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When to stop sterilising?

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monkeytrousers · 19/08/2005 20:03

DS is 10 months and hv says to keep it up till over a year but don't they have to build up some resistance to germs?

And when is it okay to give water straight from the tap?

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Nbg · 19/08/2005 20:05

I stopped sterilising about a week before dd's 1st birthday. I was so sick of seeing the steriliser!

Tap water, I think I gave that around 7 months.

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JulieF · 19/08/2005 20:24

Formula milk breeds bacteria very easily whereas breastmilk has natural anti-bacterial properties. For that reason you should sterilise until 12 months.

Water you can stop sterilising/boiling at 6 months.

motherinferior · 19/08/2005 20:26

When you just can't face it any more.

I'd bet the farm that people stop earlier with second babies.

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monkeytrousers · 19/08/2005 20:26

What about giving DS a cup of milk in his cot though the night? Is that bad form?

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monkeytrousers · 19/08/2005 20:27

I want to start using my steriliser as a veggie steamer

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motherinferior · 19/08/2005 20:28

Yep, think so, rots their teeth, and doesn't help Independent Sleep, all that sort of thing.

Sorry. Try watering it down progressively?

fruitful · 19/08/2005 20:30

Some interesting threads -

no need to sterilise

tap water

The NHS book (Birth to Five) says you can stop sterilising and boiling tap water at 6 months.

fruitful · 19/08/2005 20:32

You stop giving them milk during the night at the point when constantly getting up to get the milk seems worse than enduring the tantrums while they get used to not being given milk...

serah · 19/08/2005 21:01

Wotcha Orangy-pants

DS is 8 months and I no longer boil the water - doesn't seem to hurt him one bit, but I also have positively encouraged him to roll around in the grass and muck purely to build up resistance to germs.

Read this on sterlisation - something I had realised, but actually reading it here gave me the confidence to get rid of my steriliser - its soooooo liberating not having to jump through quite so many hoops anymore!!

RTKangaMummy's inspirational thread

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Gobbledigook · 19/08/2005 21:04

I've pretty much always given water straight from tap.

Gave up sterilising a couple of months ago (ds3 is 11.5 months now). He's also on cows milk now too.

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monkeytrousers · 20/08/2005 10:19

Wow, thanks guys. I'm going to make lunch with the steriliser today!

Serah - great thread. Gonna make dp read it now!

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