hot car, though, I'd watch it. Call me paranoid, but I don't trust water from just anywhere for his bottles. If I don't have water but have a clean bottle, I'll buy bottled water at room temp, if available.

My guy is about 50-50 with formula and nursing, so he's used to warm "yum-yum" and prefers not-cold bottles.

I have three kids and don't warm bottles now and never did for
any of them. I can feed anywhere, anytime and since he used to this I don't have to apologize for a fussy baby. I also didn't spend money on something I would just look for a garage sale to get rid of later. I use evenflo glass bottles.

We use a steam warmer by the First Years which has worked wonderfully for both glass bottles and baby food jars (including our own glass jars that we use when we make home made baby food). I think it was purchased at BabiesRUs.

Leave a small crock pot 1/2 filled with water on your counter on warm all day. When you need to heat it up just place the bottle in the water for a minute or 2. We used a crock pot in the infant room at the child care center I used to direct. It worked great.

Not sure about how to warm them easily on the go.

L.

Don't heat them! I never heated my kids' bottles. I never needed to worry about the right temp or getting them warm while we were out. They never had them warm, so they never knew them differently. I bet the switch at three months wouldn't be THAT difficult. Give it a try. My babies are fine and never suffered one day because they drank room temp. bottles (I think my daughter even drank cold ones). Have a great day!

my baby didn't care what temp the milk was - cold from fridge, freshly made, warmed - so I just gave it to her at whatever temp it was - no bottle warmer needed. You could try it and see if the baby cares at all.

A wise OB nurse once said to me "Don't do anything once that you are not willing to do all the time." She was referring to warming bottles and baby food. So, on that advice we never did. She said that babies do not need warm milk or food. Neither of my daughters ever needed/need their bottles warm. I just use room temp. This has served us well for those middle of the night feedings and on the go feedings! I just keep a bottle of room temp. water with us and we are good to go.

You might want to try using room temp. water. Since your baby is used to warm bottles you could try to gradually cool the water down until your little one doesn't mind.

Hope you can find a solution that works for you!

I turn on a teapot, and when the water is hot enough I pour it into a bowl and place the bottle in the bowl. You also can heat up a bowl of water in the microwave, and then place the bottle in the hot water. As for on the go, most restaurants or even gas stations have microwaves that can heat a bowl of hot water, and they also have extremely hot boiling water that comes out of a spout on the coffee machine. The only problem if you are traveling and need to heat it up in a place that is not a restaurant is you would have to bring your own bowl or large cup.

I had both an at home bottle warmer and a travel one and didn't really care for either. My husband installed a "hot water" dispenser in our kitchen sink and that water was HOT...so I would just fill up a glass and put the bottle in to warm it (also to defrost frozen breast milk). If you have a water dispenser, you might think of getting one with the hot water option. That way the water is already hot and you are not using much.

Good luck.

At home, could you heat the water in the microwave and then put the bottle in it to heat up? I did this with plastic bottles in the dark ages! lol!

I love the Avent Bottle Warmer. I use it with my glass bottles and have never had a problem. It is about $35.

I always heated the water in my bottles to almost boiling before I left and slipped them into an insulated bottle bag. I also carried a bottle of room temp water in my bag. By the time I was ready to use them (2-4 or more hours later) they would be just the right temperature. If I needed to use them earlier, I simply dumped some of the hot water out and mixed in some water from the room temp. bottles. Good luck!

If you have a steamer that is a good way to warm up your glass bottles with out wasting a lot of water.

S.

Would your son take them cold or room temperature? You could always stash an unopened bottle of water in your bag and just mix it right then and there. We got really lucky because our son hated warm bottles - made those nighttime feedings even better!