Does anyone else not really worry about dirt/germs/sterilizing? - Page 2

ellie27 · Mar 16th, 2012, 03:38 AM

Sterilising is only recommended for the first 6 months anyway.

I ebf, but I do sterilise some bottles and they sit on the counter should I ever need one

Once LO is up and putting everything in their mouth I dont see the point in sterilising bottles or bowls/spoons - just wash them with your dishes in the sink

Tigerlilyb · Mar 16th, 2012, 04:10 AM

I'll be sterilising her bottles (and dummies if we end up using them) for the first few months at least, probably using the microwave or pressure cooker but after that, she's gonna put absolutely anything she gets her hands on into her mouth so I can't be sterilising the entire house. As long as she doesn't start licking shoes, the toilet bowl or the doormat, I think she'll be fine. She's not gonna catch ebola off my kitchen floor.

My mum would just dunk my bottles in boiling water for a short time to kill off the worst of the bacteria. Not really sterile but I nor my sister never got oral thrush or other nasties, so I'd say that works pretty well.

babyhopes2010 · Mar 16th, 2012, 05:27 AM

i always steralize her bottles dont worry about anything else

deafgal · Mar 16th, 2012, 05:34 AM

i only worry if there is a flu going on around or if it been around any nasty places like restrooms.

Quackquack99 · Mar 16th, 2012, 06:03 AM

I only sterilise her bottles but other than that I'm quite lax about germs. My oh and myself had a bad case of gastroenteritis and my lo didn't catch it. Probably has a better immune system than us lol.

jenniferttc1 · Mar 16th, 2012, 06:27 AM

a little dirt never hurt! helps build the immune system lol.

Kaede351 · Mar 16th, 2012, 06:53 AM

I sterilise Harri's bottles in the mornings and wash them with hot water in the evenings, he also has a clean dummy everyday. But through the day I don't really worry too much. If he spits his dummy on the floor I just pick it up, wipe it with a baby wipe and give it back to him (obviously I wouldn't do this of we were out shopping, but at home/visiting family I do). If everything is always bleached and/or sterilised then our LO's will never build up their immune system. I heard a saying on a tv show once and it's always stuck with me lol... "God made dirt, dirt wont hurt"! Think about how many hundreds and thousands of years people have been having babies... And in much less sanitary conditions than we live in now too! I don't see the point in being too obsessive lol.

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Baby_Dust · Mar 16th, 2012, 07:20 AM

I sterilise bottles and dummy daily, however we attend babygroup several times a week and LO is always munching on toys that god knows how many other children have previously been munching on! A few germs won't hurt!!

what is the UK recommendation for no longer steriling bottles?

puddycats · Mar 16th, 2012, 07:22 AM

I sterilize his bottle n once a week a put them in boiling water on the stove, no idea why i just do lol.

Til my lo is eatin ill b sterilizing.

Emmy1987 · Mar 16th, 2012, 07:34 AM

I sterilize bottles and only those because of the bacteria in formula. Everything else gets washed with our washing up and toys get the occasional wipe with a baby wipe lol, I've got too much to do in the day without having to sterilize everything LO touches!

Mar 16th, 2012, 03:38 AM	#11
ellie27 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: uk Posts: 10,560	Sterilising is only recommended for the first 6 months anyway. I ebf, but I do sterilise some bottles and they sit on the counter should I ever need one Once LO is up and putting everything in their mouth I dont see the point in sterilising bottles or bowls/spoons - just wash them with your dishes in the sink

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Mar 16th, 2012, 04:10 AM	#12
Tigerlilyb Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lyon, France, Originally from Dorset Posts: 1,737	I'll be sterilising her bottles (and dummies if we end up using them) for the first few months at least, probably using the microwave or pressure cooker but after that, she's gonna put absolutely anything she gets her hands on into her mouth so I can't be sterilising the entire house. As long as she doesn't start licking shoes, the toilet bowl or the doormat, I think she'll be fine. She's not gonna catch ebola off my kitchen floor. My mum would just dunk my bottles in boiling water for a short time to kill off the worst of the bacteria. Not really sterile but I nor my sister never got oral thrush or other nasties, so I'd say that works pretty well.

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Mar 16th, 2012, 05:27 AM	#13
babyhopes2010 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ellon,Aberdeenshire Posts: 15,861	i always steralize her bottles dont worry about anything else

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Mar 16th, 2012, 05:34 AM	#14
deafgal Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,984	i only worry if there is a flu going on around or if it been around any nasty places like restrooms.

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Mar 16th, 2012, 06:03 AM	#15
Quackquack99 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 2,844	I only sterilise her bottles but other than that I'm quite lax about germs. My oh and myself had a bad case of gastroenteritis and my lo didn't catch it. Probably has a better immune system than us lol.

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Mar 16th, 2012, 06:27 AM	#16
jenniferttc1 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: US Posts: 10,864	a little dirt never hurt! helps build the immune system lol.

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Mar 16th, 2012, 06:53 AM	#17
Kaede351 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: County Durham Posts: 8,041	I sterilise Harri's bottles in the mornings and wash them with hot water in the evenings, he also has a clean dummy everyday. But through the day I don't really worry too much. If he spits his dummy on the floor I just pick it up, wipe it with a baby wipe and give it back to him (obviously I wouldn't do this of we were out shopping, but at home/visiting family I do). If everything is always bleached and/or sterilised then our LO's will never build up their immune system. I heard a saying on a tv show once and it's always stuck with me lol... "God made dirt, dirt wont hurt"! Think about how many hundreds and thousands of years people have been having babies... And in much less sanitary conditions than we live in now too! I don't see the point in being too obsessive lol. XxX

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Mar 16th, 2012, 07:20 AM	#18
Baby_Dust Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 414	I sterilise bottles and dummy daily, however we attend babygroup several times a week and LO is always munching on toys that god knows how many other children have previously been munching on! A few germs won't hurt!! what is the UK recommendation for no longer steriling bottles?

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Mar 16th, 2012, 07:22 AM	#19
puddycats Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: oldham Posts: 1,516	I sterilize his bottle n once a week a put them in boiling water on the stove, no idea why i just do lol. Til my lo is eatin ill b sterilizing.

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Mar 16th, 2012, 07:34 AM	#20
Emmy1987 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 4,167	I sterilize bottles and only those because of the bacteria in formula. Everything else gets washed with our washing up and toys get the occasional wipe with a baby wipe lol, I've got too much to do in the day without having to sterilize everything LO touches!

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