Sterilising - when did you stop?

[springerspaniel]

I think we are advised to sterilise bottles until 12 months in the UK. Did any of you stop much earlier? I know some people use the dishwasher - do you then put in the cupboard or count that as sterilised and use within 24 hours? LO is 6 months.

when she started picking up things off the floor snd putting them in her mouth

I followed RTKM's advice and haven't sterilised anything with ds. HOWEVER I have never used bottles and only started using spoons/bowls etc when ds was 21 weeks.

With the dds I think I did the same as expat - long time ago so I've forgotten

Expat - I thought that too. I don't sterilise spoons or bowls so it seems a bit odd sterilising bottles. I know milk is a big bacteria fan but even so it seems a little silly. Sterilising is such a pain in the a*se.

What is RTKM?????

When she started eating crunbs off the floor.

He is lockets! I'm counting it in months now, he's five and a bit months!

Springerspaniel, RTKM is another poster. Let me see if I can find the thread where she posted this advice.

here is the original thread

And here is a follow-up discussion on the subject - hope that helps!

Thanks Miao!

Oops - I mean Miaou!

Just read it. V interesting and I have to say I agree with the non-sterilising thing. It makes sense. Some of George's cuddly toys have been sucked a lot and probably have sneaky bits of sick on them so are just fantastic breeding grounds for bacteria...and I don't sterilise them. In fact, I'm afraid to say I only wash them when they start to smell. Thanks for the opinions. I'll have a think.

6 months, agree with the "everything goes in their mouth now" logic.
both my kids have been perfectly healthy.

Whe he started chewing the wheels of his pushchair, and the cat.

Still sterilise now at nearly 11 mths although it's not necessary - I personally do it to counteract duff washing up!!

Yesterday! At just under 7 months. Great feeling clearing the kitchen worktop of all that gubbins

I sterilise bottles still (ds is 27 weeks .. or it might be 28 actually - 6 months, anyway). But nothing else. I can't sterilise the TV remote control therefore everything else that goes into his mouth is up for grabs really! I just worry about the bacteria growing on the milk. Feeding things get put in the dishwasher but the remote control just gets a wipe with a muslin now and then!

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I stopped the day that ds1 ate a dead spider off the floor at my dad's house. He was about 7 months.

LOL at dead spider!

I forgot, you asked about what to do with the bottles. I let mine dry out completely on rack then put in fridge but then I only do one a day so not having to take up too much fridge space.

Yuck at the dead spider.