sterilising

[MummyToToby]

i always understood you had to sterilise all feeding equipment up to the age of 6 months but bottles for as long as you were using them. however \link{
www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/babies_feeding.shtml\this website} says...

Bottle feeding:
It's important to keep all feeding equipment clean - you MUST sterilise between uses for the first six months. This is because formula-fed babies don't get the same protection from infection as breastfed babies, and milk is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.

so which is correct?

and in case anyone was wondering it is also ok to give babies filtered tap water.

btw my post about opened ready to drink formula was continuing on from the 3 hours thing - saint george got in there before i did!!

and saint george is right. you should cool them under cool running water or in a jug before putting them in the fridge. i misunderstood what i first read!

one thing i just learnt that i didn't know is that when using boiled water for baby's bottles it must be fresh water out of the tap that has been boiled once. you must not just reboil any water that is still in the kettle.

just to mention as there may be other first time mummys out there like me, that you should never put a warmed bottle back in the fridge. sorry if all this seems like common sense to you more experienced mummys!!

or milk that has been touched by your baby.