Have ya'll sterilized your bottles yet?

Lindsey7521 · December 2009

I haven't...I should probably get on that huh? I did her pacifiers already. They packed away in a little ziplock bag...waiting for her.

Jen&Louie · December 2009

Not yet although I'm planning to BF and hopefully won't need bottles for a few weeks (for DH to do some feedings).

Michele57O · December 2009

I am backwards from you I have done the bottles but not the pacifiers. I heard they send you home from the hospital with a pacifier so figured wasn't a big deal if I didn't have the ones at home ready. I did my bottles/nipples over a month ago. I figure he is going to want to eat probably as soon as we get home since we have an hour drive so I should have them on stand by.

Tinkx123x · December 2009

Jen&Louie:
Not yet although I'm planning to BF and hopefully won't need bottles for a few weeks (for DH to do some feedings).

this exactly

LuckyBride06 · December 2009

I did his pacis, but not bottles. I'm planning on BF so I shouldn't need bottles for a while.

JaredandKatie · December 2009

Not yet because I plan on BFing. Hopefully I won't have to sterilize them until 4-6 weeks after he or she is here!

Tinkx123x · December 2009

this might be extremely stupid but what exactly do you do to sterilize them?? I assume it is different than just washing them??

madeleines_mommy · December 2009

Um, no way. I'm trying to make it through the week in one piece. I'll be BF'ing anyway. Besides, they just need a quick rinse with hot, soapy water and they are fine.

Lindsey7521 · December 2009

Tinkx123x:
this might be extremely stupid but what exactly do you do to sterilize them?? I assume it is different than just washing them??

Put them in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. On the pack of Paci's that what it says to do anyways...havent checked the bottles. But my friend who has a 10 month old boiled her bottles before she used them. After that you can just wash them.

SpiffyTiffy · December 2009

Jen&Louie:
Not yet although I'm planning to BF and hopefully won't need bottles for a few weeks (for DH to do some feedings).

Same here- I just went to my BF class and the nurse told us we should try to avoid bottle feeding until 4-6 weeks, the ideal time to introduce a bottle (if you are BF). She also said to hold off on the pacifiers for a little while until baby gets used to nursing.

Ciarrai · December 2009

Pacis - good call. I need some of those! Anyway, no bottles even gotten down from the attic yet, but my boobs are set to go. Stick out tongue I do pump eventually (starting around 3 weeks or so) but not at first anyway.

ETA - You also may want to re-sterilize them or at least re-wash them when your LO gets here anyway.

northernkate · December 2009

I'm going to sterilize them just before I use them.

Chaneltara · December 2009

Nah, I'm going to wait a while, don't plan on using bottles for a while anyway, I plan on breastfeeding exclusively at first.

When I do sterilize, my doctor said the dishwasher was a way better way to sterilize then boiling water, it cleans them just fine!

Forgot about pacifiers, I just opened the pack and stuffed them in the baby's hospital bag! Oops!

NiniJ55 · December 2009

I plan to BF so hopefully will not need bottles for at least 2 weeks.

I plan to sterilze right before use. I don't think they remain sterilzed for an indefinate amount of time. Also - a previous poster mentioned only sterilizing before first use and then just washing after that. I plan to sterlize the bottles after each use. So basically I will be sterilizing a batch of bottles each night (only once a day). That is how everyone that I know has done it.

12bailey18 · December 2009

I'm doing mine today!

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