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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
@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.
Re: Pump part cleaning
I sterilized them when I first got them and then once more after a few months of use.
I love the idea of keeping them in fridge though... Smart thinking!
ETA: I steam sterilize about once a month.
Baby Boy due October 2017
Zoe Nicole: 8/21/14
Due again: 1/17/18
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