Sterilizing bottles

AshleyF072007 · November 2014

is it necessary to sterilize a bottle every time use it.

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

This is going to make me look like MOTY after Crawford, but I sterilize once a week..... And that's with the bags.

NavyFlyer · November 2014

I hope I'm not doing something bad, but I'm sterilizing in the bag once a week. I wash the bottles at home, and wipe down the bottles for pumping at work with the medela quick clean wipes. But to be honest, I dont even clean bottles every time at home. I use a bottle, rinse it, stick it in the fridge, and reuse it a few hours later. :0/

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

theresat858 said:

Nope. We use the dishwasher. I only wash pump parts once a day when pumping at work - just store in a ziplock in a cooler bag between sessions. It might be different for a preemie.

This. From what we kept reading, you only really need to sterilize before the first use. We just stick them in the dishwasher now.

Leysin97 · November 2014

I thought sterilizing was not necessary except for before first use? I hand wash everything after use. Sterilize before first use.

suncake · November 2014

I sterilize every thing in boiling water including pacifiers once a day. Use once repeat. But I'm a germ freak. I did it with my first also.

ETS: hand wash every thing before I sterilize

Jennyc00 · November 2014

I'll tell ya what my pediatrician said. He's an old school doctor. He said we don't need to sterilize bottles.. Just put them in the dishwasher. I've been soaking/ hand washing them daily with hot soapy water and several times a week running them in the dishwasher.

Aurora1181 · November 2014

I have two preemies (who are almost three months actual.. One month adjusted next week. Crazy) but we were told to sterilize once a day. I pump 8x a day and have four sets of pump parts. I use each set twice and throw everything in the dishwasher On "sterilize" at night at the end of my day. I use bottles once and wash and sterilize each day. It's a lot of work...