When to stop sterilising?

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dancer77 · 11/12/2004 23:58

Just wondered what age it's recommended to stop sterilising things?

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blossomgoodwill · 11/12/2004 23:59

I stopped at 12 months with ds (1st baby) but admit I stopped about 9 months with dd as I worried less about germs then
The recommended age is 12 months I believe!

feastofstevenmom · 11/12/2004 23:59

6 months for everything but milk bottles. milk bottles it's 12 months.

xmashampermunker · 12/12/2004 00:00

I think it's a year - DS is eight months and I still sterilise the breast pump (but I take it to work with me and would rather it had been sterilised before I use it there as I leave it in the fridge and use it again without sterilising in between). We also sterilise bottles as I think it's nicer to sterilise the teats at least and may as well do the whole lot.

I've never sterilised spoons or bowls or cups though (unless the cups have milk in them - I'm peculiar where milk's concerned ).

mishiclaus · 12/12/2004 00:01

it is around 132mths or whenever u change ovwer to cows milk...i stopped with ds at around 11,ths...

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dancer77 · 12/12/2004 00:20

Thanks, I thought it would be around a year. I've stopped sterilising everything apart from bottles but wasn't sure when to stop them. Now he's crawling around everywhere it seemed like the right sort of time. He'll be a year in a couple of weeks.

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xmashampermunker · 12/12/2004 00:22

Happy Birthday BabyDancer for a couple of weeks' time - a Christmas baby!

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dancer77 · 12/12/2004 00:27

Thankyou - he was supposed to be a proper christmas baby the 25th, but he spared me christmas day in pain!

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