Does everyone here sterilze their baby bottles regularly?

goldenprincess · June 2009

or am I the only one who does it diligently?

This topic came up with a couple of my friends who are expecting in the next few weeks. I was shocked to hear that neither of them have ever sterized bottles for any of their babies in the past and won't be bothering to do it once theiir new babies arrive.

TIA

MrsL.inMarch · June 2009

We sterilize the first time then use hot/soapy water or dishwasher.

lhull · June 2009

I do now, but I probably won't forever. I am sure in the future I will just throw them in the dishwasher.

NY-allie · June 2009

Only the first time. After that I wash them by hand.

phishphood · June 2009

We sterilize new bottles/pacifiers before we give them to DD for the first time. After that, we only sterilize stuff after she's been sick.

Fish4Fun · June 2009

I sterilized them before first use, but that's it. Regular washing with hot water and soap after that. I am not a germophobe.

GRKaters · June 2009

Only before the first use. After that, we used the dishwasher or hot water/soap.

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alissa445 · June 2009

I sterilize his bottles once a week. I wash them in hot water with a mild soap after every use.

kabarbanel · June 2009

Fish4Fun:
I sterilized them before first use, but that's it. Regular washing with hot water and soap after that. I am not a germophobe.

same

LuLu38 · June 2009

first time - when new. Then never again. I hand wash. Occasionally they go in dishwasher.

lzybeanie · June 2009

I've never sterilized them. I threw them in the dishwasher the first time and now we just hand wash them unless we happen to be running the dishwasher. Then we throw whatever dirty ones we have in there.

Honestly, I think I've even used a bottle or two right out of the box in a pinch.

Temp865949250007475 · June 2009

rarely...I did at first, but then again, N refuses a bottle. The only thing I sterilize is pump parts, maybe once a week

LauraLovesJon · June 2009

We boiled before the first use but now we either hand wash or throw them in the dishwasher, it seems like it would be a lot of extra work to sterilize after every use.

jll1881 · June 2009

I sterilized them all before first use and then again several times when I had thrush. (I sterilized the nipples after every use when I had thrush.) I put them in the dishwasher every so often on the sani cycle, but the rest of the time I just use hot water and soap.

Mrs.AKP · June 2009

MrsL.inMarch:
We sterilize the first time then use hot/soapy water or dishwasher.

this. i think i've boiled them one other time since the first time right after i got them.

hbach83 · June 2009

Nope.

JoeysLady · June 2009

I sterilized them after I first bought them, and now just use hot soapy water. ?I have used the medela steam bags only a handful of times. ?Its really not a big deal if you dont.

futuremnm · June 2009

I boiled the bottle nipples (Playtex Drop-Ins) and pacis before the first use but not since. I just read an article (can't remember which parenting mag) that you actually don't even need to boil before the first use anymore, just wash in hot soapy water water or dishwasher.

AshleyKass · June 2009

On a regular basis they are just washed by hand in hot soapy water. Every once in a while i wash them in the dishwasher.

Lace01 · June 2009

I must be an oddball because I sterilize them all the time. We quick wash with soap and water right after use. Then it's just so easy for me to whip up a big pot of boiling water and drop all the bottles and pump parts in there every other day or so.

Elisa312 · June 2009

MrsL.inMarch:
We sterilize the first time then use hot/soapy water or dishwasher.

this!

NicoleWI · June 2009

Followed the boiling instructions prior to first use but now just throw them in the dishwasher.

ChefBrit · June 2009

MrsL.inMarch:
We sterilize the first time then use hot/soapy water or dishwasher.

this is us.. except i do sterilize her pacifiers almost daily.. i have a mug that we throw them in then i make put the tea kettle on and pour the boiling water over them..