Sterilising bottles - dishwasher?

[Essie3]

I've just bought a posh steriliser, but my Mum is convinced that a dishwasher does the job. Am I making extra work for myself?

yes you are

no-one in the US has a steriliser, they all use the dishwasher and think we are seven shades of mad.

I only used the steriliser until DS was on the floor with the dog - he was about 3 months old when the puppy first licked hs bottle - seemed a bit pointless after that and the dishwasher does make life a million times easier

I would sterilise in my dishwasher except my dishwasher is rather old and slightly manky. Perfectly fine for the rest of the family but precious DS's bottles are sterilised seperately.

I used the dishwasher to sterilse DD's bottles but that was 8 years ago and it was brand new

dd 10 m was wondering weather we stop using it

rofl at the dishwasher not being clean enough to do bottles

clean it you slattern

trace2 stop immediately and use the dishwasher instead

here is some info

I stopped sterilising after every use after about 3mths with both of mine. We don't have a dishwasher anymore (did when DS1 was a baby- just used that from 3mths instead). I do still do a batch every couple of weeks, where I'll put all the bottles etc... into sterilise, 'rejuvenate' the lot..
I do wash everything very thoroughly after each use, it just gets to a point where you wonder why on earth you bother if your baby is sucking his grubby hands, toys etc....

I never bought one of these daft contraptions that cost a fortune- just used either boiling water on the stove, or sterilising tablets dropped in x amount of water. Easy peezy.

sat and read all of other thread ive put it away dare not throw away yet

Our steriliser is firmly staying in the attic this time round and all bottles will be going in the diswhasher

Trace you have set yourself free

Enjoy the extra time playing with baby or MNetting that you used to spend sterilizing

lol tbh it was a night mare she only as 1oz to 2 every two hours

what about breast pump equipment - is that ok in the dishwasher? even the little silicone whatnots?

read the other thread about cleaning everything

here it is SET YOURSELF FREEEEEEEEE

RTKangaMummy I was so pleased to see your thread a few weeks ago when I started bottle feeding DD. I have a great system in place (no dishwasher here!) and am so glad I don't bother.

I actually saw a dog hair IN her bottle of milk tonight I am scrupulously clean when I wash and make up the bottles but I guess real life just gets in the way sometimes. And yes she did finish the bottle

The hair may have not got thru the hole of the bottle