Bottles in dishwasher?

[foxrivereight]

Anyone done it ? If so , do you put them in on their own or with your other dishes ?

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Thought I'd bump for you

[ceeveebee]

I put them in the dishwasher - I have a little basket thing for the teats and lids (like this) and I put them in with all our dishes except if we have something like spag bol as it makes them go orange

I only started this when they were 12 months old though - I sterlised until then in a steam steriliser (and yes I know I am not supposed to give bottles after 12 months but I have twins so its a lot easier then trying to stop two beakers of milk being chucked around the place every night!)

[MsElisaDay]

Yep, I always wash them in the dishwasher (though they do now have an orange tinge, due to a tomato sauce incident!)
I sterilise them afterwards too, but only as DS is still just five months old. I won't bother in future.
I find it gets the milk residue out of the teats far better than washing them in the sink.

[foxrivereight]

Thank you everyone

Ds is 5mo too so I was thinking I could put the bottles in the dishwasher after dinner then sterilise them as normal .

I have eczema and my hands are all cracked and bleeding from washing the bottles by hand

[MsElisaDay]

I have eczema on my hands too - that's one of the reasons my dishwasher is so invaluable!
Just pop the bottles in with all the usual dinner stuff, they'll be fine. Especially as you're sterilising them afterwards anyway.

[ilovepowerhoop]

could you not wear gloves to wash tge dishes?

[Zara1984]

Ok that basket is great for the teats etc, but how do you stop bottles and lids tipping over and fillingup?!

[MajaBiene]

I always put bottles in the dishwasher and didn't bother sterilising. Dishwasher was hot enough.

Just don't put them in with dishes if you have had pasta with tomato sauce.

[Eskino]

Ceeveebee - all my breast pump parts are now orange because I put them in the dishwasher with spag Bol plates