Dry bottles

[drrashi]

Hii

Just wanted to know if you are formula feeding , do you dry bottles after washing them before sterilisation ??

What are the bottle drying racks used for if there is no need for drying?

I didn't - they got wet again in our steriliser. Once baby is 6m old you don't need to sterilise anymore and so you would use a rack to dry the bottles on before putting back in the cupboard. (Although we just dry ours with the rest of the washing up)

You must sterilise formula bottles until babies are 12months due to the bacteria that grows in formula milk.

I never dried any bottles op, far too tired for that

Tea towels are not sterile so you are not supposed to dry bottles with them . I don't think you are even supposed to rinse bottles after the steriliser . Saying that , my kids are in their mid forties now and we sterilised bottles with Milton fluid

This was one of my anxiety concerns when LO was born & we ended up bottle feeding. I asked the question on a different forum & someone said the water leftover from the steam steriliser is sterile so just assemble the bottles when its done (without drying) and unscrew the top on one when you need it

I've always left them to air dry, I wouldn't use a tea towel personally.