Microwave vs cold water steriliser?

[CameronK]

Hi, looking for peoples opinions on methods of sterilising. Wee man keeps getting thrush which cleared up but is coming back. We use the microwave to sterilise his Mam bottles which are self sterilising. My partner was looking into the Milton cold water steriliser and I've done my calculations on the cost which works out cheaper. But I want to know if it makes a difference at all and if cold water sterilising is easier? She also mentioned about the Milton washing up liquid but tbh I am not sure about that as surely standard is good enough? I wash and rinse in hot soapy water throughly anyhow.

i don’t understand why anybody would want to heat up plastic in the microwave that their baby then drinks out of so for me it was cold water

I used the cold water steriliser for my dc. So easy to just throw everything in and get it out as needed.

A steam steriliser would also heat up plastic. And the plastics used for baby feeding equipment is tested to make sure that there are no side effects from heating it to steamed/microwaved temperatures.

OP, we did cold water sterilising and had a few of the microwave steam bags around for disorganised moments when we couldn't wait for the cold water stuff to be ready. Cold water sterilising is easy, I don't think it makes any difference which method you use.

Been using the milton cold water steriliser for 6 months now since little one was born. So easy, we just change the water every 24 hours and put stuff in throughout the day as needed. Especially useful for anything that's not bottles- teethers, dummies, snot suckers, weaning stuff.

Cold water steriliser gets my vote. Easy and quick to make up sterilised water for 24 hours.

We used a cold water steriliser, it was easy. Not sure it would impact the thrush though.

We did cold water and it’s so easy. It’s good for 24 hours once it’s made up, you literally just dissolve a tablet in some cold
water. Then you can leave the bottles in until you need them

Sorry but you’re doing it wrong! (I know I did the same).

You have to put things in with the tablets for it to be sterilised. They then stay sterile for 24 hours. It will not sterilise new things after the first 15 minutes because the chemicals in the tablets have gone and it’s just water. So anything new you put in is contaminating your sterile things.

That's not correct @SalviaOfficinalis

www.milton-tm.com/en/consumer/products/sterilising-unit

You dissolve the tablet then the water is good for 24 hrs, you can take things out after 15 mins.

@SalviaOfficinalis
This is from their website.
The fluid remains active for 24hrs once mixed- I know because we use it as a disinfectant spray at work and can use it for 24hrs after mixing 😊

Oh good, glad to be proved wrong, sorry if I caused any alarm!