How do you dry your bottles?

alt0925 · September 2011

I have bottle drying racks but they don't dry my LO's bottles very well. I hand wash because our dishwasher is broken right now and I sterilize by boiling the bottles on the stove. I have tried everything to get her bottles to dry. I put them on the drying rack for hours and hours and they won't dry. I've tried sitting them out on a towel. Hours go by and they still won't dry.

I always shake as much of the excess water out as I can before I assemble them and put them away but I'm worried that it's not very sanitary and/or mold might start to form on them because they are still kind of wet when I put them away. I'm at a loss. How can something so simple be so complicated!? lol

Thanks for your suggestions in advance.

katie4253 · September 2011

Well, we just shake the water off and then make bottles for the next day. But we use this drying rack if we have stuff that needs to dry. We keep it on there overnight (up until the next night when we do bottles.

Beckypooh09 · September 2011

https://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-11285-Sprout-Drying-Rack/dp/B002A9JCVW/ref=pd_cp_ba_4

That's what we've been using. I prefer to hand wash the bottles because I feel like they get cleaned better that way.

Yellow_Daisy · September 2011

I hand wash our bottles because we don't run the dishwasher often enough. We use this drying rack and the bottles are dry in an hour or two, but if they aren't I just dry them with a paper towel or use them wet.

Baileysmommy2007 · September 2011

I just put them on the drying rack that we put all the other dishes on.

alt0925 · September 2011

So, it's not a problem to store them a little wet? I do shake as much water off as I can but they're still a little damp. I usually wash them, let them dry for a few hours and then I assemble them and put them away. I can't let them sit for long because we have a long haired cat who loves to jump on the counter when no one is looking. The only time I pre-make bottles is during the night hours because it's easier rather than trying to measure with blurry eyes. Otherwise, I have a formula pitcher and I make it in batches because she's taking 2 1/2 oz not just the standard 2, 4, etc.

Maybe I am being paronoid. I was just worried about there being some kind of contamination or mildew if I stored them wet although they are used rather quickly. They never sit in the cupboard for long.

Thanks for the answers ladies!

kkasper13 · September 2011

Yellow_Daisy:
I hand wash our bottles because we don't run the dishwasher often enough. We use this drying rack and the bottles are dry in an hour or two, but if they aren't I just dry them with a paper towel or use them wet.

I use this same drying rack. And we leave them there until we need to use them. If they are dry, great. If not, oh well

Snow1010 · September 2011

We hand wash with super hot water and a little soap. We have a bottle sterilizer and use that as the drying rack. If the bottle is dry we'll put it away, if they're wet and we need one we just use it wet! We only sterilize once every couple weeks.

I read some posts about the very detailed process people go through to wash bottles, including sterilizing all the time. I did this at first....then my sister, who is a mom and doctor totally made fun of me! She said I was way overdoing it and I would lose my mind washing bottles like that.

Karma01 · September 2011

I hand wash everything b/c we don't run the dishwasher everyday. If we have room in the dishwasher than I throw them in. I just use hot soapy water and put on rack, they usually dry and I leave the bottles there till I am ready to use them. I am not overly concerned, I don't think you have to sterlize them everytime, at least that is what my bottles say - just the nipples and you do it just once.

lyse2143 · September 2011

kkasper13:
Yellow_Daisy:
I hand wash our bottles because we don't run the dishwasher often enough. We use this drying rack and the bottles are dry in an hour or two, but if they aren't I just dry them with a paper towel or use them wet.
I use this same drying rack. And we leave them there until we need to use them. If they are dry, great. If not, oh well

Same drying rack and also just leave them until I need them again.

Yellow_Daisy · September 2011

alt0925:
So, it's not a problem to store them a little wet? I do shake as much water off as I can but they're still a little damp. I usually wash them, let them dry for a few hours and then I assemble them and put them away. I can't let them sit for long because we have a long haired cat who loves to jump on the counter when no one is looking. The only time I pre-make bottles is during the night hours because it's easier rather than trying to measure with blurry eyes. Otherwise, I have a formula pitcher and I make it in batches because she's taking 2 1/2 oz not just the standard 2, 4, etc.
Maybe I am being paronoid. I was just worried about there being some kind of contamination or mildew if I stored them wet although they are used rather quickly. They never sit in the cupboard for long.
Thanks for the answers ladies!

I personally would not store them wet, I don't think anyone said to store them wet, we said we use them wet. If you store them wet with the lid on then it's just a breeding ground for germs and mildew. Why don't you just leave them on the drying rack until they are dry or until the next time you use them? We don't put ours away because they are constantly in use so they just stay on the drying rack until the next time we need them.

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