How to steralise bottle in hotel room

[Okdaisy]

Staying in a hotel when I go on my first night out and my partner will be feeding our baby formula for the first time. We will use the pre made formula but how on earth do you steralise a bottle in a hotel room? I have exclusively breastfed up to now so have no idea how to steralise a bottle.. am clueless and terrified of getting it wrong and making little one ill! it is a one off so don't want to buy anything we can avoid. We won't have access to a microwave. How do you do it?!

I don't know if you still can but you used to be able to get packs of disposable pre-sterilised bottles that were individually wrapped so you only opened them when needed.
We had an emergency pack and I think they came from Boots.

Tupperware to put the bottle in and a Milton tablet.

This!

Most brands do them now and they dont need to be put in the fridge or warmed up

But do try bottles for afew days before or your husband may have a nightmare

Is it a big hotel or smaller guesthouse? We bought bags from boots, you add a bit of water and the bottle / dummies, seal then microwave. The small hotel we stayed in happily popped it in the microwave for us. Alternatively we have done Miltons but it’s a bit of a faff taking tupperware box etc.

Depends how long you are out for, if it’s only going to be 3/4 feeds I would probably take a few sterilised bottles with lids and just wash when home.

Milton tabs probably easiest.

or Mam bottles. They can be sterilised in a microwave. When sealed after sterilisation, they are good for 24 hours. Buy 4 and alternate and the hotel to microwave them.

You used to able to get a disposable draw string bags that you put a Milton tablet in with water and soaked the bottles. Each would last 24 hours and could be hung up in the shower. This is what we used when travelling with babies

If it’s just one night can’t you just take enough sterilised bottles with you? Why do you need to sterilise them when you’re there?

My night out is the second night, so we can't steralise at home. Baby will take a bottle. It is a big hotel so don't think microwave is an option. Have possibly left it too late to find pre sterilised bottles. Didn't know they were a thing.. so Milton tablet and tupperware box sounds like the way to go?

Something like thishttps://www.onbuy.com/gb/p/cow-and-gate-1-first-baby-milk-formula-starter-pack-from-birth-6x70ml~p81268895/?exta=cjunct&stat=eyJpcCI6IjI2LjY2IiwiZHAiOiIwLjAwIiwibGlkIjoxNDg5MDY1NjcsInMiOjIsInQiOjE3MjQzOTM3MDMsImJtYyI6MH0%3D&source=cj&AID=13876643&CJEVENT=748dfc85618e11ef8163e7830a18b8f7&extac=4023395

Well that's not worked..

Now_?

How old is your baby? If a young baby, Miltons might be the easiest option, but if they are much closer to a year perhaps washing throroghly and filling half way with boiling hot water and a thorough shake of the bottle? We did this with an eleven month old on holiday and it was fine. To be fair I had caught her licking the sole of my shoe by that point, so I wasn't particularly worried about a well cleaned bottle rinsed out with boiling hot water.

Milton travel steriliser Kit or we
use a Nuby UV travel steriliser which is much more pricey but I love it.

@DoreenonTill8 Baby is 10 months.. I could only find the ones with teeth for up to 6 months so decided against these. Or would the stage 1 milk be OK for an older baby?

@Dodo23 oh I didn't realise you don't need to steralise after a year.. he's 10 months..

Milton is easiest and been a reliable option for decades now. I would just do that and make it easy for yourself and baby. Plus simple to just pop everything into. Also very cost effective (or at least cost effective back when my children were babies)

And yes you only need to sterilise up to 12 months from what I remember.

Stage 1 milk is fine all the way up to whenever you want to introduce cow's milk.

The stage 2 etc is a market fad as they're not allowed to offer deals/price wars with stage 1, hence the introduction of 'follow-on milk'.

Check NHS, they confirm the above.

Yes, Milton tablets and a plastic box is the easiest. We continued to use the sterilising tablets for years afterwards for water bottles when we were travelling and couldn’t easily wash them properly.

Your baby is ten months old! If there's a kettle In the room just fill it with boiling water and slosh it around it will be fine ! My health visitor told me not to bother sterilising after 6 months. She said hot water is absolutely enough.

Stage 1 baby formula is overall the better choice. As a pp said, the other is fad.

Tbh, we just brought our Steriliser with us whenever we went away. Wipe down and store bottles in the Steriliser (plus whatever you need for the baby bag) to save space. We found this to be the easiest and safest solution. Or store sterilised bottles in zip lock bags.

Oh I didn't know this. Super helpful. Thanks everyone! Think I'll try getting the pre made bottles with teeth then.

And reassuring to know it's not such an issue given his age. Thanks everyone!!

Guidance when DS was a baby was to sterilise bottles up to 6 months. He's now a strapping 18 year old!
I have sterilised bottles in a saucepan of boiling water in the past (it's what my DM used to do in the 1960s with mine and DSIS bottles).

I was coming on to say exactly the same thing. We have a collapsible washing up bowl so you can do more than one if you need to

We didn't sterilise after 6 months so a good wash in the sink with hot water should be fine.