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How often do you sterilize pump parts?

Re: How often do you sterilize pump parts?

  • Embarrassed  Once in the beginning and not since... I guess I better start doing the weekends...


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    I'm terrible I have only done it once so far....and it was just the horns : (
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  • I use the medela steam bags when I get home from work...even though my parts are kept in my pump bag I work in an elementary school and my classroom is like a petri dish!
  • You only need to sterilize them before the first use. Hot soapy water is fine after.?
  • I guess I'm a fanatic.....I do it after every use
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  • I've only sterilized them once since the first time.  I'm going to try to keep up with once every two weeks, but I'm really not a germophobe.  I wash all the parts with hot soapy water after every use. 

  • I use hot soapy water during the day while at work.  If I can't get to water, I use the clean-it cloths from Medela.  Every night I steam everything but the tubes in the Medela micro bags or in a pan on the stove.  I steam the tubing in the micro bags once a week. 
  • I sterlize the horns once a day before bed. And the tubing I do once a month. And the bottles themselves I only sterilize if I leave one with milk in it too long (a day or so) in a diaper bag or something. Otherwise, the bottles I wash in hot soapy water and rinse well.?
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  • Every few days. I rinse them after ever use and store them in the fridge between uses.
  • by sterilize you mean boil, correct? (i just want to make sure because i think sometimes people are confused about this.) i only sterilized/boiled the parts once prior to using them. i just use soap and water now.
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