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Just curious as to how everyone sterilises their bottles

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Chocoholism · 08/05/2014 22:12

As per guidelines we make up a bottle when needed, we have a prep machine so it's easy peasy but I'm wondering if people sterilise every time they open the steriliser?
My one keeps bottles etc sterile for 12 hours as long as not opened so I presume that once opened to take bottle out then I need to re sterilise so that means sterilising 6 times a day?
That's what I have been doing so I just wonder what others do

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ilovepowerhoop · 08/05/2014 22:16

once they are sterilised take them out and assemble them and they are ok for up to 24 hours. No need to keep resterilising everything

PeaceLillyDoge · 08/05/2014 22:17

I sterilise then keep bottles in the fridge. Read it was ok in a book somewhere, commando dad I think. Temp is carefully monitored. Never had a problem with it.

nannynick · 08/05/2014 22:24

Milton liquid is great. Been used for sterilising for years... you mum probably used it! Sterile in 15 minutes and only needs cold water - so can be done on a camp site (handy for anyone planning on going campling this summer with a baby).

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WeeClype · 08/05/2014 22:29

I used to sterilise the bottles, wait until they cooled down then stick them in the cupboard.......fast forward to DC4 and I only sterilised for the 1st month, DD's bottles just get washed with hot soapy water and rinsed.

Stripytop · 08/05/2014 22:33

Milton till weaned then just used to put them in the dishwasher.

Stripytop · 08/05/2014 22:36

I also used to make up the next 24 hrs worth of bottles before I went to bed and leave them in the fridge.

Kind of miss those days but not the sleep deprivation

HugoTheHippo · 08/05/2014 22:42

I use a microwave steam steriliser. Once done I assemble all the bottles and keep the spares sealed in the steriliser container for up to 24 hours. No idea if I'm following guidelines or not, but have been doing it this way for months and it doesn't seem to have caused any problems.

Cariad007 · 08/05/2014 22:52

Eek, so you can't sterilise, put them away in a box for a few days and then use them? Oops...

ggirl · 08/05/2014 22:54

washed mine in dishwasher

CookieTramp · 09/05/2014 05:33

I sterilised for a month only and that consisted of boiling for 5 minutes. now ds2 is 5mo I do the same only once a week and wash in hot soapy water in between.

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Chocoholism · 09/05/2014 08:24

I have no idea what's right as there seems to be no clear guidance! I know I'm OTT but I just kept doin in that way

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HumptyDumptyBumpty · 14/05/2014 21:10

You're kidding? Re sterilise every time you open to get a bottle out? I presume your baby does not have an immune system disorder?

Assuming the answer to the last is no, you are exposing the (untouched) bottles to... air. Which they breathe. All day. What is it in the air you think will cause the problem?!

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Chocoholism · 14/05/2014 22:27

Thank you for your sarcasm humpty don't know if you know what it feels like to have not many people to ask these silly questions too but i asked on mumsnet so I can find out the norm. I do have common sense believe it or not but with no clear guidance on it I wasn't sure so thought better safe. Just to add that wet environments are breeding grounds for bacteria, and that was my concern (albeit a small risk/concern) not the air

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LittleBearPad · 14/05/2014 22:32

Sterilise in microwave, make bottles, stick in the cupboard.

Was stressed about it at first too though.

mineofuselessinformation · 14/05/2014 22:40

OP, my eldest is now in their late teens, but I can still remember having a complete meltdown accompanied by wails and crying when my DH managed to snap the tongs I used to put the teats in the top ring of the bottle!
Don't worry, you'll sort it out.

SoonToBeSix · 14/05/2014 22:42

Sterilise them in bottles then use them whenever , bottles don't actually need to be sterile , very clean is good enough.

CuriosityCola · 14/05/2014 22:54

Bottles do need to be sterile if feeding formula (not just for the first six months). Most dishwashers do a high temp cycle, which is what a lot of my friends use. Expressed milk bottles don't need sterilised at all.

I use Milton as it sits easily beside my bottle machine and I can just pull them out when needed.

CuriosityCola · 14/05/2014 22:56

Btw, with my first dc I had a microwave steriliser and would put it back on every time I opened it. It never occurred to me to just make the bottles up

thegambler · 14/05/2014 22:58

Used a proper bottle steamer with eldest, then when No.2 came along we used it at first then just stuck them in the dishwasher (bottles, not kids.......they went in the washing machine!).

Anyone do everything by the book with first kid, then cut loads of corners with latter bratters ?

TheScience · 14/05/2014 22:59

Honestly, I don't really bother sterilising. It's very important that the formula is sterile or made up correctly, and very important that bottles are cleaned thoroughly in hot soapy water - but not that bothered about sterilising the actual bottles.

ILoveGlyfada · 14/05/2014 23:05

LittleBearPad do you mean you just put the made up bottles in the cupboard, not in the fridge?

LittleBearPad · 14/05/2014 23:08

When I say made up, they were empty bottles, that we put in the cupboard.

We used ready to feed formula so when we needed a bottle took one from cupboard, poured formula in from larger rtf bottle in the fridge and we were good to go.

ILoveGlyfada · 14/05/2014 23:10

Oh okay :-)

Smitten1981 · 14/05/2014 23:11

Wash them, rinse them, microwave sterilise them, assemble bottles, use the Perfect Prep - bingo!

GeordieMama · 14/05/2014 23:34

We sterilise with a microwave steriliser then keep the empty bottle in the fridge until we need it. Neither of us are sure why we started this (something to do with me thinking that bacteria are less likely to breed in there) but are now scared to stop doing it.
PFB in case you hadn't guessed

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