Child Developement

Bottle warmers are ideal for heating up milk or baby food, whether it is on-the-go or at-home.

What to consider

Portable vs. Plug-In

Portable thermoses work in two containers: one stores hot water and the other container fits the bottle. When you need to warm your bottle, pour hot water from the thermos into the container with your bottle. Electric warmers do this process automatically once plugged in, but cannot be used on the go. Some parents both an electric warmer for home and a portable warmer for travel.

Method

Most warmers heat bottles with warm water, either electrically heated or poured from a thermos. Some use steam trapped inside a chamber which covers the bottle and heats it from all sides.

Settings

Some have a "standby" mode which keeps the bottle warm. Choose warmer with a defrost setting if you have frozen food/milk.

Compatible sizes

If you have wide baby bottles (Comotomo, Tommee Tippee), choose a larger warmer. Most warmers fit slightly curved bottles (Dr. Brown, Pigeon).

Speed

Faster warmers are essential when your baby is crying of hunger, making standby settings and fast heating warmers ideal.

Product Listing

Popular brands		Tommee Tippee	Pigeon	Philips Avent	Dr Brown	Chicco
Product
Model		Travel Bottle and Food Warmer	Bottle and Babyfood Warmer	Fast Bottle Warmer	Deluxe Bottle Warmer	Home-Travel Bottle Warmer
Style		Portable	Plug-in	Plug-in	Plug-in	Plug in (home & car)
Method		Water thermos	Warm water	Warm water	Steam	Warm water
Time (for 120mL bottle to warm)		Depends on time since water was boiled	3 minutes	3 minutes	3 minutes	5 minutes
Settings		Warm milk and baby food	Warm milk, baby food, defrost	Warm, baby food, keep warm (standby), defrost	Warm, baby food, keep warm	Warm milk, baby food, keep warm (standby)
Compatible sizes		Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottles	All pigeon bottles and baby food bottles	Extra wide size compatible	Dr. Browns bottles up to 8oz size	All Chicco bottles
Price		SGD40	SGD79	SGD60	SGD140	SGD49.9
Where to buy		Pupsik	Lazada	Lazada	Lazada	Pupsik

Tips

• You can warm your milk by placing it in a pot of warm water no more than 15 minutes. Make sure that it is not boiling -- too much heating at high temperatures kills the antibodies and nutrients that are essential for your baby!
• Never microwave your baby bottle to heat it as this creates warm spots which can burn your baby's tongue!
• Test the temperature of your milk on the inside of your wrist before you feed your baby. It should be the same temperature as your body, around 37C.
• If you are on the go and require heating, ask for some hot water (either in a portable thermos or a glass) and place your bottle in this water.
• Don't ever warm up a bottle more than once. Discard any unused reheated milk
• Don't reheat formula milk that's in the fridge more than 24 hours. Just throw it out if it's been there longer.
• After warming up expressed breast milk, swirl, don't shake vigorously as it can harm some live components of the breastmilk.
• It is best not to reheat formula milk, but to make a new batch instead, using hot water.