Bottle warmer - a device that can quickly warm up a bottle of milk or infant formula. Thanks heater parents do not have to run to the kitchen and mess around with the dishes. Bottle warmers can be placed in the bedroom, along with a fridge to store finished infant formula.

Using the heater is much more convenient than a warm bottle under running hot water - which is important, for example, at night.

Prices for such a device range from $ 10 to $ 50. The most well-known manufacturers - Philips (Avent), and First Years (Quick Serve, Night & Day).

Basic information about Bottle Warmer

Some heaters can not be used for certain types of bottles, such as bottles with a wide mouth, square, single-use, glass. Before you buy you should check whether the device is suitable for those bottles that you use, or you'll have to pour the milk into a special dish to whet.

All heaters can heat the milk at room temperature or chilled. However, some can not cope with the frozen milk. Many devices are made so that you can warm up at the same time only one bottle and then the heater should cool about ten minutes before they can be used again.

Most heaters can heat baby food in jars, that is, you can come in handy and after weaning. To the bottle was convenient to pull out, the heater should be attached to the basket or forceps The submersible.

For security reasons, heaters automatically turn off. They also served audible or visual signal when the bottle is ready. As a minimum, the instrument should be a mute button.

The heater should be comfortable to use, with simple buttons and desirable memory function settings.

In some models, you need to set the amount of milk and the initial temperature.

There are heaters that do not have buttons and settings, they simply warm water. In this case, parents will have to monitor the instrument and count the number of minutes required for heating to the desired temperature.

Conveniently, if the instrument can handle with one hand, especially if you keep in another crying child. However, many devices need to hold with one hand, and the other to press the button.

Tips & Warnings

• After heating the bottle should be shaken, because the temperature can be uneven and the child can get burned.
• Always check the temperature of the milk, dropping a few drops on hand.
• Lids should be removed from the bottles or slightly unscrewed before heating so that the milk does not run away.

Steam heater

Steam heater heating a small amount of water, turning it into steam. When the water boils, the heater is turned off.

Benefits:

• Quickness
• Usually it has an automatic shutdown
• Do not overheat the milk, if you leave the bottle for a long time.

Disadvantages:

• We should stay away from the device during operation, otherwise you can get burned by steam.
• The bottle is very hot outside.
• It is necessary to measure the exact amount of water.
• Usually it does not work with the frozen milk.

Heaters with hot water

These devices are similar to steam, but water is used more and the bottle is not heated by steam, and hot or boiling water. The water does not boil, but remains inside.

Advantage:

• If the milk is not heated up sufficiently, it can be put back and warm up again.

Disadvantages:

• Milk can overheat if left for a long time (even with automatic cut-off).
• With the bottle can drip hot water.

Heaters with warm water

Some heaters do not boil the water. It only heats up to about fifty degrees.

Advantage:

• More secure, you can not burn any steam or bottle.

Nedostatatok:

• Lower temperature water causes that the bottle is heated longer.

Which heater is best?

Parents may react differently on the same model, probably due to the fact that they use different bottles. Sometimes it happens that when using the same device are obtained bottle is too cold, then hot.

Parents may need to try several models before they find suitable. In addition, some prefer not to use special devices, and, for example, to warm the bottle in a pan of hot water.

Also on the market are portable bottle warmers that can be used when traveling in a car or plane.

Lactase Baby - a dietary supplement (BAA), which includes the enzyme lactase, which breaks down milk sugar (lactose) into simple sugars. True lactase deficiency occurs in children less frequently, a lack of lactase usually occurs in the first two or three months of life, but then the child's digestion is restored.

How does a child lactase deficiency

Often a temporary lactase deficiency occurs in premature babies, who celebrated the functional immaturity of the various organs and systems. Disease manifested by the fact that a few minutes after feeding the baby becomes restless, cries, it is difficult to soothe. The abdomen is usually swollen, frequent stools, undigested.

The reason is that normally the lactose contained in milk (including in the female), in the small intestine can be decomposed into simple sugars - glucose and galactose, which are then absorbed into the blood, and are involved in metabolism Metabolism: The basis of life of all living things . If not enough lactase in the intestine rapidly growing fermentation accompanied by flatulence and intestinal colic - which is why the baby cries.

Lactase - an enzyme that breaks down quickly under the influence of a variety of adverse circumstances. This is because that secrete its superficial mucosal cells of the small intestine. In this regard, the symptoms of lactase deficiency can occur in an infant Baby man, though with a little finger   (as well as the child's age) after any disease.

If true lactase deficiency child begins to quickly fall behind in weight and overall development, and this state does not pass with age. We have to change the nature or power, or introduce additional lactase.

Lactase Baby - what is included in its composition?

The structure of biologically active additives to food includes standardized Baby Lactase enzyme lactase, which is produced from a mold, followed by a special cleaning. Lactase is produced by Baby Neyshnl Enzaym (USA) in capsules of 220 mg in a single package (the bank) contains 90 capsules.

Lactase supplements Baby can be used as an additional source of the enzyme lactase to children from birth, including premature babies, who are often in need of such a "feeding." BAA promotes the breakdown of lactose and normalizes intestinal microflora (increases the acidity of the intestinal contents, and this in turn creates favorable conditions for the development of normal microflora), improves digestion and functional condition of the gastrointestinal tract of the child. While taking lactase Baby baby calms down quickly, stop screaming, more actively suckles and sleeps peacefully.

When and how a child can be given lactase Baby

Any medications and dietary supplements, the child can be given up only on prescription. The same applies to the lactase Baby. Assign the supplements in the following cases:

• newborns as replacement therapy in lactase deficiency or functional immaturity of enzymatic systems;
• when it acquired lactase deficiency - children recovering from an intestinal infection, antibiotic treatment Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future? Which led to the development of dysbiosis and so on;
• atopic dermatitis - to improve digestion of breast milk for children up to a year and dairy products for children after a year;
• children long and often ill - for correction of immunity (deficiency of glucose Glucose: The energy source   It interferes with the absorption of the protein, and therefore suffers immunity).

Infants contents of the capsule lactase Baby bred and give the expressed milk from a spoon for 10 minutes before feeding. Children from one to five years the contents of multiple capsules (how many - the doctor says) diluted with warm milk or yogurt. Children from five to seven years, the capsule can be given in its entirety.

Contraindications and side effects

Contraindications reception Baby lactase only if you are hypersensitive to the drug by the body of the child.

Side effects lactase Baby only known allergic reactions. If the mother had a suspicion that the child has an allergy to dietary supplements, it should immediately stop giving the child as if the next dose of an allergic reaction can be very severe.

You can also note that some children receive lactase Baby cause constipation, but it happens rarely, mostly it normalizes digestion of dietary supplements and functional condition of the gastrointestinal tract of the child.

Lactase Baby - it is not a drug, and biologically active food supplement designed specifically for children from birth to seven years. But give this child dietary supplements can only be prescribed by a doctor. This is especially true of newborn children, ie children in the first month of life.

Galina Romanenko