When can I stop sterilising?

[estobi1]

I am part Breast feeding part bottling my 6month old baby and I can't remember at what age you can stop sterilising. Can anyone remind me please? I have still sterilised my 3 year old's bedtime bottles up until she gave them up a couple of weeks ago and I am wondering whether I can now stop altogether - it will be like letting go of something!!! Any advice would be appreciated

Now is good! I didn't sterilise anything at six months and DD never got sick. Clean is good enough, by six months they are crawling around eating bugs anyway

Whilst I was exclusively BFing, I only ever sterilised the pots I was storing ebm in, and there is a school of thought that says sterilising at all is unnecessary. Now at 10 months and wholly bottle fed, I never sterilise anything as I wash the bottles in very hot water either allow to air dry or use immediately, and I only make bottles up as I need them. If I was pre-making them (not advised these days) I would still sterilise the bottle no matter how old the child.

however, I'm sure the HV advised 12 months.