sterlising bottles

gingerclaire · Apr 9th, 2012, 13:11 PM

my son is almost 7months, and I always sterlise his bottles, but I keep having people tell me I dont need to anymore, for how long did you ladies sterlise bottles for!!!!!

Buttercup84 · Apr 9th, 2012, 16:29 PM

I will be for as long as she is on formula. There are some nasty bugs/bacteria that can grow in formula milk!

sg2011 · Apr 9th, 2012, 21:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Buttercup84

I will be for as long as she is on formula. There are some nasty bugs/bacteria that can grow in formula milk!

That doesn't have anything to do with the bottle though. If you make the formula up according to instructions you should kill that bacteria. Honestly, by the time a baby is crawling they are putting all kinds of things in their mouth and are hardly "sterile" at that point. I would think washing the bottles in hot, soapy water would be good enough at this stage of the game but you have to do what you're comfortable with and if you want to keep sterilizing than do it!

Buttercup84 · Apr 10th, 2012, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sg2011

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Originally Posted by Buttercup84

I will be for as long as she is on formula. There are some nasty bugs/bacteria that can grow in formula milk!

That doesn't have anything to do with the bottle though. If you make the formula up according to instructions you should kill that bacteria. Honestly, by the time a baby is crawling they are putting all kinds of things in their mouth and are hardly "sterile" at that point. I would think washing the bottles in hot, soapy water would be good enough at this stage of the game but you have to do what you're comfortable with and if you want to keep sterilizing than do it!

The bugs/bacteria in old milk are worse than stuff from the floor though and they can grow regardless of how the bottle was prepared. Believe me i'm not a germaphobe about most things but i'll still be sterilising bottles til DD is on cows milk

lovehearts · Apr 10th, 2012, 10:17 AM

i stopped steralising at the weekend. I say 'I' but it was my DH who stopped (i went away for a weekend and he decided it was obv time lol) He has been on cows milk for a month now and only really has 1 bottle a day xx

holly2234 · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:58 PM

At about 9/10 months i think. I just stopped when i felt i didnt need to do it any more.

Loui1001 · Apr 14th, 2012, 09:21 AM

I still sterilise bottles and teats but nothing else (dummies/spoons etc). I'll do it until LO stops taking formula x

fairykate · Apr 14th, 2012, 12:12 PM

I'll stop as soon as he crawls or starts weaning. You can't sterilise plates and spoons and what the food is prepared in so there's no point sterilising the bottles either. Once he's crawling he'll be shoving pretty much everything on the floor into his mouth so I don't see the point really

I think some countries have pretty much proved that if you wash them in water hot enough to need rubber gloves, then that kills as many bugs as sterilising anyway.

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lovehearts Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 13,178	i stopped steralising at the weekend. I say 'I' but it was my DH who stopped (i went away for a weekend and he decided it was obv time lol) He has been on cows milk for a month now and only really has 1 bottle a day xx

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holly2234 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York Posts: 5,605	At about 9/10 months i think. I just stopped when i felt i didnt need to do it any more.

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Loui1001 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2,775	I still sterilise bottles and teats but nothing else (dummies/spoons etc). I'll do it until LO stops taking formula x

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fairykate Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 1,614	I'll stop as soon as he crawls or starts weaning. You can't sterilise plates and spoons and what the food is prepared in so there's no point sterilising the bottles either. Once he's crawling he'll be shoving pretty much everything on the floor into his mouth so I don't see the point really I think some countries have pretty much proved that if you wash them in water hot enough to need rubber gloves, then that kills as many bugs as sterilising anyway.

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