Do you sanitize your bottles?

Ruby_Tuesday

Am I a terrible MoM because I don't?  We just hand wash them.  I originally planned to run them through the dishwasher once a week to sanitize them but I don't tend to get around to it because the sanitize cycle takes so long.

CarrieS90

I am saitizing them now before they come just to do it. As far as after there here god only knows but you have triplets thats two jobs in itself i wouldnt stress it. I didnt sanitize them that often with DD, if that makes you feel any better.

tidetravel

Ruby_Tuesday:

Am I a terrible MoM because I don't?  We just hand wash them.  I originally planned to run them through the dishwasher once a week to sanitize them but I don't tend to get around to it because the sanitize cycle takes so long.

With DD1, we fed her with playtex drop ins, so we didn't really need to sterilize those bottles.  The bottles that I used to pump, I would handwash and let dry, then then sterilize, maybe, once a week, if I thought about it.  DD seemed to have made it through the bottle stage without incident.   

pea-kay

Nah, we handwashed them. Occasionally, I'd sterilize the nipples in one of those microwavable bags, but that was about it.

LakeGenevaBride

I put all the bottles in the dishwasher.  I run it every night.  I just do the regular cycle, not sanitize (I didn't really know there was a difference).  Doesn't it take a long time to hand wash bottles?  I was hand washing at first, then I discovered the Dr. Brown's dishwasher baskets. 

amanda31H

LakeGenevaBride:

I put all the bottles in the dishwasher.  I run it every night.  I just do the regular cycle, not sanitize (I didn't really know there was a difference).  Doesn't it take a long time to hand wash bottles?  I was hand washing at first, then I discovered the Dr. Brown's dishwasher baskets. 

This - only I use the munchkin baskets- they store more and are cheaper

blondek8

We sterilized everything in a Dr. Brown's microwave sterilizer (and boiled our bottled water for formula) up until 4 months. I'm a psycho.

AmberB711

I just wash mine also.

 I try once a week to fill sink with really hot water and soap and let sit for an hour and soak then clean. But its turned into more  like every 2 weeks if that.

Lilystar82

amanda31H:

LakeGenevaBride:

I put all the bottles in the dishwasher.  I run it every night.  I just do the regular cycle, not sanitize (I didn't really know there was a difference).  Doesn't it take a long time to hand wash bottles?  I was hand washing at first, then I discovered the Dr. Brown's dishwasher baskets. 

This - only I use the munchkin baskets- they store more and are cheaper

We also just run them through the dishwasher every night. And we love the Munchkin baskets, they hold a ton and make it really easy to not lose parts.

Ruby_Tuesday

LakeGenevaBride:

I put all the bottles in the dishwasher.  I run it every night.  I just do the regular cycle, not sanitize (I didn't really know there was a difference).  Doesn't it take a long time to hand wash bottles?  I was hand washing at first, then I discovered the Dr. Brown's dishwasher baskets. 

It seems like it takes as long to load them into the baskets as it does to handwash them to me.  And then we have to wait forever for the sanitize cycle.  I only have a 24 hour supply of bottles, which is still a crapload of bottles,  

kafunder

No, we did for a few weeks after the babies were born, but then I just didn't like the idea of microwaving plastic. We also don't dishwash bottles--we handwash everything. This is b/c they are starting to find that all plastics, even BPA free, leach estrogen-like chemicals, especially when they are microwaved or put in the dishwasher (https://www.npr.org/2011/03/02/134196209/study-most-plastics-leach-hormone-like-chemicals). If we have more babies, we'll probably switch to glass bottles.

s270453

I think on a whim I sterilized once so far.   I think this world is entirely to carried away with making sure everything is germ free and safe.  I dont know about all of you, but I was probably raised too carefree on these things.  Every kid eats dirt, gets sick, bumps their head, and breaks bones.  Doesnt getting sick build your immune system? lol

keg

Not specifically--I just ran them through the regular dishwasher cycle with whatever else was in there from the day. 

2shihtzus

We just handwash ours also.  We put 6 at a time in a bin in the sink with really hot soapy water to soak and then wash them when they're done soaking.  If I have room in the dishwasher and want to run it, I will occassionally throw all of my bottles in and put it on the sanitize cycle (or I do this if someone's sick) but it's not a regular thing.

srh08.05.06

We just handwash ours - never sanitize.  We only washed our bottles in the dishwasher once.  Even with the dishwasher baskets, I thought it was easier to handwash.  Maybe it's our dishwasher but the parts came out all wet and it was kind of a pain.

nikinikinine

only one time when I broke them out of the packaging then never again. 

I hand wash them with Dr. Bronner's castile soap (cuts through BM fats much better than dish soap) and a bottle brush and then they sit on a spinning bottle rack to dry.

suesioux@hotmail.com

Since I don't have a dishwasher, we handwash, but I did use the microwave sterilizer before the first uses of the bottles and every few weeks if I have the time. The microwave sterilizers are kind of a pain. Since you are a triplet MoM, you should do whatever you are able

doz&koz

Ours get run through the dishwasher.  I have a simple rule in my kitchen:  if it doesn't go in the dishwasher, it doesn't get used.