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How do you warm your bottles?

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I know that baby's don't necessarily need to have their bottles warmed, but I'm thinking that a cold bottle right out of the fridge isn't best either. Did you get a bottle warmer or is that a waste of money. I'm debating between that and just using my water cooler. It has a hot water spout and I can fill a container with hot water and let the bottle sit for a minute. Not sure if that would cause hot spots though.

What do you do?

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  • candmcandm
    We used glass bottles (evenflo) and we would just place them in a bowl of hot water. It doesn't work as well with plastic bottles though.
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  • tina623tina623 member
    I have the avent bottle warmer and I love it!  It's only at most $20.  It also warms baby food which is great because I don't like eating their food in the microwave.  I shake it up well after heating so there aren't any hot spots and I let the surface of the bottle cool before giving it to them.
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  • CMM05CMM05 member
    We just used luke warm tap water!
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  • SeptGirl05SeptGirl05
    We also use the glass Evenflo bottles (they are very inexpensive compared to the Born Free ones and work great btw).  We FF and I premake the bottles a day in advance and I simply heat the bottles in a small pot of water on the stove before my daughter's ready to eat.  I may take the bottle out if I can anticipate she wants to eat to take the chill off before heating, but it only takes about 3-5 minutes to heat up the bottle anyway.  I like this much better than having another piece of baby equipment (bottle warmer) around our small house!
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  • TakYelgifTakYelgif
    We formula feed when I was at home I would keep my small crock pot full of water on warm during the day and dip the bottle in it for a minute before feeding.  I also warm the bottles in the microwave a 7oz bottle is the perfect temp after warming for 40 seconds on low in the micro.
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  • Mrs.ReemMrs.Reem
    We always fed cold bottles out of the fridge whether they were Breast milk or Formula actually. It sure made the transition to whole milk out of the sippy easier.  ;)
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  • jlc071903jlc071903 member
    We place our bottles in hot water in a coffee mug...I too premake my bottles of BM for the girls the night before so that everythings ready for the next day...we usually have to do 2 rounds of warm water to 'heat' up their bottles..this is how they did it in the NICU.....our friends bought a bottle warmer and love it, personally it was just one more thing that we had to buy, so we skipped it.
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  • LilSurferGirlLilSurferGirl
    We bought a bottle warmer and have never used it.  I have a Keurig instant coffee/tea machine that keeps the water hot constanty and we ended up just using that.  We fill two coffee mugs with hot water, put the bottles in for 3-5 minutes and they're ready to go. 
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  • cdg23cdg23
    I didnt want to spend the $ on a bottle warmer, so I bought a $10 dip sized crockpot and leave water in that..heats in about 2 minutes (if that)! My girls will take cool bottles, but they are not a fan of them straight out of the fridge!
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