Is a bottle warmer worth it?

Redsoxchick · September 2011

Or is it just as easy to warm a bottle in a cup of hot water? I registered for glass bottles, which I know can't be used in a bottle warmer...just wondering if I'm going to regret that!

How do you or will you warm your bottles?

BTW I plan to breastfeed, but also to pump a lot of possible

chigirlinaz · September 2011

It was easiest for DH to heat the bottles of breastmilk in the bottle warmer. For $25 it seemed worth it for us.

MrsLeanna · September 2011

I used playtex drop-ins and they could not be heated in a bottle warmer so i never got one. I microwaved water in a big pyrex measuring cup and put the bottle in there and it warmed up pretty quickly. I usually let it warm while I changed DDs diaper.

MAMAxB · September 2011

I BF so IMO they are not worth it.

I have heard from people who FF that they can end up being a pain. Meaning your baby gets used to it and will ONLY take a warm bottle. So if you are out and about or traveling and don't have somewhere to plug it in.. they reject it.

I also think that room-temperature it recommended for temperature.

rebelina1 · September 2011

We formula feed, but I loved our bottle warmer with DD. It was so easy and convenient and it heated up the formula to the perfect temp every time.

A S-ski · September 2011

I never used any bottles at home but at DS's DC, they warm bottles of BM with warm water in a large cup. Seemed to work very well for them and was quick.

BritanyV · September 2011

Pumping means you are going to be warming cold milk...the bottle warmer is TOTALLY worth it!

I exclusively pumped for ds and it took FOREVER to warm a bottle without the warmer. We found a brand new warmer at a garage sale for $5 and it was the best thing I ever bought!

Waiting4myJulyBaby · September 2011

Huge waste of money for us, my top three unnecessary baby gifts/items were the bottle warmer, wipes warmer and bottle/paci sterilizer. My son is 15 months old and I've used each one maybe once (with the exception of the wipes warmer which is still in the box).

I really think it takes less time to warm the bottle in a cup of hot water or holding it under hot running water from the faucet. The bottle warmer warmed the milk too much and I'd have to wait for it to cool down or run under cold water before giving to DS.

Jolaine83 · September 2011

If it completely changes what type of bottles you are going to use - then no, it's not worth it. You can easily just use the warm water sink method. Just be prepared to have a station set up for those middle the night bottles if you end up doing pumped milk. I know that simply using a plastic container that's just at least a few inches deep helps so that the bottle sits in the water better.

FWIW, even though we only used ours for 6 weeks, ours we extremely helpful for heating up breastmilk bottles. We'd pack the bottles in a cooler with ice packs and keep everything with the bottle warmer in the nursery so we didn't have to run down stairs at night. If I have better luck with my supply next time, I might even break out the old dorm fridge to store nighttime bottles in this time.

If you are going to formula feed or switch to formula when you are done nursing (i.e. no pumping) than it's really not worth it. We've always just prefilled bottles with water so that it's room temp for DS to drink. We only heated the breastmilk up to room temp to keep him used to that. It is much easier to have a baby who doesn't get used to warm milk only.

CalMum_Momma · September 2011

It really depends how much you would use it. I BF'd and pumped. DS got at least a bottle a day. We never used a warmer. I stored milk in storage bags, and heated them up by placing the bag in a bowl or cup with hot water running on it. I found the milk heated significantly faster in the bags than it did in a bottle. We heated the same way when we were out. For us it would have been a waste. For someone who's exclusively bottle feeding/FF I can see the value.

ronnie day · September 2011

I BF and pumped at work. We just warmed the milk in the sink with hot water. No biggie. I wouldn't get a warmer.

To the PP that didn't like the wipes warmer, it was life saver for us for the first few months because with warm wipes my DD never woke up at night during changes.

DEBBIE33CASEY · September 2011

I EP'd so we used bottles a lot but since BM can be kept at room temp for 10 hours we rarely had to heat bottles up. At least not until I wasn't pumping as much or we were trying to use up the ones in the fridge/freezer. Putting them in a pyrex measuring dish with warm water surprisingly warmed things up quick so it wasn't an issue at all. I'd save my $ but if I had a registry I wouldn't be against putting one on there. Infact I think we even had a wipes warmer on our registry last time

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