Sterlising

[troublesmummy]

Just a quick question please. Just wondered how long you have to sterilise bottles for.

Cheers

I mean in terms of how old the baby is, not for 10 minutes say

I did it up to about a year

I thought about that, but my friend was told at 8 months to stop by her hv. Just wondered if there was a 'recommended' time

Thanks though. Think i'll just stick with a year at the mo

Some say you don't need to; I think the official NHS line is 6 months.

I would say about six months. My dd had stopped using bottles though by about 10/11 months.

Ooh hope so. The real reason why i'm asking is because my friend is pregnant, and ds will be 9 months by the time she has it, and i was going to offer her my steriliser to borrow.

Think it should be ok by then. After all, he'll be putting all sorts in his mouth by the then, i suppose sterilising bottles would be a bit silly

exactky.... once they start putting all the stuff in their mouths sterilising is poinless anyway!

yuo officialy can stop sterilising from 6 months, but i know of lots of healthy babies where parenstr have stopped sterilising at 3 or 4 months! they are still alive etc!

we did it until about 7 months. at that time he was on the floor and putting things in his mouth anyway.....

do you have a dishwasher, cos you can just sling things in there.

i sterilised until a year, though in a more slapdash way from 6 months

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I'v read a flyer the hv gave me saying should do it for 12mths. Seems a bit much to me.My dd is 6 mths & I will prob continue til shes about 9 mths old. My friend said she did it til her ds was 18MTHS!

I stopped at 6 months. I didn't see the point when I found DS licking the cat\kitchen floor.

Also, it's best not to put them in a dishwasher, as it won't remove all the milk particles. It's best to wash them in hot soapy water and rinse the throughtly, and then leave them to air dry

old sterilising thread

Reccommended time is now a year for bottles etc.. and 6mnths for bowls, spoons etc. I think

UCH hospital advise parents of babies who are going home from neonatal intensive care, that there is no need to sterilise at all. Just wash very well in hot soapy water and air dry. Microbiologists agree. There's a thread by RTKangaMummy somewhere with a link.

They don't bother sterilising in America, either.

Still don't think that is current advice / guidelines from uch tbh... have you heard this recently ?

(I'm aware they don't sterilise in the US)

As per the old sterilising thread mentioned earlier here. I haven't sterlised at all!!

DD is now 6 weeks old.

Just re-read thread, it is clear that that consultant doesn't think it's needed.

Here is the thread

RTKangaMummy has posted the email she got from UCH (in Sept 05 I think)

yep... just read...

If this is what the experts think I don't understand the rationale behind the current NHS guidelines...

H2D - I know you've just read it, I was posting the link for everyone else .

There is a rationale behind NHS guidelines?

pmsl...

Sorry, all clear now... I thought the link further down was sufficient, see ? See ???

You mean it's the steriliser manufacturers who've given a minister a free sample or sommit ?