Do I need to sterilize bottles?

Re: Do I need to sterilize bottles?

• blueandgray member

  October 2012

  I just sterlized in boiling water after I first bought them.  Never did it again.  I used the dishwasher too for all parts, and I used Dr Browns bottles with a million pieces (I used one of those Munchkin top-shelf baskets).

  I'd maybe recommend only sterilizing after a bad virus/illness so it doesn't come back. 

  ETA: My dishwasher has a Sani Rinse option.  I would press that along with Normal wash.  I think it just gave a really hot water rinse at the end, which was good b/c sometimes tiny food particles would get trapped in the bottles if I didn't hit the extra rinse process.

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• SunAndRain member

  October 2012

  No.  Hot soapy water will do the trick. 

  I just wash by hand.  For some reason my dishwasher doesn't always rinse clean.

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• jasminelorraine20 member

  October 2012

  Sterilize for first use and just run them through the dishwasher afterwards.

  

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• mbgreenwalt member

  October 2012

  I sterilized for the first use, but then hand washed or put in the dishwasher after that. 

  
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• Randa&Jerm member

  October 2012

  blueandgray:

  I just sterlized in boiling water after I first bought them.  Never did it again.  I used the dishwasher too for all parts, and I used Dr Browns bottles with a million pieces (I used one of those Munchkin top-shelf baskets).

  I'd maybe recommend only sterilizing after a bad virus/illness so it doesn't come back. 

  ETA: My dishwasher has a Sani Rinse option.  I would press that along with Normal wash.  I think it just gave a really hot water rinse at the end, which was good b/c sometimes tiny food particles would get trapped in the bottles if I didn't hit the extra rinse process.

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• legalbeagle1 member

  October 2012

  Thank you!  Super helpful -- esp the tip about sanitizing after an illness.  I am not sure I would have thought of that!  And I can't believe I am going to be a mom soon...shouldn't moms just know this stuff?

  

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• naybird

  October 2012

  I put ours in the dishwasher, which has a sanitize cycle.

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• katieh1017 member

  October 2012

  I used the sterilizer before the first use. After that I tried sterilizing regularly but that quickly stopped. We just wash with hot soapy water nightly and put them in the dishwasher when there is room.

  

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