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will you sterilize ALL bottles ect?

mrs.viv07mrs.viv07 member
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even if new? i'm about to head downstairs and do this with all the pump parts and new bottles but i'm wondering if i'm crazy lolWink
BFP #1 May 2000 ~ Darren was born Jan 13, 2001 ~ 6lbs 2oz 191/2" ~ 39 wks due to low fluid, otherwise perfect pregnancy
July 2004 abnormal pap, colposcopy and LEEP procedure ~ paps every 3 months all normal for 1 year
2006 all clear to start TTC
HSG Nov 2007 ~ all normal except mild left tube blockage
BFP #2 Dec 2007 EDD sept 3 ~ missed m/c ~ Feb 14 2008 ~ 9wk 2d D&C
BFP #3 Apr 2008 EDD Dec 10 ~ ectopic ~ May 2008 ~ 5wk 2d ~ emergency lap surgery, lost left tube
BFP #4 Jul 2008 EDD May 5 ~ missed m/c ~ Aug 2008 ~ 5wk 2d D&C - trisomy 16
RPL panel Aug 2008 ~ diagnosed with compound hetero MTHFR
BFP #5 Nov 2008 EDD Jul 31 ~ blighted Ovum ~ Dec 2008 ~ 4wk 3d ~ natural m/c at home for my birthday
BFP #6 Feb 2009 EDD Oct 15 ~ 4wk 3d ~ chemical pregnancy ~ Mar 2008
BFP #7 May 18 2009 ~ Gabriel Michael ~ Jan 19, 2010 ~ 7lbs 2oz 21"
TTC again since Jan 2011
BFP #8 Jun 2011 EDD Jan 20 ~ 5wk 6d ~ missed m/c ~ D&C
July - Hysterscopy removed some polyps, all clear for IUI with clomid
Aug-Oct - IUI - with Clomid all BFN
Nov-Jan - IUI - with femara and trigger = BFN
back to TTC naturally on our own hoping for another miracle.
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Re: will you sterilize ALL bottles ect?

  • ibisibis member
    No... I don't know if I'm just out of the loop or what, but I don't plan to sterilize bottles. My mom never did, she just washed them. I thought I'd do the same, unless there is something I don't know about bottle germs??
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  • shaunnalarshaunnalar
    Stick them in the dishwasher and call it a day.
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  • Addicted2thenotAddicted2thenot member
    with DS I just threw them in the dishwasher
    not that it mattered because he would NEVER take a bottle
    I think he has had about 2oz by bottle his entire young life.

    I plan on buying bottles for the next baby but I am not taking many out of the package ahead of time just incase I run into this problem again.
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  • Mini_MariahMini_Mariah

    Do you mean the first time?  I boiled everything when I opened the packages, but in between uses I just washed in the sink with soap and water and put on the drying rack to air dry.  We boiled DD's pacifiers every other week, but never boiled bottles again.

     I'll probably boil everything again before this baby uses them, since they've just been sitting in a box.

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  • Mini_MariahMini_Mariah

    Oh - not sure if you'll read this in time but I wouldn't open the pump till you're sure nursing is working out.  You can't return them if the seal is broken.  I have friends who bought pumps only to return them because for one reason or another nursing didn't work out.

    You won't need to pump for the first few weeks, and newborns nap ALOT so you'll have time to boil the pump parts after LO arrives :)

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  • RJHarmonRJHarmon member
    You should sterilize everything before the first use.  I sterilize her bottles and pacifiers once every 2 weeks now and just wash with hot water and soap after each use.

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  • vera1127vera1127 member
    Everything I've read says that the dishwasher is sufficient for sterilizing. If you feel better about it you could boil it the first time. I didn't, but I say go for it if it's what you want to do. The only thing I boil is pacifiers but that's only because they get dropped on the floor, touched by people's fingers, etc.
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  • deedeew80deedeew80 member

    So, you ladies that sterilize.....do you have an actual bottle sterilizer or just put them in boiling water? 

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