They Say: "Microwave Safe" Ain't

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Jennifer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:20:44 GMT

The microwave is such a fixture in our lives, I think it made sense to test heating bottles and baby food in the microwave. Yes, you're not supposed to do it, but I bet a lot of people do anyway because it's just so convenient.

I remember, in my younger days, microwaving something in a plastic bowl, marveling at the melted plastic on the container, and then eating the food inside without hesitation. Sigh.

Right now our microwave is broken and I'm missing it terribly.

re: They Say: "Microwave Safe" Ain't

Alice — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:21:30 GMT

Who heats baby formula in a plastic container in a microwave? Everyone knows you dont heat it in the microwave it creates hot spots. You use warm water and mix it in the bottle. I worried about leaching even then at lukewarm temps. I haven't microwaved a plastic container in over ten years at our house. I take the food out of the plastic container, place it in a glass container and heat. That was how I heated my baby bottle water too. After a few weeks she usually took it room temp anyways. I have a degree in chemistry. I would never heat a plastic container and not expect some of the container to not leach into the food especially fatty foods like milk and cheese.

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Shannon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:07:46 GMT

Ditto the glass containers. I have some from Rubbermaid. They're thick, not prone to breakage, good for storing, heating and serving.

What gets me is how many years I have been ignorant of the whole heating plastic danger. Let's just hope I haven't already given myself cancer.

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Susan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:14:36 GMT

I bought some glass storage containers at Crate and Barrel in an assortment of sizes. They have plastic lids, but I take those off before microwaving. I love them, and it saves a step in the prep process. You can store and heat in one container, and transfer them to a cooler container for baby.

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Manjari — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:24:21 GMT

This doesn't surprise me. We try to avoid both plastic and the microwave when possible. Otherwise I heat up their food in a glass bowl and then transfer it to two stainless steel or plastic bowls. Little pyrex bowls are also not very fragile if you don't want to use too many bowls. I never used bottles for my kids, but I thought that the baby formula wasn't supposed to be heated in the microwave anyway? I remember reading something about uneven heating.