When to get rid of a steriliser?

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Hi all
I use a cold water steriliser. My babies are nearly 9 months old, crawling and everything. When can I get rid of the steriliser? With my son he was about 10 months when he started crawling so it was a little bit later I stopped using it?

I said crawling just because they pick up germs doing that that they otherwise wouldn't be exposed to

Thanks

I did around 10 months with first. Second was about to ditch it then corona happened so have carried on using it!!

When you stop using formula after 12 months.

Once you stop using milk in bottles. Them crawling and putting things in their mouths is irrelevant. Sterilising bottles is done because harmful bacteria can grow in the crevices and milk provides the bacteria with the perfect growing medium.

Like pp have said, when you finish using formula. It's to do with the powdered milk for me, as that is the thing which isn't sterile.

My baby has turned 1 yo and we still use the steriliser for bottles and will do until the last box if formula runs out. We don't sterilise dummies or anything else, and haven't for the last 6 months.

Thankyou everyone,

I wish I could invent pre sterilised formula, god id be minted!!!

The ready made formula is already sterilised.

When we finished the formula, it worked out for both around their 1st birthday, probably a week or so later.

Now it's gone, never to be seen ever again

We were told the hottest dishwasher setting (70) was sufficient but I didn't use bottles much, nobody in the USA has sterilising units (then)

Ahh my dishwasher does go to 70!

Ready made is fine but I can't afford that, I have twins that's are drinking 24oz each a day. No way would I be able to afford that when one little bottle is 8oz and £1.10 or so

wait what?! We were told 6 months and we are on formula?

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/sterilising-bottles/

Current NHS guidelines - not saying you have to stick to them but no HV should be telling you otherwise