Steam sterilizer helpful or not?

Re: Steam sterilizer helpful or not?

• cyprissa member

  May 2013

  Nope, not needed. Once they get a bit older, you don't need to sterilize bottles. I always threw mine in the dishwasher or did a quick handwash with a bottle brush. I used Medela steam bags for cleaning my pump parts and sterilizing any brand new bottles or pacificers in the beginning. They are pretty cheap and super convenient and don't take up storage space.

  
  
  

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• madimyluv member

  May 2013

  I found it useful.  I used it more in the begining.  However, my mother in law would just do the old fashion way and boil the bottles.  To me it took way more time to do that but she had the time since she doesn't work so......

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• ladybugpjb member

  May 2013

  I just boiled them on occasion. Otherwise, I mostly hand-washed with a bottle brush. I used the Playtex drop-ins, so I only had to worry with the nipples.

  

  

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• SarahinMD member

  May 2013

  We never did. Either DH washed by hand in hot water or we ran through the dishwasher (so we DID need one--actually we had two--of those dishwasher baskets for bottle parts). We never had any problems.

   

  
  

  

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• mouse10031978

  May 2013

  OK thanks everyone. I think I will be taking it off of the registry.  Thanks!

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• PrimRoseMama member

  May 2013

  No. Boiling water and a pot. Either that or your dishwasher.

  
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