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14mo drinking milk that's been out for 12 hours

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sofaaddict · 08/02/2011 18:55

First post in AIBU but my DH and childminder have given me the strong impression that I'm being very PFB about this so wanted to canvas opinion quickly.
Basically - this morning whilst getting me and 14mo DD ready to get out of the house I left her playing with toys on her bedroom floor. I go back in about 3 mins later and she's happily glugging the remains of her milk from the night before that had obviously been accidently left out on the floor when she hadn't finished it. I take it off her straight away but she probably had at least 1oz.
I take her to the CM and tell her what's happened, and to keep an even closer eye on nappies, what she's eaten etc and that I might phone at lunchtime (which I don't normally) as I was worried about her. CM looks at me like I'm crazy, says that she'll be fine of course, the milk won't have gone off in 12 hours overnight etc etc.
Went to work feeling silly, pick her up tonight and CM says she's eaten as normal, played as normal but had slightly runnier nappies. Mention this to DH as it's worried me again and he tells me not to be so silly and she's fine.
So, Mumsnet. Am I being very PFB to in the back of my mind still want to phone NHS Direct and check to see what they say?!? Blush Won't she have really upset her tummy? If not, why do people worry so much about sterilising bottles!!?!?
Confused, please help...

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sofaaddict · 09/02/2011 15:01

piprabbit...at the risk of sounding like the most neurotic mother on here....do you not need to sterilise bottles at 14mo? Blush
I honestly didn't know that! I obviously don't sterilise her cups, spoons, bowls etc etc but in my head I thought you had to sterlise milk bottles for as long as you used them...no?!? Confused You've saved me a job if not! Grin And keep the reassurances coming, I don't mind!

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JetLi · 09/02/2011 15:13

You stop sterilising at 6 months!
After that a good wash is all that's necessary Smile

TheLadyEvenstar · 09/02/2011 15:13

RE sterilising, with DS1 i sterilised forever with DS2 I stopped when he was about 5m old because at that time he was sucking shoelaces etc lol

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sofaaddict · 09/02/2011 15:15
Grin
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BeatriceLaBranche · 09/02/2011 16:21

My god, you need an award for sterilising at 14 months!

6 months is the advice given, DD! I stopped maybe slightly after that, DS before and DD before.

Isn't it RTKanga that said that she was told you didn't have to do it at all?

Good hot soapy wash or the dishwasher is all you need now.

BeatriceLaBranche · 09/02/2011 16:21

That's DD1 and DD2 respectively.

hamandegger · 09/02/2011 17:05

what are the chances - my 14 month old have just drunk old milk she was given by my friends dd that was in their room. not sure how old but smelt rancid.

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sofaaddict · 09/02/2011 18:12

How strange hamandegger! Hope all the posts here have been reassuring and that your DD is ok. My DD has been fine but I am now just very embarrassed that I seem to have been sterilising unnecessarily for months and months....

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AlaskaHQ · 09/02/2011 18:16

I think you sound fine - YANBU.

Definitely right to mention it to the Childminder. Wouldn't worry about calling NHS Direct, although - to be honest - when I was a new mum I might have done, as you never know when you are overworrying or not the first time around.

If it hasn't caused any problems by now you should be fine, but you did the right thing mentioning it to the Childminder, if she was the primary carer with your child that day.

AlaskaHQ · 09/02/2011 18:21

Oh, just seen the posts on sterilising.

I had first baby in the UK and second in the USA, so got really confused by the slightly conflicting advice at times between the two countries, BUT....

  1. Stopped sterilising most things around 6 months.
  1. Kept sterilising anything in contact with milk until about 9 months.
  1. However, only stopped sterilising after that, because we were washing things in a dishwasher - which we were told was hotter and better at sterilising stuff than just washing by hand in the sink.

We still now dishwasher all milk sippy cups, and if we were anywhere for more than a few days without a dishwasher, then I might sterilise them as a once-off. Depends on how many difficult cracks and bits of rubber there are for old milk to get stuck in.

Can't remember if that was UK or USA advice though.

hamandegger · 09/02/2011 18:36

thanks sofaaddict, glad your dd is OK. Hopefully all is well here, nothing bad happening yet anyway!

bloomingnora · 09/02/2011 19:24

Re sterilising - I did have a little look into this a while ago and apparently as the quality of the water supply has improved the need to sterilise has practically stopped but you do need to make sure you are washing stuff carefully. I stopped bothering with DS1 when he ate his own poo - DS2 seems to be much more sensible so far!

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