How is the stuff from the chemist different from edible olive oil?DrMoriarty said:P.S. I don't mean the kind you put on pizzas, but the odourless brown-bottle variety available from your chemist!
I always wondered about B.P. on medical bottles. I presume it stands for British Pharmacopoeia? What exactly does it mean though? Guarantee of some sort of standards used in preparation or purity etc.?DrMoriarty said:It's for external use only. Usually comes in a plain brown bottle with [broken link removed]on the label (no, not British Petroleum!) and is surprisingly inexpensive, therefore not usually very prominently displayed (unlike the dearer, branded products). Ask at your local chemist!
I am very careful! I only use it to take the chill out of refrigerated bottles since we otherwise serve bottles at room temperature.sueellen said:Please be very careful when using the microwave for heating bottles. I never used them myself but heard some terrible horror stories about babies being badly burnt because parents did not wait for the required length of time after the bottle came out of microwave. Some of the maternity hospitals say that the room temperature bottle is sufficient. I always found bottle warmer worked fine.
The bottle fed ones (well a mix of some breast and mostly bottle at the moment) aren't much different in my experience! All the books say that breast fed nappies should be less smelly than bottle fed. I never noticed that myself.To lower the tone of the conversation the worst nappies are those from breastfed babies - akin to scrambled egg and can travel everywhere. Lovely to have to deal with at maybe 5 a.m. in winter time. Just makes you wonder do these kids appreciate what us poor parents go thru - no they don't give a s....
Give the bottle a really vigorous and prolonged shake when you take it out of the microwave. This will get rid of any hot spots in the liquid which could scald the baby when drinking the bottle.ClubMan said:I am very careful! I only use it to take the chill out of refrigerated bottles since we otherwise serve bottles at room temperature.
Don't worry - you'll get your chance for revenge when old age kicks in and they have to spoonfeed you & change your nappies - pretty horrible thought, eh?sueellen said:Just makes you wonder do these kids appreciate what us poor parents go thru - no they don't give a s....
I remember overhearing a conversation between a very experienced nurse in Temple St. Hospital who was challenged by a mother when heating a bottle in a microwave. The nurse said that "unless you're a complete idiot" it's a perfectly safe thing to do.....this neatly encapsulates the H&S implications of most parenting practices in my view.ClubMan said:I know, I know... I'm sorry I ever mentioned the microwave in the first place now...
...and leave it stand for a few minutes, and then shake the bejasus out of it again before using it. Those 'hot spots' can stay hot for quite a while after you take the bottle out. But if you're careful there's nothing wrong with using a microwave to heat bottles (or babyfood).oysterman said:Give the bottle a really vigorous and prolonged shake when you take it out of the microwave....
Carpenter said:Does everbody test baby's bathwater with their own elbow first??
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