when to stop steralizing!!!!

[expressmummy]

my ds is now 6 months i have 2 older ds but they are 6 and 9
the propblem i have is that i cant remember when you stop steralizing the babies bottles

thick i know but its been a while

if you go by the proper guidelines it is 1 year for bottles and teats:

From Babycentre:

How long should I continue sterilising?

It is certainly necessary to sterilise bottle-feeding equipment for at least your child's first year. Although you may think sterilising is rather pointless when your baby is putting all sorts in his mouth, an infant's immune system is still immature and susceptible to infection between the ages of six and twelve months and the bugs that stick to milk curds in partially-cleansed bottles can be particularly nasty. By the time your baby is one year old she has started to produce her own antibodies and is more resistant to harmful germs. However, it's a good idea to carry on sterilising bottles, dummies and teats until your child stops using them.

I stopped sterilising bottles and teats, when I caught my little one at 6 months licking the bottom of a shoe and the floor. I did how ever wash them in the dishwasher and rinsed in hot water after.

I haven't sterilised at all with DD2 after reading loads of debate about it on here! She is bf but has had bottles and cups of EBM.
If you have a dishwasher you can def stop now but I don't see the point when they are weaned and crawling about anyway.
The most important thing is to hot wash things and then let then air dry.

I sterilised bottles and teats until 1 yr and feeding equipment (spoons etc) until 6 mo with dd1. Dd2 was bfed and didn't go onto solids until past 6 mo so didn't use the steriliser at all for her! Now bottlefeeding ds so the b*y thing is on all the time!

don't sterilise any more and haven't since dd2 was just over 8 months (she's 10m now). we wash her food bowls/spoons in the dishwasher and bottles/teats in hot soapy water and leave on paper towels to dry.

thank you for all your advice joe is putting everything in his mouth bless him ill do it for a little while longer and then do the dish washer

thank you

EXPRESSMUMMY read this thread and then make your own mind up