Hi my name is Mari & I am still sterilizing bottles.

MariM · June 2009

Think it's time to stop? It's not that I'm insane about germs or anything- it's just a habit. Wash, sterilize, fill...

So when did you stop sterilizing?

CesEve99 · June 2009

lol i NEVER stopped sterilizing!

in fact im such a germ-a-phob that sometimes i sterilize her sippy spouts

GenaAndJosh · June 2009

i stereilize the nippes, as I use the playtex drop-in system. I also sterilize the pacifiers everyday as well.

MariM · June 2009

So then I'm not insane!?! I thought I was way off on this one!!! ;-)

FSUSammy · June 2009

I only sterilized Mikey's bottles once. Embarrassed

britishbride05 · June 2009

i only sterilized the stuff when i bought them.... and then i sterilize the pacifiers 1x a month. But I always throw everythign in the washing machine every night.

however, our new washing machine now has a sterilization feature!! so i can start using that more often!

MrsLeanna · June 2009

Ditto Sam - I only sterilized once when I first got them - by sterilizing I mean boiling in hot water. After that I always washed in hot soapy water or in the dishwasher.

Now I just wash in hot water, before the first use (pacifiers, sippies, etc) - I haven't boiled anything in a while.

MRS.IHEARTMIKE · June 2009

I sterilize everything after I buy it and once a month I sterilize the nipples, paci's and sippy spouts.

CesEve99 · June 2009

britishbride05:

i only sterilized the stuff when i bought them.... and then i sterilize the pacifiers 1x a month. But I always throw everythign in the washing machine every night.

however, our new washing machine now has a sterilization feature!! so i can start using that more often!

a washing machine that sterilizes bottles/pacis?? ive never heard or seen of such a thing

soontobemrs.rjd · June 2009

I used my baby bottle sterilizer for 6 months, after that I too used the sterilization feature on my dish washer, which is what I think Jenny meant ;o) I stopped using the special sterilization feature at two years, as she uses mostly normal cups with straws and I just wash it all with all of our dishes, HOT HOT HOT soapy water is what I use for everything. Since you don't have a dish washer in your kitchen, if I were you, I would contune to use your sterilizer. I dont think that you are crazy at all...

MelanieJH1016 · June 2009

Mari, I sterilized her bottles and paci's every single day until she was about 9 months old!!! Everyone thought I was crazy, but then I felt weird when I stopped, like I was going to hurt Zoe by giving her unsterilized bottles! Of course, it didn't hurt her at all! lol. I was very happy once I put the sterilizer away for good :-)

MRS.IHEARTMIKE · June 2009

Oh yeah by sterilize I meant boil in hot water, I never used an actual machine.

melly&jimmy · June 2009

I sterilized bottles once, when I first bought them. Now I just wash with warm soapy water. I don't sterilize pacifiers or sippy cups...warm soapy water too.

I did however, sterilize my BM storage containers when I was pumping at least once a week. I stopped pumping when Chelsea was five months.

Mrs_Rod · June 2009

So now that you're talking about sterilizing...do any of you recommend a specific model??

MariM · June 2009

Mrs_Rod:

So now that you're talking about sterilizing...do any of you recommend a specific model??

I have bornfree bottles & use the born free microwave sterilizer. Does 4 bottles at once, just add 6.5 ounces of water and microwave for 4 minutes.

Mrs. Aleman · June 2009

OH wow- then i think I'm the sterilizer queen! I stopped sterilizing Gaby's bottle when she was moved to a sippy cup at a year old. I still sterilize all of Alejandro's bottles, nipples and paci's every night, and I wash in hot hot water while I wash them.

We use the Avent one. We saved it after Gaby stopped using bottles. My brother got it for me when I had her. So I saved it after he passed away even though we didn't plan on having #2.

MellyMelB · June 2009

I sterilized all of Sophia's bottles and nipples and attachments until she was 6 months old. By then she was all over the floor and putting eveyrthing in her mouth so I figured it was a moot point.

However, I still got some comfort in the fact that by washing her stuff in the dishwasher scalding hot water is ultra cleaning her cups and forks and stuff.