Microwaving formula???

Every baby book I read says not to microwave formula as it can heat unevenly and burn baby's mouth. Most of my friends with older babies still do it and Im very tempted as its so quick and easy!

At the moment we have an Avent IQ bottle warmer to warm the water then we add in the formula but Im not impressed with the bottle warmer as its so slow and doesn't warm enough.

So today I've been microwaving Daniel's water in the bottle for about 20 seconds for 150 mls then adding the formula in and shaking it up. Surely the shaking will undo any uneven heating???

Just wondered how many of you are happy with microwaving or if any of you have accidently burnt baby's mouth?

we have cold boiled water in the fridge, and we just heat the bottle for 20secs in the microwave, then add the formula...always ends up at room temp with no hotspots...oh and because im breastfeeding as well, the bottle tends to be made up about 5mins before i actually need it, so its had time to cool

but i wouldnt put the forumla in the bottle then heat it.

I always use the microwave, didn't know it was bad but it hasn't done anything to Arianne so far and I haven't once burnt her. I always shake the bottle again after heated to even out the temp.

We've used the microwave from day one. We get the botttles ready with water and store in the fridge. We then put the formula in and then put it in the microwave. Have never had problems with burning them.

We had one of those kettles that you can adjust the temperature on and it was just a matter of playing around until we found the right temperature and then reheating the pre-boiled water. Really easy.

We have boiled water sitting in the bottles and microwave for about 30 secs, then add formula and shake...never had a problem with either child getting burnt, and both mine like their bottles on the warmer side. Just do tests with your microwave to see how long it takes to get the right temp and always use that and you will be fine.

I checked the Food Safety authority website last night re chemicals and baby bottles and apparently there is no evidence to suggest that microwaving does anything to the plastic. They suggest that you don't put boiling water into bottles but otherwise say it's safe.

Um...we've always heated Ollie's bottles in the microwave. We did try an Avent bottle warmer for a while (my sister loved hers) but we hated it so went back to the microwave. We just know how many seconds it takes to get it to the right temp and then add formula and give it a really good shake. So there are at least a couple of minutes between microwaving and Ollie actually drinking and we've never had any problems.

If you heat up the bottle in the microwave it causes potentially harmful chemicals (Bisphenol A - BPA) that are in the plastic to leach out into the baby's milk.

Even though the government and the chemical industry assure us that the levels of BPA found in humans are very low and that the product is safe, many medical experts, scientists, and environmental experts disagree and believe that the evidence is now strong enough that parents should consider steps to reduce infants' exposure to BPA when possible.

In fact, dozens of state and national environmental health organizations in the United States and Canada have called for a moratorium on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other food and beverage containers.

The plastic bottle to avoid is number 7, made from polycarbonate plastic.

Here are a couple of links if anyone is interested in reading more about it:
http://healthychild.org/issues/chemical-pop/bisphenol_a/
http://www.safefood.org.nz/newsfr.htm (scroll down to 'plastics to avoid')

We give Chelsea a bottle of formula most nights. To heat it up, we just pour hot tap water into a bowl/pot etc and put the bottle in the water. Only takes about a minute to warm it up. I can see it would be annoying to do it this way if you had to do it all the time though!

I was going to try Cody on formula tonight for the first time but he didn't really take to it at all. I think he was more tired then hungry so maybe had a few drops then fell asleep. Will it be ok to save it for when he wakes up? don't really want to waste it.