Frozen EBM and childcare

[CeCe]

DS went with EBM and it was fine. He was 9mths when he started and we filled out a sheet of what he drank, ate etc. We just highlighted it was EBM not formula and to heat in the bottle warmer and all was fine. They had a microwave there for other bottles, but there were occasions I arrived early and they were heating up DS's in the bottle warmer so I never had any concerns they were doing it wrong.

[Doing my best]

Is CC allowed to use a microwave to heat bottles??

I didn't send EBm, but I was assured at the 2 my children have attended that all bottles are heated with a bottle warmer..

[Lisa B]

Yes, I should ask if they have a bottle warmer.

I just have to work the defrosting part out and consider the fridge life of it.

[starangelk]

I never sent frozen, only defrOsted Ebm in the bottle. I was always worried they'd defrost it incorrectly etc. I highlighted that it was Ebm and they were excellent though. Very supportive and careful to let me know what she was and wasn't drinking which helped me to reduce any waste.

[snikkers1]

Hi Lisa,

There are actually guidelines in the regulations and within policies for childcare at least I know there is for NSW, I am pretty sure it should be the same there to, that they are not allowed to heat bottles in the microwave as it heats unevenly so they should be using bottle warmers all of the time anyway.. Hope this helps

[~Raven~]

When I used CC (many moons ago) they didn't use microwaves to heat bottles. They had a rather large collection of bottle warmers