Are bottles and strerilizers really needed?

aries21 · July 2010

I have both but have not opened yet.. Are thy needed really?

I do plan on using bottles but I thought to warm up I can just do it in warm water and to sterilize they just need to be put once in boiling water. is that right? thanks so much!

ashnoelle · July 2010

I just boil to sterilize. And my LO doesn't even require that milk be warm, she'll drink it cold. There's a chance you won't need to warm it up at all.

shortms6 · July 2010

I have both a bottle warmer and sterilizer and used both at first but do not now. I use the sterilizer when I get new bottles or nipples but I don't use the warmer at all anymore. I also thought that the bottle needed to be warmed up but LO drinks her bottles at room temperature...much easier for when we're not at home!

MWoodside · July 2010

we boiled them initially, now we just put them in the dishwasher.

naturegirl417 · July 2010

We use ours daily, but I'm kind of a germ-freak as far as the sterilizer goes. The pedi said it wasn't really necessary to boil/sterilize bottles on a daily basis, but you should boil them before the first use.

I make DD's bottles each morning and leave them in the fridge. Because they are so cold, I stick them in the warmer.

kayteatrudeau · July 2010

I wash them in teh dishwasher once daily and then steralize the nipple and seal (we use Ventaire bottles). My mother said it's a must. The Pedi said the dishwasher was just fine. But they both said I must wash them in the dishwasher or steralizer at least once a day.

LuaBear · July 2010

I don't think it's a must, but we have both and it has made my life MUCH easier. We dont generally have a full load of dishes to wash each day in the dishwasher, so the sterilizer allows me to clean a few bottles at a time without having to do a full load. The warmer warms the bottle to room temp when I take it out of the fridge. Could be done by soaking the bottle in heated water, but that takes much longer and creates extra dirty dishes.

Anything to make Mamma's job easier at 3am!

ka2shaz · July 2010

I don't sterilize the bottles (we just use the dishwasher) or warm them before feeding. But my nanny does boil the bottles days a week. They are a lot shinier after boiling, but there's no real need to do that at all.

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