Bottle sterilizes?

Re: Bottle sterilizes?

• Skylight21 member

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  From what I have heard from family and friends, washing your bottles before hand works just as well.

   

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• onewayticket member

  August 2013

  Well, I would want to sterilize in some way after washing. Just not sure if the electric ones are more convenient or if people found they weren't using them. There are also the microwave trays or just plain boiling water. Should I register for an electric? If so, which one?

  
  

  
   

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• Skylight21 member

  August 2013

  I couldn't tell you. My mom told me she had one but never used it.  My aunt boiled hers I know that, but for electric or non electric i would be of no use.

   

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• onewayticket member

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  I don't know! Is hand washing alone okay? If you use dishwasher, do you need special soap? STMs what did u do?

  
  

  
   

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• mavgirl_73 member

  August 2013

  Dishwashers are fine. First DD we had no dishwasher so soap and hot water worked she's fine.

   

   

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• mavgirl_73 member

  August 2013

  Oh ya and regular soap for dishwasher/hand washing

   

   

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• bishesbcrazy member

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  I used Medela's sterilizing bags for my pump parts and bottle parts; I sterilized the bottles in the dishwasher.  You can get 20 uses out of each bag.

  
  

  https://www.amazon.com/Medela-Quick-Clean-Micro-Steam-Bags/dp/B000096QQ5

  
  

  ETAx2:  I used regular dishwasher tabs and I always cleaned the parts before sterilizing.

   

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• KFiori1 member

  August 2013

  I used the dishwasher and did have a sterilizer that goes in the microwave which I used mostly for my pump parts. I EP'd with DD so I was constantly using it.
  

  

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• grannyweatherwax member

  August 2013

  I boiled them before the first use, then the dishwasher worked just fine after that. Or hot soapy water. Bottle sterilized are a huge waste of money In my opinion. I think they were created to scare parents! Now I could see the sterilizing bags for pump parts maybe, but I used the dishwasher for them too & it was fine.

   
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• watercolor5 member

  August 2013

  Don't need one.  You can just set a pot of water to boil and boil all bottle and pump parts for 5 min and they are sterilized.  That's what I did with my DD's bottles/pump parts when I wanted to sterilize (which I did maybe once a week or so, and that was probably far more than necessary.)  The rest of the time I would just use the dishwasher. 
  

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• onewayticket member

  August 2013

  Thanks ladies

  
  

  
   

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• cyndilouwho77 member

  August 2013

  I've had two children so far and not once used a sterilizer....I hand washed all the parts myself and never had a problem.  I think buying a sterilizer is a waste of money!
  

  
  
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• Rachel5782 member

  August 2013

  pirategirlpink said:

  I boiled them before the first use, then the dishwasher worked just fine after that. Or hot soapy water. Bottle sterilized are a huge waste of money In my opinion. I think they were created to scare parents! Now I could see the sterilizing bags for pump parts maybe, but I used the dishwasher for them too & it was fine.

  
  This exactly. We got a sterilizer and it was a total waste of money. After the initial washing and sterilizing (which can be done by a boiling pot of water), washing bottles in a dishwasher should get rid of any harmful germs and bacteria.

  

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