Cleaning bottles on a flight

[Peanut91]

I am taking my 7 month old to South Africa next month and the flight is 12 hours.

I may be being dim but how do I go about cleaning the bottles whilst on the flight? I no longer sterlise just waah with warm soapy water but how can I do this?

I dont have enough bottles to get me door to door. Is the only answer to buy more bottles? I dont reallt want to do this if I can help it.

TIA

Current guidelines are you should be sterilising bottles up until the child is 12 months old.

How many bottles do you have?

@moleeye I am aware of the current guidlines. My question is regarding how to go about cleaning the bottles on a long flight.

I have 6 bottles. Door to door the journey is 24hrs without accounting for delays

How about those ready made cartons with a teat on the top, would they work? Not sure if aimed at older babies but would get round the bottle washing.

You used to be able to buy disposable pre sterilised bottles

Hi OP, i asked for a cup of boiling water on the flight, then took it to the bathroom, rinse out with tap water first to wash away milk residue then put some boiling in the bottle, swilled it round, poured some into and on top of the teat. Best i could do, baby was totally fine

Should have said, she was 10m then

Buy a chillipeeps reusable teat and enough ready made bottles to last the journey. And just rinse the teat out after use. I used to always keep this in my changing bag in case I ever needed it.

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately he wont drink from the predmade bottles and teats.

@Needsleepzzz that sounds like a good idea and will just tide me over for a couple of feeds until I can wash them properly

I did similar to Needsleep. Best I could do in the circumstances. If you get a chance in a cafe/restaurant they might let you wash a couple?

If it's any consolation, I live in Europe not the UK, our guidance is thorough washing in hot soapy water rather than sterilising past six months.

Plane toilets are gross.
I bought extra bottles and pre-sterilised them all, did 16 hours door-to-door with 8 bottles just in case (needed 6).

I traveled Vancouver to Sydney (16.5 hours) with my DS. How big are the bottles? We managed just fine with six 8oz bottles.

I've washed bottles in random sinks with just bottled water. If you can get boiling water as well from the staff, just pour that over them after as well if possible. But wash them with bottled water, not the plane sink tap water.

The guidelines where I live are also sterilize until six months, hot soapy water after that. I've taken DS to rural Africa among other places with zero bad things happening to him, I just use common sense to wash them.

Worked well, once rinsed with boiling water i put in a zip lock bag in the changing bag, that way they don't need setting down anywhere in the toilets :-)

Can you borrow a couple of bottles off a friend and just buy new teats?

Peanut, the price of a few bottles will give you peace of mind.

I would used bottled water to rinse straight after the feed and use again for the next feed.

Remember it's not just about cost, it's about having the space to carry them along with all the other baby stuff! Hope you have a good trip.

When we've had to do sterilizing on the go we just used cold water sterilizing tablets and massive sandwich bags. Ikea do huge ones that fit 4 bottles in plus all the water. Sterile within 10 minutes I believe.

I'd have to buy more bottles.

I did Australia with 5 month old almost 18 years ago and used disposable pre strike bottles and cartons of formula, he didn’t feed loads and wasn’t weaned on solids then either so you can take some pouches etc too? Finger foods etc. Obs also pre made bottles with teats but if I managed 18 years ago there will be much better options now, enjoy your trip 😊😊

Thanks guys, your replies has been really helpful.

I agree with PP that it is the space that is more of a problem than the cost of buying more bottles.

I cant wait for the holiday. I am taking my LO to visit his great grandfather for the first time