In modern stores, the shelves are full of various accessories for the care of newborns and young mothers now have much easier than previous generations. One of these devices, which facilitates the care of parents, is a bottle warmer. Given that for the comfort and good quality you need to pay a lot of money, many mothers doubt - so you need a bottle heater?
Earlier, when technologies were not yet so developed, the baby food was heated in a water bath or the bottle was substituted for a stream of hot water. But these methods took a long time and brought a lot of trouble. Microwave ovens came to help young parents later, but this method is also not ideal - food, as a rule, overheats or heats up unevenly. Bottle preheater is an easy-to-use device that works on the principle of a water bath and can not only heat the food, but also maintain the necessary temperature for 30-60 minutes.
Which bottle warmer is better?
Today in stores you can find a great variety of different heaters, which differ in the way and time of heating, the power source, the size of the bottle, and the availability of different options. Therefore, you need to be guided only by personal requirements when choosing.
Universal heaters are very popular, they are suitable for bottles of various types, shapes and volumes, and they can heat several bottles at the same time. This is very convenient, because you can be 100% sure that it will be suitable for any dishes and will not need to make additional purchases.
Depending on the power source, the heaters are divided into homemade, which operate from the city network, and to road (car) - work through the adapter from the car cigarette lighter. The automotive bottle warmer is compact enough, does not require the use of water, and the heating of the container with power supply is provided by the thermo-heating hose. A road heater can ease your worries during long journeys and holidays.
The latest achievement of modern technology is a digital bottle warmer. It has many functions and parameters, as a result of which it ensures fast and safe heating of the baby food within the set temperature. The electronic heater has a digital display, automatically calculates the heating time depending on the type of food, while the food warms up evenly and gently.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy a pre-sterilizer for bottles. The advantage of this device is that it performs two functions at once: it both heats and sterilizes the container with power. But it should be borne in mind that usually this model is designed for one bottle, and this significantly slows down the heating process.
How to use a bottle warmer?
Before using the heater, it is necessary to read the enclosed instructions from the manufacturer.
Standard instructions for heating feeding bottles:
- Install a removable bowl in the heater.
- Place the container with food in the heater and fill it with water.
- Connect the device to the power grid and turn it on by presetting the necessary parameters. The indicator should light up.
- When the temperature reaches the preset level, the indicator will flash.
- Do not forget before you give the baby a bottle, check the temperature of the food.