How do you wash your bottle nipples?

AlpacaBunny

We usually wash them with the bottle parts, we hand wash them every day.  I usually put the nipples in the medela sterilization bag after they are washed.  Last time I did that though the nipples had all of this white stuff all over them.  So I wahsed them again and decided to boil them for 3 min, but the white stuff didn't come off.  So I threw them all away.  Do you  just wash them with soap and water?  I don't kknow what happened to them last time and why they turned all white and icky?? 

1stMate

Do you have hard water?  The white stuff is what happens to our parts too if I use the sterilizer bags or boil them.  It's because of our hard water.  I just wash our nipples by hand.

ValerianOddity

I just wash mine by hand.  I put all the bottle parts in a sink full of soapy water that's as hot as I can get it, and let them soak until the water is a comfortable temp for me to put my hands in.

MelissaSue81

Usually I just wash them with soap and water.

maramarrie

hmmm...ours go in the dishwasher. Does this make me a bad mom?

The white stuff is probably from hard water. When I boil things to sterilize, I use distilled water or bottled water. 

TriciaJoy

I just handwash them with dishsoap and water. I don't think they need to be sterilized past the few few weeks.

MelissaSue81

maramarrie:

hmmm...ours go in the dishwasher. Does this make me a bad mom?

The white stuff is probably from hard water. When I boil things to sterilize, I use distilled water or bottled water. 

No it doesn't make you a bad mom. I would LOVE to be able to wash mine in the dishwasher but for whatever reason, whenever i wash mine in the dishwasher the bottles and nipples all still have a slimy film on it and doesn't seem clean at all.. boo..  So by hand it is.. It SUCKS.

rowanthefrog

Usually I wash them in the dishwasher in the little basket on the top shelf of the dishwasher.  I try to take them out right away and rinse them so they don't get residue dried on them.  I would also boil them to sterilize once every 2-3 weeks or so.

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Miracle Social Worker

I was them by hand each day with hot soapy water, and put them in the dishwasher once or twice a week (I think it sterlizes them). HTH

sharon2004

rowanthefrog:

Usually I wash them in the dishwasher in the little basket on the top shelf of the dishwasher.  I try to take them out right away and rinse them so they don't get residue dried on them.  I would also boil them to sterilize once every 2-3 weeks or so.

I do the same, and the basket that I use is made by Munchkin specifically for washing nipples, etc. 

When I boil them, I sometimes put white vinegar in the water to get rid of any residue (the Evenflo website recommended this), then rinse them off really well.