Reusing bottle nipples for LO#2?

bethann3181

Did you replace your bottle nipples for LO#2?  I feel like we should, but DH says as long as thier sterilized, who cares.  WDYT?

ktshafra

We're planning to re-use them. They'll be sterilized so I don't see the problem. Well, the only thing I can think of is whether or not the plastic will begin to breakdown after a certain length of time (like pacifiers should be replaced every 3 months, kinda thing)... ?

KdgTeacher10

From what I've read you are not to reuse the nipples or pacis. They need to be thrown away. 

sosoph

In general, plastics degrade over time, so if you had plastic bottles and nipples they should probably be replaced. In our case, I bf to a year, we had glass bottles and silicone nipples and they were rarely used so are still in excellent condition. I could probably reuse the nipples with no qualms. But, it's pretty cheap to replace them so I probably will.

12bailey18

We didn't, just ran them through the dishwasher. We did buy her new pacis, though.

JLSmith124

Our LO's were so close in age that we re-used most of them. We threw away some that looked worn out, but most of them were still in good shape.

kagl08

JLSmith124:

Our LO's were so close in age that we re-used most of them. We threw away some that looked worn out, but most of them were still in good shape.

This. I didn't see the need to throw them out if they are perfectly fine.

AB&TB

kagl08:

JLSmith124:

Our LO's were so close in age that we re-used most of them. We threw away some that looked worn out, but most of them were still in good shape.

This. I didn't see the need to throw them out if they are perfectly fine.

All of this.