Milton...residue????

[Fifilottie]

HI,
Is there suppose to be a small amount of residue on things that I have sterilised in the milton. Have used the correct amount and washed everything thoroughly...but for some reason the tommee tippee bottle seems clouded and had a thin film of residue on them. Is this normal?
Cheers

Yep. Wipe it off with kitchen towel but it's harmless.

Why are you sterilising though, it's not necessary you know, babies spend a lot of time on the floor, unless you Milton that too a good wash in hot soapy water is equally safe.

DD is only nine weeks...I'm not an over protective type but thought I better sterilse..Mind you it is funny as even at that age she will suck on anything and be in contact with so many things....What is it with sterilising......I guess it is just a measure of reassurance rather than a 100 percent effective.....Are my breast sterlised...no no...

I think you need to sterilise bottles because of the nature and number of the bugs that can grow in milk and the fact that, if a bottle of milk is contaminated, the baby gets such a large number of them in a whole feed.

Food poisoning can and does kill babies. They do pick up bugs from floors and toys but in much smaller numbers which their immune systems can usually manage.

Well Al1son I think you'll find the majority of SCBUs disagree with you, unless you are making up the feeds in advance.

Food poisoning doesn't btw kill otherwise healthy babies in this country thankfully.

I'm afraid sterilising certainly is necessary. There are certain bacteria which grow on milk curds which can be lethal to small babies. It's recommended that bottles are sterilised until babies are a year old, and I certainly wouldn't want to risk not doing it.

We had a steam steriliser, no residue, it just uses hot water to sterilise.