to not sterilise baby bowls and spoons..

[ditsydoll]

Ds is 6 months and starting solids today, I remember sterilizing all dds things but don't really see the point with ds as everything he picks up goes in his mouth!
Is it necessary?

Oh btw he's breast fed so won't be using bottles etc..

Why would you sterilize bowls and spoons? I never did. I barely sterilized bottles, TBH.

Home sterilization is a fallacy anyway, unless you live in a clean room!

I never did.

No need to sterilise, a hot soapy wash will suffise.

*suffice .[doh!]

You sterilise bottles because with a bottle the milk is put right into the throat bypassing the mouth which is your first point of protection. Spoons don't do this so you don't need to sterilise.

I thought you only needed to sterilise bowls and spoons if you were weaning before six months. Since you aren't, you wouldn't need to sterilise anyway.

Don't bother. I never sterilised bottles either. Such a waste of time and money. A hot soak in soapy water once a week and washing with hot water inbetween worked fine for me. Babies never ill or suffered from anything other than colds.

No you don't need to. I sterilised dd1's till she was a year old! I needed mumsnet but this was 15 years ago and I knew no better. It was dh's job and he has never forgotten the 'tyranny of baby's bowl' which was what he complained of when we would get in to bed at night and i would say 'have you done M's bowl?' (put it in milton for the morning) and he would have to get up and do it. I don't know why a) we didn't buy a mircowave steriliser or b) he didn't leave me as I was clearly unbearable
In my defence I was only 21 and knew nothing about babies before having one. My mil ( a health visitor) did gently suggest it wasn't needed but of course I thought she Knew Nothing.........

I stopped sterilizing at 6 months. all the advice was about people not cleaning bottles properly.

I was pretty confident in my ability to scrub a bottle

Thants-I thought it was because bottles and teats have ridges which if not washed extremely thoroughly or sterilised can trap milk and bacteria can breed.

This wasn't done in Victorian times and the bottles were nick named death bottles iirc as so many babies died from the effects of poorly washed bottles.

Happy to be corrected though.

Yanbu do people actually sterilise them? I have never meant anyone who has.

The UK is considered to be the anomaly worldwide to sterilise bottles. I never sterilised bowls or spoons nor did I boil my boobs.

Food isn't sterile, so what's the point?

I never did this. Can't believe people do !!!!

The reason for sterilising bottles is that if the milk is sitting around for any length of time, it is an excellent breeding ground for bacteria. If the milk is being made up fresh and then cooled down to be given straightaway, sterilising isn't as important.

YANBU.

I never did and tbf they're picking all sorts up from the floor and putting it in their mouths by 6 months. They chew toys that aren't sterilised! Well some people might sterilise toys but not anybody I know. :o

Matissy you didn't boil your boobs? Why on earth not?

You do realise that you're going against health and safety guidelines! Boob boiling is a must! I still boil my boobs and the DC are 2 and 6.

:o

Sterile isn't necessary. Really, really clean is, as it is with all kitchen and table ware. (I have Views on proper food hygiene)

I had no clue people actually did this!.

I only sterilise bottles because of the bacteria in powder formula. Counting down the hours no until the formula stops and DS is on cows milk!

It's not the bacteria in formula you sterilise for, it's the fact formula sticks to the bottles and if not washed creates a breeding ground. You have already killed 'dangerous stuff' in formula by using boiling water when making up the feed.

Washing thoroughly or using a dishwasher is fine.

further to valiumredhead

www.babybottle-museum.co.uk/murder.htm

I found that my grandmother had an elder sister who died in 1904 at the age of 10 days from gastroenteritis. I wonder if this could have been the cause.