How do you clean pacifiers??

stgn01

So I'm starting to wash and clean everything in order to have everything ready when LO arrives.  I don't think I would just give her a pacifier right out of the packaging.  So do I just clean them with soap and water, run them through the dishwasher?  For some reason I'm completely blanking on how I should do this.  Thanks for the help!

MomE2Be

Go to clorox's website, pretty sure bleach and warm water is best to sanitize things like that.

megdrew1218

You can boil them to disinfect.

wachs

i have always cleaned paci's in the dishwasher

T1andT2

I boil them when they are new.  Then I washed them when I washed his bottles.

I know daycare lets them soak in water w/ alittle bleach.

lotsofbustles

dish soap + hot water.  You really don't need to sterilize the hell out of things. 

squishles10

Our dishwasher sucks so I wouldn't put mine in there (until we get our new one soon!).  I think soap and water should be plenty straight out of the package.  I might throw it in the bottle sterilizer after that if I remember.

JulzRulz

Dishwasher.

megdrew1218

Also Medela makes reusable microsteam bags that you can put breast pump stuff in, then throw it in the microwave. You can use them for bottles/pacis also. They're at Target.

adge12

You are supposed to boil them right out of the package, then you can put them in the dishwasher thereafter.  You will be surprised how often you just run them under water to clean when the baby is screaming for it!  

*MrsGraphine*

MomE2Be:

Go to clorox's website, pretty sure bleach and warm water is best to sanitize things like that.

 

Um ladies...please dont go around bleaching stuff. good lord.

Roxpup

*MrsGraphine*:

MomE2Be:

Go to clorox's website, pretty sure bleach and warm water is best to sanitize things like that.

 

Um ladies...please dont go around bleaching stuff. good lord.

this... hot water and dish soap should be just fine, or running it through a dishwasher cycle.  i'm not even planning on boiling things like that (nor am I planning on boiling bottles). 

I will also not be bleaching anything LO gets... what are you disinfecting things for?  What do you think is on brand new items that are that bad?

Dawley82

Bleach?!  And then it goes in LO's mouth?  Not to mention bleach is awful for the environment...

I just threw the pacifiers in our microwave sterilizer, but I would say try any of the above suggestions except the bleach ideas!

danto

Steam bag the first time then just hot water and dish soap or basket in dishwasher.

SarahMay77

I just wash them in hot soapy water like I do with my bottles, nipples & breast pump parts.

MelonieK

Dawley82:

Bleach?! 

I just threw the pacifiers in our microwave sterilizer, but I would say try any of the above suggestions except the bleach ideas!

 Yes, bleach.  One tablespoon (15ml) per gallon of water.  It only takes one minute and then rinse thoroughly and let air dry.  There's no residue left to go in LO's mouth.

Not to mention bleach is awful for the environment...

Handled properly, consumers can safely use bleach without significant environmental effects. As it reacts with germs and stains, between 95 and 98 percent of chlorine bleach breaks down and turns back into salt water. Importantly, waste water treatment facilities use chlorine disinfectants to destroy oxygen-robbing contaminants in wastewater, helping to preserve the quality of our nation?s rivers and streams into which the treated wastewater is discharged.

stgn01

Thanks for all cleaning suggestions.  Looks like I have my work cut out for me this weekend.

*MrsGraphine*

MelonieK:

Dawley82:

Bleach?! 

I just threw the pacifiers in our microwave sterilizer, but I would say try any of the above suggestions except the bleach ideas!

 Yes, bleach.  One tablespoon (15ml) per gallon of water.  It only takes one minute and then rinse thoroughly and let air dry.  There's no residue left to go in LO's mouth.

Not to mention bleach is awful for the environment...

Handled properly, consumers can safely use bleach without significant environmental effects. As it reacts with germs and stains, between 95 and 98 percent of chlorine bleach breaks down and turns back into salt water. Importantly, waste water treatment facilities use chlorine disinfectants to destroy oxygen-robbing contaminants in wastewater, helping to preserve the quality of our nation?s rivers and streams into which the treated wastewater is discharged.

*MrsGraphine*

MelonieK:

Dawley82:

Bleach?! 

I just threw the pacifiers in our microwave sterilizer, but I would say try any of the above suggestions except the bleach ideas!

 Yes, bleach.  One tablespoon (15ml) per gallon of water.  It only takes one minute and then rinse thoroughly and let air dry.  There's no residue left to go in LO's mouth.

Not to mention bleach is awful for the environment...

Handled properly, consumers can safely use bleach without significant environmental effects. As it reacts with germs and stains, between 95 and 98 percent of chlorine bleach breaks down and turns back into salt water. Importantly, waste water treatment facilities use chlorine disinfectants to destroy oxygen-robbing contaminants in wastewater, helping to preserve the quality of our nation?s rivers and streams into which the treated wastewater is discharged.

 

Theres no reason to be using bleach. Over cleaning, bleach and anti bacterial nonsense are kind of becoming a problem. Unless it fell in a pile of dog diarrhea, you can pretty much wipe a pacifier on your pants or pop it in your own mouth for a second. Initial cleaning only needs to be boiling water. Dont use bleach.

danto

*MrsGraphine*:

MelonieK:

Dawley82:

rilizer, but I would say try any of the above suggestions except the bleach ideas!

 disinfectants to destroy oxygen-robbing contaminants in wastewater, helping to preserve the quality of our nation?s rivers and streams into which the treated wastewater is discharged.

Theres no reason to be using bleach. Over cleaning, bleach and anti bacterial nonsense are kind of becoming a problem. Unless it fell in a pile of dog diarrhea, you can pretty much wipe a pacifier on your pants or pop it in your own mouth for a second. Initial cleaning only needs to be boiling water. Dont use bleach.

I agree with you about over sanitizing, but parents should not clean items for infants with their own mouths as cavity causing germs can be transferred from adult mouth to child causing early tooth decay.

themrs830

*MrsGraphine*:

MomE2Be:

Go to clorox's website, pretty sure bleach and warm water is best to sanitize things like that.

 

Um ladies...please dont go around bleaching stuff. good lord.

Uh why not!? If you do it the right way, its completely safe. We use diluted bleach to clean pretty much everything at work (daycare center).

If its toys- 1 cup of bleach per gallon of warm water, soak for 30 mins then let air dry.

If its anything involving food or mouth (which does include some toys)- Its 1 Tbsp bleach per gallon of warm water, soak for 10 minutes, rinse in warm water and let air dry. (Including pacifiers- make sure to rinse well)