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Latest post on 22 June 2013 - 14:06

I sterilized for the first 12 months and bought a compact steam sterilizer from Pigeon brand which holds up to 2 wide neck bottles and hardly takes space in the suitcase. Alternatively, have a look at this travel sterilizer: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Babytec-2200-Compact-Travel-Steriliser/dp/B004IYIHQ8

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Latest post on 20 June 2013 - 18:01

It's true that a baby's environment is not sterile, fir that reason I would never bother sterilising anything other than bottles. Bottles however I would always sterilise for the first year. When you sterilise a bottle you are not trying to kill the germs from your hands or the floor, those are the same germs your baby lives with every day, all their toys are covered in etc. Milk residue in teats however can be a breeding ground for bacteria that can, in rare cases, make your baby extremely sick, it's a bit like why you avoid honey in under ones. You could give it, and odds are your baby wouldn't get sick, but if they were it could be life threatening. Why take a risk? TDB, when I have used the Milton tablets I do wash or run the bottles through the dishwasher afterwards, I know it says not to, but again, the bottles/ teats don't actually need to be sterile, you just need to kill any bacteria from the milk so once you have done that with the tablets I see no harm in rinsing them, I know chlorine breaks down really fast but I'm not keen on my baby ingesting any residue. Other easy options are just boiling in a pot on the stove ( I think it's for 6 minutes but check via google) or taking a small microwave steriliser with you, they're not heavy. You are absolutely right... My understanding though was that a really good wash is sufficient. It probably is, its just that its hard to wash teats really well, I reckon you could just give bottles a good wash and only sterilise the teats (which also need a good wash first obviously). The longer a bottle/teat has been sitting around before washing the more inclined to sterilise I would be.

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Latest post on 20 June 2013 - 15:26

It's true that a baby's environment is not sterile, fir that reason I would never bother sterilising anything other than bottles. Bottles however I would always sterilise for the first year. When you sterilise a bottle you are not trying to kill the germs from your hands or the floor, those are the same germs your baby lives with every day, all their toys are covered in etc. Milk residue in teats however can be a breeding ground for bacteria that can, in rare cases, make your baby extremely sick, it's a bit like why you avoid honey in under ones. You could give it, and odds are your baby wouldn't get sick, but if they were it could be life threatening. Why take a risk? TDB, when I have used the Milton tablets I do wash or run the bottles through the dishwasher afterwards, I know it says not to, but again, the bottles/ teats don't actually need to be sterile, you just need to kill any bacteria from the milk so once you have done that with the tablets I see no harm in rinsing them, I know chlorine breaks down really fast but I'm not keen on my baby ingesting any residue. Other easy options are just boiling in a pot on the stove ( I think it's for 6 minutes but check via google) or taking a small microwave steriliser with you, they're not heavy. You are absolutely right... My understanding though was that a really good wash is sufficient.

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Latest post on 20 June 2013 - 08:12

It's true that a baby's environment is not sterile, for that reason I would never bother sterilising anything other than bottles. Bottles however I would always sterilise for the first year. When you sterilise a bottle you are not trying to kill the germs from your hands or the floor, those are the same germs your baby lives with every day, all their toys are covered in etc. Milk residue in teats however can be a breeding ground for bacteria that can, in rare cases, make your baby extremely sick, it's a bit like why you avoid honey in under ones. You could give it, and odds are your baby wouldn't get sick, but if they were it could be life threatening. Why take a risk? TDB, when I have used the Milton tablets I do wash or run the bottles through the dishwasher afterwards, I know it says not to, but again, the bottles/ teats don't actually need to be sterile, you just need to kill any bacteria from the milk so once you have done that with the tablets I see no harm in rinsing them, I know chlorine breaks down really fast but I'm not keen on my baby ingesting any residue. Other easy options are just boiling in a pot on the stove ( I think it's for 6 minutes but check via google) or taking a small microwave steriliser with you, they're not heavy. <em>edited by kiwispiers on 20/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 21:01

I also never boiled water for bottles or heated them up I mix them when they need them at room temp. Even as a new born.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 20:58

I know a lot of y'all will think I'm crazy but you actually don't need to sterilize ever... When I was pregnant with my first son I bought a nice fancy sterilizer I was also given a book ( which I loved) called baby 411 it was basically everything you need to know about babies with short answers easy to look up things and funny responses to go along with the real answers. It was written by parents and a renowned pediatrician... Basically it said that you don't need to sterilize bottles because babies environments aren't sterile... So I took my sterilizer back and have had two perfectly healthy kids with nothing ever sterilized. When I travel which I have done a lot with them I use the disposable playtex bottles and drop ins it is so easy and you don't have to travel and clean a bunch of bottles I just take two and clean the nipples.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 19:21

I've heard that putting bottles and pacifiers in the dishwasher sterilizes them. I only sterilized my DD's bottles before she was born and then I never did it again. My son is one and I often boil his pacifiers in the tea kettle to give them a good sterilization. <em>edited by AnonDubai on 19/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 18:29

I stopped sterilising when they start picking stuff up from floor and put their fingers in their mouth! Between those 2 my bottle washing is efficient :-) at six months should be okay to just rinse it with boiling water....

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 18:26

On the plane I just use pre sterilised bottles and ready made infant formula. Whilst away from home I have used sterilisation tablets and once whilst i was staying in a hotel i washed bottles in the bathroom sink and then sterilised by opening up the lid of the kettle in the room, filling it with water along with the bottle and then switching on to boil. I have even sterilised bottles over a camp fire in a pot whilst camping, the things us parents have to do :)

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 17:05

Really....I thought you were supposed to sterlize bottles for the first year. I meant sterlizing while on holiday. At home, I use the microwave sterlilizer. A friend in US had mentioned that you get these bags, medela brand (look a lot like ziplocks); you pretty much put your bottles in those and sterlize in the microwave. Of course, I havent come across such bags in UAE.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 17:05

Really....I thought you were supposed to sterlize bottles for the first year. I meant sterlizing while on holiday. At home, I use the microwave sterlilizer. A friend in US had mentioned that you get these bags, medela brand (look a lot like ziplocks); you pretty much put your bottles in those and sterlize in the microwave. Of course, I havent come across such bags in UAE.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 15:41

I thought it was 12 months? In the uk I was always told 12 months.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 15:36

As per my understanding, you only need to sterilize for the first 3 months. After that, it's not needed.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 15:35

Do you mean whilst flying? Or whilst you're actually on holiday? For flying I just carried 3 or 4 sterilised bottles with me to use and used cartons of formula. Whilst away from home I would use sterilisation tablets or just boiling water if I didn't have my steam steriliser with me. Hope this helps.

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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 15:17

Hey ladies, I'll be traveling with my 6 month old in July-August. Among tons of other things that I need to organize, I had a question about serilization. How do you'll manage it? Thanks in advance.

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