Sterilising question

[LovelyMonster]

Does anyone know at what age can you stop sterilising bottles? 3 months or 6 months?

Thanks!

I think 6 months is the recommended age but it's been 3 years since I bottle fed it may have changed

The official guideline is still 1 year for bottles and teats although there is a big thread on here about not sterlising at all.

I stopped sterilising when DS was crawling, around 6 monthish - he was licking the dog by that point so there didn't seem much reason to continue.

With DS2 I have tried not sterilising but it freaked me out, have been too well brainwashed culturally so I am sterilising my expressing stuff will do that until he starts crawling as well probably.

It depends what's going in the bottle. If any formula milk is going in there, then they need to be sterile however old the baby is.

If only breastmilk is going in then the anitbodies present reduce the risk of contamination considerably and sterilising is less important.

Thanks, Hes having expressed breastmilk.

LOL -Yes dog licking not exactly sterile!! hehehe

I never sterilised anything . Not even for premature baby (once he was at home).

Currently not sterilising for DS4 as I do not fancy boiling my nipple .

V hot wash in Fairy liquid with bottle brush reserved for baby bottles and rinsed in near boiling water is what I do for bottle of EBM.