How to store clean bottles??

happy2bTTC

*** this is probably a dumb amature question, sorry  

Hi, I'm butting in from the 3rd trimester board, but I am in a nesting frenzy and have a question for your experienced moms.  I washed/sterilized all of my bottles and their parts today.  I still probably have a few weeks to go and want to put the bottles away in the kitchen.  Do I keep the parts (nipples, lids, collars) seperate?  Or, can I match up all of the parts and have them ready to go?  Part of the reason I ask this is due to the fact that we have about 3 different brands of bottles we are planning on trying out.  Thanks so much for your imput!

grinsandgiggles

I wash, sterilize, then lay everything out on a clean/dry towel.  They also make drying racks.

ETA:  Just saw you already sterilized and have a while to go...just store them in a rubbermaid container.  You'll want to rewash them when baby gets here, at least I would.

jl_nc

i keep all the parts separated in either baggies or containers and the bottles out in the cupboard. so i can grab what i want and not ahve to unscrew or disassemble anything (AND let them dry thoroughly, we dont want any mold growing!)

armandos_girl

I assemble the nipples/collars/tops if I'm not going to use them for awhile.  But for the most part, I assemble as I go.  I have 2 sets that I rotate every other day, so one set is drying in the rack and the other set gets made up for daycare the next day.

angelina477

They sit on our dryer spinner until I use them next time. I also have a large bowl that I put all the smaller, less used bottle parts in next to it.

TheMRS0127

I store in a medium sized plastic crate I got from target for like 3dollars. It fits on my bakers rack and holds all my bottles. I assemble everything after they have dried thoroughly