Am I being excessive? I wash everything with soap & water after each use & then sterilize everything in a microwave sterilizer. What step can I cut out?
After 11 months I am a little lax! I wash my pump parts with hot, soapy water once a day (maybe every other day). I keep the parts in the fridge during the day. I steam clean once a week. Once a month I clean the parts with a q-tip.
I wash and sterilize in the microwave after each use, but I only pump 2 to 3 times a day and have bought extra parts so it's not dependent on if I got around to doing it in the morning, night etc.
I sterilize everything each night. I just rinse between pumping sessions and I have an extra set of pumping parts. typically pump 3-4 times in a day so I use each set about twice a day - just rinsing in between.
Re: Cleaning/sterilizing pump parts & bottles