Bottle warmer?

[lovepinkroses]

The antibodies in breastmilk can easily be destroyed with heat.  It is best to put the bag of breastmilk in warm tap water to thaw.  You cannot “allow breastmilk to thaw over the week”.  Once it is thawed it has to be used by 24 hours.

The best way would be to take a bag out one feeding at a time.  You could take it out as one feeding is

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[isign]

Found this on Medela's website

Defrosting

* Thaw milk overnight in the refrigerator, or hold the bottle under warm running water to quickly thaw. You can also place the sealed container in a bowl of warm water for 20 minutes to bring it to body temperature.
* Thawed milk is safe in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Do not refreeze.

CAUTION: Never microwave breastmilk. Microwaving can cause severe burns to baby’s mouth from hot spots that develop in the milk during microwaving. Microwaving can also change the composition of breastmilk.

I have used the bottle warmer, since I was told that babies don't/won't drink cold milk. DS will drink it as cold as I would. HTH

[lovepinkroses]

I knew the microwave part, but it sounds like the bottle warmer is ok, but not ideal.
Thanks!

[lovepinkroses]

I forget about this site all the time! It's a good page to send to my daycare provider...thank you!

[marisa724]

Tell Rob that the main difference is that the warm water method will warm the milk a little more slowly (usually around 10 min or so) than the bottle warmer. The bottle warmer (correct me if I'm wrong, I never used one) gets plugged in and warms up quickly

[lovepinkroses]

The bottle warmer works off water/steam. I think I'm going to keep the warmer, so if I'm away, Rob will have it. He tends to get frustrated if the baby is hungry and fussy. But, that isn't all that often. And, I won't bring it to daycare, so she will warm it by the warm water method.

I just feel bad for the poor little guy when I know he only breathes out of his nose and then to see milk coming out of it!

[hssweethearts]

N was particular about the very *precise* temperature she would drink her BM at, so I used the bottle warmer. It made it much easier and I had it down to a science. I wish she would have drank it cold. Would have made life a lot easier back then.

[lovepinkroses]

Nice avatar. :)

We have never given him a cold bottle. I don't think he'd take it since it's so warm coming out of me. But, I think the warmer might be nice for Rob when I'm away.

[olliemom]

We always used a bottle warmer. I must not have gotten that memo. :) I did know to avoid the microwave, but never had a problem with a steam-type bottle warmer.

Yes, milk out of the nose. It's all connected, no reason to worry.

[lovepinkroses]

lol...didn't get that memo, huh? That was cute!