Cool boiled water and sterilising

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Hi, my DS is nearly 14 months, what age can you stop sterilising the bottles (don't have a dishwasher) and give them water straight from the tap instead of cool boiled water ?

6 months

For that water that is and stop sterilising once you stop using formula

I think it depends on where you live, but if you can drink it yourself, then there is no reason not to give that water to your child once he/she is being weaned.
I didnt sterilise anything at all for my younger two breastfed dc, even though we stopped breastfeeding completely age 8.5 months

Dd2 is 11 months I got rid of the steraliser a while ago . Do you steralise bowls and spoones aswell for him ?

Sometimes I do the spoons too, think it's all habit now tbh !! That's sorted then, steriliser is being packed away and no more cooling the water. Thank you all

A few germs makes them stronger in my opinion , thats one less job for you to do every day

If you are in the uk you can give tap water from a cup from 6 months with no need to sterilise.

Formula and bottles aren't recommended after 12 months, so if Lo is having cows milk from a cup! its fine to stop sterilising altogether as the main risk is from the formula powder.

Sorry, don't know where that exclamation mark came from. My ipad seems very keen on them

Brilliant, thank you