Warming Bottles In the Resort?

[Everyyeardisney]

We are staying at POP and we still warm our daughters bottles in the middle of the night. We use the microwave at home but don't know what we are going to do while we are at the resort. I suggested to buy a bottle warmer but my husband doesn't want to spend the money just for one for a week of use. Does anyone have any suggestions? I say just buy a warmer but if there are any other suggestions I would greatly appreciate them. My daughter will really thank you.

 

[TDERadulski]

Are coffee pots available at POP? If so, you can boil a pot of plain water and sit the bottle in that to heat it.
If buying a bottle warmer is still an option for you, check out your local goodwill, thrift store, or even garage sales...you may just find one there for only a few dollars (I bought one at a thrift store for $2 and it was clean and worked great!)
Good luck!

- Tara

 

[Carrieberry]

I just saw a bottle warmer on ebay for $3.99. I would just buy one of those or run down to the food court and use their microwave, but be careful, all microwaves heat differently!

 

[jel0511]

Personally, I'd run the water from the tap to as hot as it can get. I'd then place the bottle in the sink. It will take longer to get warm, but it will get warm. Otherwise, you're only option would to buy the bottlewarmer, or trek to the food court to use the microwave there.

 

[TJA]

I have the same suggestion as Lori. We brought baby twins last November and we used the hot water in the sink method and it worked great. The water gets extremely hot there, so the bottles warmed up fairly quickly.

 

[Barbday62]

My daughter had a very good way to make a hot bottle for my grandson when we went out for the day. First she kept the formula very cold (A refrigerator should do that for you) Then she would make hot water in the microwave but since you wont have that I sugget you carry one of those electric pots that boils water. Its for making tea but it will make clean hot water for you too. All you do is fill with bottled water and plug in then a few mnutes later you have hot water. ) Then she would put the hot water in a thermos.

When it came time for a bottle we had 2 ounces of cold milk and 2 ounces of hot water and it was just right temperature. One time I had to add an ice cube because I feared it was too warm but most of the time it was perfect. You would need to pack a thermos and electric pot to accomplish this but the thermos will hold enough water to make many bottles so it would take you all night long at least. The electric pot is not left plugged in so its not dangerous. Its no more dangerous than a coffee pot in the room.


For our trip in August we had no Microwave at SOG so we ended up using powdered milk and room temperature bottles. Hes now 6 months and reem temperatore isnt too bad for him, at least he doesnt rebell about it so much anymore.
Barb

 

[tbthomps]

If I wanted to warm bottles, I always just heated the water in the coffee pot and then sat the bottle in the water until it reached the desired temperature.

I also was successful in using bottled water at room temperature and mixing it with powdered milk when needed.

 

[Disbug]

I have 2 portable bottle warmers we use (both work great!) One is a DC plug in for warming in the car, has an insulated bag the bottle fits in. The other is made by Gerber and is usually found for under $10 at the Super Market or Walmart. It is so compact and fits in a diaper bag. It has a built in premeasured spoon that will heat the bottle in under 3 minutes. We even take it into the parks and plug it in as needed.

My other suggestion, is that imersion heater that looks like a coil that will boil water in about a minute. Just stick it in a ceramic coffee cup half filled with water and VOILA! You have hot water for baby's bottle!

 

[MinnieGi]

I have always just ran the bottle under hot tap water to warm.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Originally posted by Barbday62
... Then she would make hot water in the microwave but since you wont have that I sugget you carry one of those electric pots that boils water. ...

Be very careful heating water in a microwave. It can become superheated and explode on you when you take it out. It will burn you severely. I was taught not to warm a baby's bottle in the microwave because you can get hot spots and burn the baby's mouth.

 

[jenjen212]

we went there with my godson (will be going there again 10/13 - can't wait!). we used the ice bucket, and ran the tap water until it got very hot. then filled up the bucket, after sitting a bottle with the refrigerator cold milk in it for 5-10 minutes the bottle was warm. in fact a couple of times we left it sitting in there too long and it got too hot, and we had to cool it.

i think that by doing that you shouldn't have any problems!

good luck!

jen

 

[schaumleffel]

The Grand has bottle warmers - if you ask. Not sure about the value resorts.

 

[Alicia Gist]

We always used a portable bottle warmer. The last time I took my son to the Dr. he told there was no reason to continue warming it. Just give it to hime cold. Now he won't take a warm bottle.

 

[HoosierFantasia]

Our first child we were always anal about warming bottles. Would even ask for a cup of hot water at restuarants. It was getting out of hand. Our physician kind of laughed and told us to just stop warming and the baby will take it fine. He was right.
Second child came along and we never warmed the bottles.
So I wouldn't worry about it, give it cold!
Bill

 

[tjmw2727]

I always did room temperature never warmer and my dd's liked it just fine. Perhaps you can slowly warm the bottles a bit less each time until they are room temperature and see how she does?

I would fill a few bottles with water and then mix in the powder as needed - easy as pie.

TJ

 

[Tinkerbelle'sMOM]

We always used hot water from the tap. We don't warm bottles at the hospital though unless it is in the fridge

Word of warning about warming in the microwave...it can breakdown the good proteins in both MBM and the formula.

 

[phamton]

Originally posted by Deb & Bill
Be very careful heating water in a microwave. It can become superheated and explode on you when you take it out. It will burn you severely. I was taught not to warm a baby's bottle in the microwave because you can get hot spots and burn the baby's mouth.

http://www.snopes.com/science/microwav.htm

"In a nutshell, yes, water can "explode" in this fashion. However, it takes near perfect conditions to bring this about, thus "exploding water" is not something the average hot beverage drinker who would otherwise now be eyeing his microwave with trepidation need fear. Odds are, you'll go through life without ever viewing this phenomenon first-hand, and if you're one of the rare few who does get to see it, you will likely not be harmed by the experience (that would take you standing right over the cup at the instant it happens and the liquid bolting up and hitting your skin). "

As far as heating a bottle in a microwave, all food gets hotspots in the microwave. As long as you shake the bottle when you take it out of the microwave, it shouldn't cause any problems.

 

[dreaminofdisney]

I've been traveling with my daughter since she was one month old. I've done it all. Even bought a cheap microwave at Walmart in Maui once for a week long stay.
Here's my list...
Breast feeding = no brainer.

Powdered formula with heated water from the coffee maker.
Powdered formula with water heated in a hot pot.
Powdered formula with heated water from an emersion heater in a coffee mug.

Milk heated with an emersion heater in a coffee mug (milk gets kinda stuck to it, hard to clean. I would buy a new one for each trip.
Milk heated in a hot pot, a lot faster if you put the milk in the pot instead of heating water to heat the milk in the bottle!

Heated in a microwave, when available.

Now I just add some hot tap water to the cold milk in the bottle. give it a shake and she is good to go!