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Ditta

Right, due to being very delayed with his feeding and having oral aversions, Teddy is still largely bottle fed. He has special high nutriend/calorie formula, and a small amount of baby food, and he has his milk from a bottle, because he can't use a cup yet.
Up to now, I've been sterilising his bottles, even though we're not a germaphobic house at all (biting cats' tails, being licked by dog, sticking fingers in all sorts of stuff are a daily routine!) because I recall reading somewhere about the bacteria that can grow in any tiny residue of milk being very nasty.
Now my steriliser broke, and I don't really want to fork out the £££ for a new one if it's not needed... Do I need to keep sterilising his bottles at 2,5 years, given that he doesn't have any medical issues (just developemental ones?)

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Adens mummy · Posted: April 01 2012, 11:12 AM Post subject:

No I wouldn't, though I would pour boiled water in them and rice every other wash.

Oxy · Posted: April 01 2012, 11:34 AM Post subject:

I wouldn't buy a sterilizer, in fact never had one. Just boil them few times a week and wash them with hot water. True about the bacteria. And if he uses plastic bottles, i would change them frequently.....

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Ditta · Posted: April 01 2012, 11:55 AM Post subject:

LOL the bottles get changed very frequently, the little so-and-so bites through the teats! I hope feeding takes off soon as there seems to be some improvement with his willingness to eat recently; I'm getting really tired of replacing his bottles every month!

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lespring · Posted: April 01 2012, 12:09 PM Post subject:

People still sterilize bottles????? Really???? I never did!

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Oxy · Posted: April 01 2012, 12:57 PM Post subject:

yep we do

i still boil andrew'cups once a week or so...

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lespring · Posted: April 01 2012, 1:41 PM Post subject:

Do you have a dishwasher? The temperature of a dishwasher is plenty sufficient to kill any bacteria. I'm all for not making more work for myself. Especially considering what kids put in their mouths constantly anyway. I wash their hands with soapy water and rinse well but don't sterilize them. Wink

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burnsun · Posted: April 01 2012, 1:51 PM Post subject:

I am laughing.... I am with Leah here..... never sterlized..... never will..... used our dishwasher...... if that....... none of nine dead..... none sick..... frome that anyways.....

I would not!

If you feel the need..... boil them ..... but I have some nay things I would do like hug the kid or laundry or go have fun..... sterilzing just not in my life plan at all!

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seansmom · Posted: April 01 2012, 2:13 PM Post subject:

I thought the guidelines were only to sterilize until they are 3 months old. At that point their immunity kicks in enough to fight anything off.

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Gracies mom · Posted: April 01 2012, 2:36 PM Post subject:

I was told to sterilise untill 12 months old but Grace is still having lots of bottles due to feeding issues and I do still sterilise her bottles once aday, but only because im in the habit. If my steriliser broke I wouldn't bother.

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Jennasmom · Posted: April 01 2012, 4:30 PM Post subject:

I still boil Ava's bottles (glass) in a pot on the stove, no dishwasher Sad

. Hoping to get her onto a sippy cup in the next few months and will most likely stop then.

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LinMac · Posted: April 01 2012, 4:44 PM Post subject:

I used a steam steralizer with my daughter but used the Milton tables/ liquid in a large water bowl when Robert came along.
Found the Milton easier.
Only had to make it up in the morning and the wash each bottle in warm soapy water as I used it, and then leave it to steralize it in the Milton.

I only did that for the first year till I put Robert on regular cows milk.

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Kasey · Posted: April 01 2012, 5:35 PM Post subject:

Not sure if I sterilized up to the 3 month mark!

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beckysmum · Posted: April 02 2012, 9:26 AM Post subject:

I stopped sterilizing all my kids bottles at 6 months , just hand wash with fairy liquid and sponge like every other dish Very Happy

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TheBradyBunch · Posted: April 02 2012, 10:01 AM Post subject:

I never have bought a sterilizer, and never will. A pot of boiling water for 2 mins does the trick, and, it's free!

Anyway, by 2.5, I don't sterilie any of the bottles. I just run them in the dishwasher. Between the amount of time they spend in blazing hot water, and the plate warmer when the cycles is finished, nothing can survive that.

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Nicola · Posted: April 02 2012, 10:43 PM Post subject:

No sterilizing needed. I never did!

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Ditta · Posted: April 03 2012, 4:59 AM Post subject:

Seems to be a consensus then... Confirmed what I suspected too Smile

Thanks everyone!

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