Pump part cleaning

SoSayWeAll · January 2015

Anyone who pumps multiple times a day- how do you clean them during the day? I just wash them with soap and water, rinse, and dry the best I can. Usually at the end of the day I run them through a medela microwave steam bag. What do you do?

courtniko · January 2015

I'm lazy. I stick them in a zip lock in the fridge between uses during the day. At night I wash with soap and water.
I sterilized them when I first got them and then once more after a few months of use.

Morgan400 · January 2015

I just put them in the fridge, then clean in the dishwasher at the end of the day

Eena1242 · January 2015

courtniko said:
I'm lazy. I stick them in a zip lock in the fridge between uses during the day. At night I wash with soap and water.
I sterilized them when I first got them and then once more after a few months of use.

Same here.

mustangchick6504 · January 2015

Fridge until the end of the day. Wash with soap nightly. Sterilize weekly.

mindfulmama14 · January 2015

I just throw them in dishwasher.
I love the idea of keeping them in fridge though... Smart thinking!

jlynn62511 · January 2015

Same as you but I only steam once a week. When I get lazy fridge, but that's rare. It grosses me out a little.

SoSayWeAll · January 2015

andrea ri 80 said:
The LC only recommended rinsing with warm water after each use and washing with soap and water once a day.

This is what I want to do but I didn't know if that was ok.

MereDe3 · January 2015

I rinse them and medela micro steam them during the day.

*Merry* · January 2015

Rinse during the day And wash at night... How do you ladies handle the cold part after being in the fridge! I can't imagine using refrigerated stuff I already have to turn the heater on in the closet where I pump... Brrrr!

jendem8 · January 2015

Rinse and put in the fridge during the day, wash when I get home. I also sterilize daily.

becominggold · January 2015

In fridge between uses. Dishwasher every night. Run the sterilize cycle on the dishwasher and the heated dry.

dogperson11 · January 2015

I have 2 sets for pumping twice at work. I use a wet bag and store the dirty parts in the large compartment and clean parts in the small compartment. I wash all parts in hot water with dish soap each evening when I get home. I use the same wet bag all week.

ETA: I steam sterilize about once a month.

leannerivers · January 2015

Fridge when at work but random pumping at home when nanny is there I wash.

annapunkalunka · January 2015

trawas01 said:

andrea ri 80 said:
The LC only recommended rinsing with warm water after each use and washing with soap and water once a day.
Ditto.

Samesies!

Cat&S · January 2015

Rinse with water and dry after each pump, wash with soap and hot water every night. Throw in the dishwasher occasionally.

FrodaBaggins · January 2015

I mostly pump at work. When I get into work I wash everything with the special medela soap and steam clean in one of the medela microwave bags. Then throughout the day I just rinse with warm water and leave out to dry.

herecomesthesun · January 2015

Rinse and dry at work, soap and water at home, then steam bag and grass-dry.

Erika101076 · January 2015

May be a dumb question but what goes in the fridge and why?!?

I just let think stack up and wash them with hot water and baby soap when I can.

I run then though the dish washer at the end of the week and sterilize twice a month

courtniko · January 2015

@Erika101076 I put the flange, the membrane, the duck bill thing and the bottle ( anything the pumped milk touches) into the fridge between uses at work each day. Then I don't have clean all the parts at work, I just clean them at home once each night.

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