how do you heat bottles and how long does it take?

Autumnbride2006

With DS1 we made bottles one at a time and served them room temperature. This time around I think I'm going to use the Dr. Browns pitcher. I've read that you can't microwave bottles but I can't stand the thought of spending 5 minutes warming up a bottle with a screaming hungry baby. What do you all do and how long does it take? TIA!

+diana82+

I've never heated a bottle. I serve it room temp or cold - mostly cold because I make them in advance.

You can put a cold bottle in a cup of warm water - it only takes a couple minutes to take the chill off.

ohyeahdollface

We have a cup that we heat water up in. With our microwave, its two minute in the microwave, two minutes of the bottle in the water. It makes it about room temp. 

katie4253

If I know he's going to be waking up soon I put it on the counter for about 10 mins for it to warm up a bit.  Often he gets them straight from the fridge.  Him taking cold bottles makes travel easy.  I just put a pumped milk bottle in my bag.  It is still cold when we are out and about.  I never have to ask for a cup of water to heat it up.  So much easier.  

boxergurl

I have a coffee maker that also has a hot water dispenser.  We usually stick a bottle in a cup of hot water for a few minutes. 

WhitePicketFence

We use the Dr. Browns pitcher and I just give DD2 the formula cold. We have a botttle warmer but I don't see the need for one.

hepcats

A cup of really hot water only takes a couple minutes until they get to about 4oz or so, at least that's what I found to be true for us. I got a bottle warmer so that we could heat them up quickly because, with my LO, we go from fine to screaming pretty quick!

Karma01

I make the formula in the dr brown pitcher and serve cold. She doesn't seem to mind and her doc said it's fine

anmoore87

I normally serve it room temperature (if its formula) or cold (breast milk straight from the fridge).  But sometimes I have time to warm them up by filling a bowl with really hot water and set the bottle in there for a few minutes.  Honestly my little one couldn't care less what temperature it is though.  She likes it all just the same.

xBoBox

ohyeahdollface:

We have a cup that we heat water up in. With our microwave, its two minute in the microwave, two minutes of the bottle in the water. It makes it about room temp. 

This exactly. He refused to take a cold bottle, so I always have to warm it up to at least room temperature.  

12bailey18

Room temp or cold is how I serve it. I started out heating DS's bottles and it was the most miserable 5 minutes of my life. After the first week I quit and he could not have cared less.

indy_chic

I always understood that giving a baby a cold bottle was bad for their bellies as it can give them a belly ache.

Not sure where I read this.

Have you always used cold or did any of you convert from warming bottles to "serving" chilled ones and did you notice anything different in LO?

LadyVi33

I haven't noticed a belly ache with cold bottles. We do mostly room temp, but I have served them from the fridge before too. I just don't do it at night or right before bed because he'll drink it, but he does shiver a little. lol.

 

Warming takes way too long, not worth it for us when we have a screaming baby!