How do you wash your bottle nipples?

Re: How do you wash your bottle nipples?

• jlc071903 member

  July 2009

  I have a removable nipple brush from a bottle brush I got at Target...I squirt some antibacterial dishwasher soap in the inside of the nipple and around the house side and wash with teh brush...rinse and then I steralize them all in a Medela steralization bag. I HATE HATE HATE when the nipples are cloudy b/c they make me think they are dirty, and this is the best and quickest method I could find to make sure they looked clean enough to me for my daughters to eat off of.

  What can I say, I'm particular.

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• AlpacaBunny member

  July 2009

  Last time I washed them with soap and then did the medela sterilization bag they turned out all white and cloudy, so that's why I was asking.  After that I washed them again and boiled them for 3 min, but the white stuff didn't come off, so I threw them all away. 

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• hlipinski

  July 2009

  How well are you letting them dry?

  I first let all my nipples soak in hot soapy water for a few minutes.  Then I give them a good brushing (also w/ the nipple brush) and set them on the drying rack (after I have tried to shake off all the water).  Sometimes when my husband tries to help out he doesn't scrub as good and tends to just lay them on a paper towell to dry (with the base of the nipple flat on the towell - so not letting any air in).  I'm starting to think that he might not get all the soap off and b/c of the wait he lets them dry is what is causing the cloudiness in color.  BUT - I typically just try to re-wash these and find that they return back to normal.

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• hlipinski

  July 2009

  I've also been told though NOT to put nipples in the dishwasher

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• FriendlyFanny

  July 2009

  I just use hot soapy water and a bottle brush meant for nipples then we have a drying rack. The silicon does naturally get cloudy over time, especially with light exposure.

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