February 2013 Moms

dish soap/dishwasher liquid on baby bottles?

We are planning on sanitizing our bottles and breast pump pieces pretty soon, but am probably going to have to wash them again when baby comes. I would like to use our dishwasher for some of the washing(like only with other dishes that will not have food caked on them...yuck)because the water is hot enough to even sanitize and hand washing whenever needed.We are limited financially and was wondering what other people will be using to wash their bottles,breast pump pieces,pacifiers or w/e. I have heard to put a little vinegar in a jar or cup on the top shelf and it helps with getting soap residue off,especially if you have hard water(we sure do). But other than that I'm not sure what we should use.now we use super cheap off brands but if we should spend an extra buck or two for the safety of our baby,we will..What will you be using?in your dishwasher?or if your hand washing?


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Re: dish soap/dishwasher liquid on baby bottles?

  • I washed all bottles, pump parts, and pacifiers in the dishwasher.  WITH other dirty dishesSurprise I never put food caked stuff in the dishwasher though. I always give it a quick rinse. Also, why wash them twice?

    ETA: We use  Sam's Club brand of dishwasher soap.  We do have hard water, and it does all right.  I think some people put vinegar in the rinse cycle section, but I am not sure if that is right.  We never have, just use Lemishine brand or something.

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  • We use Dapple on DS's things. I buy the big refill packs when they are BOGO free, so I pay $10 for two! I've always hand washed his stuff and the pump parts. I feel like the dishwasher doesn't always clean properly and doesn't get into tiny spaces well but that's just my opinion. 
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  • We used the dishwasher and handwashing, but mostly handwashing just because we didn't have enough bottles to wait for the dishwasher. No hard water here.  I just made sure I did a really good rinse to get the bubbles out and also sanitzed the bottle brush in the dishwasher a couple times a week. We used Kirkland eco-friendly dishwashing soap (Costco brand) and generic dishwashing tabs.
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  • I always used the dishwasher and then every once and a while would boil everything in a pot on the stove to sanitize everything.
  • I just throw everything into the dishwasher. We use the cheapest soaps sold at Walmart. Soap is soap in my opinion. If your dishwasher works correctly, it will all be rinsed off.
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  • thanks for the positive responses ladies!its always nice to see a post that has positive feedback instead of critical and judgemental moms.. 

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