Pregnant with 2nd. Can I use 5yr old bottles

[Cherry85]

After having DS (now 5) i packed away most of the baby stuff to use in the future. After a longer gap than expected I'm now pregnant with our 2nd.

I had always planned on getting new teets etc but would you use a bottle after 5 years?

Can't see any reason why not at all? Assume you're going to sterilise them!

Are they BPA free?

After five years I’d get new ones.

Definitely not. Get new ones. Bottles should never be re used for a different baby.

I'm sure you can but I'd get new ones.

I'm curious... why is everyone saying no? If they're thoroughly cleaned and sterilised?

Might contain BPA or the mastic might have deteriorated causing the milk to contain microplastic.

Microplastic breakdown, rough surfaces from degrading plastic allowing bacteria to build up, that sort of thing. Also any gunk or bugs left over from previous use. I just don’t see why you would re-use them for a brand new newborn baby unless there was literally no other option.

I reused ours with a 3.5 year age gap and then passed on to a family member for her newborn too! New teats obviously. Family member is a children's nurse and was happy to use them.

I would buy new ones, op x

I’ve re used ours. Didn’t think anything of it

BPA was removed from bottles about 14 years ago.

I'd buy new teets and wash obviously would use the bottles.

I reused ours with a similar age gap OP. Just got new teats.
It didn’t occur to me that there might be an issue. Tbf I’m much more concerned about plastic softeners in single use plastic drinks bottles after some of the chemicals were banned because of fertility concerns etc
I guess my point is most of these things carry some risk

If they were glass bottles of course. Plastic I'd probably get new.

I didn't know that about BPA. Still a bit that it was allowed to be put into babies bottles as recently as that though.

Thanks everyone, I cannot find anything official online however - Sodastream reccomend you replace their bottles every 4 years so will be buying new ones.