https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 05:01:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1131345 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:31:11 +0000 Grace 1131345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Oh that sucks. Hopefully not a fungus?</p> <p>@joyjoy: You found it fun??? Wha?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1130904 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:12:12 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1130904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow hellobee community has lots of biologists!! :) thanks for giving me your professional advice, and thanks to all the other mamas too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129469 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:09:36 +0000 MapleMoose 1129469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clean, disinfect, and sterilize.<br /> Clean with soap and scrubbing to remove surface matter. Disinfect with bleach, or vinegar if you want a greener option. Sterilize with steam and heat (boiling water or sanitize setting in your dishwasher). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129380 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:45:00 +0000 looch 1129380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not a scientist, so I probably shouldn't chime in, but I find plastic retains smells and I wouldn't be comfortable unless I was able to do a bleach rinse, so I would buy new bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129372 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:41:52 +0000 joyjoy 1129372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Molecular biologist here, but isn't this more Microbiology? :wink: </p> <p>I'd be good with a nice, hot soapy wash and a boil and/or steam sterilization. </p> <p>@Blustriped Bee: I kinda liked finding contamination in my cell culture bottles the one time it happened. It set back the project, but I thought it was fun to identify what the weird stuff was! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129363 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:37:51 +0000 sarac 1129363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: Yes, you have my blessing as a Person With A Degree In Molecular Biology. For what that's worth!</p> <p>Now, if you have any burning questions about gene expression in the zea mays genome, I can really help you out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129327 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:28:51 +0000 Mrsbells 1129327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would put them in a pot of boiling water after washing and that should be fine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129324 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:27:20 +0000 katsupgirl 1129324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I'm with you. I'd toss em cause I'm paranoid lazy and love buying stuff! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129317 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:23:54 +0000 chopsuey 1129317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: I'm sure a scrub and boil would be fine, but I'd probably toss them. I'm queen of throwing things away though. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129313 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:22:40 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1129313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you so much everyone! I'll stub with antibacterial soap and boil for 20 minutes.</p> <p>@sarac: LOL!!! So I take it I have your blessing on scrubbing/boiling? I'll try and think of a "real" molecular biology question for you ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129285 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:17:02 +0000 Pepper 1129285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Lol!</p> <p>Ditto on the scrub and boil. They'll be fine, no worries! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129284 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:16:48 +0000 BSB 1129284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good scrub with some antibacterial soap and sterilize in boiling water for 15 minutes would be good in my biologist's notebook. Since I'm fairly a big germaphobe, I would probably repeat that process 2 to 3 times. Just to be sure.</p> <p>Funny story for biologists out there! Work related. Just found out last night that I have contamination in my media bottles for cell culture. Fun! :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129281 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:16:17 +0000 Adira 1129281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: hahaha</p> <p>I agree with the others - good scrub and boil and you'll be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129274 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:13:49 +0000 sarac 1129274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Shoot - here I thought that finally, just finally, my degree in molecular biology was going to come in handy in my day to day life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129160 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:50:24 +0000 LuLu Mom 1129160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>boiling water...and new nipples if they are gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129157 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:49:57 +0000 JoJoGirl 1129157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Boiling will kill everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129150 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:48:51 +0000 swurlygurl 1129150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ditto the boiling water recommendation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129056 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:24:39 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1129056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would give them a good scrub and then drop in a pot of boiling water for about 20 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129054 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:23:14 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1129054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good scrub and sterilization would be good for me as a mama, not a cell and molecular biologist ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-question-any-molecular-biologists-out-there#post-1129051 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:22:05 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1129051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OK maybe I'm being slightly dramatic with my call for biologists, but I'm a very anxious mama in general.</p> <p>So I breastfeed on demand, and it's rare that I pump. (I hate it!)<br /> Three weeks ago (maybe even a month?) I pumped three bottles to take to my in-laws. There was a barbeque and I didn't want to worry about nursing in front of so many people.<br /> Cut to today: I was going to pump some bottles for tomorrow and was wondering where two of them went. They were still in the mini bottle cooler I'd taken to the in-laws! There was a little bit of milk in each and smelled really sour (obviously). There was a little bit of mold in the cap too.<br /> I'm inclined to just toss the two bottles and buy a new set off amazon. Is that too extreme? I"m so paranoid that mold microbes (lol i'm making that term up) will stay even after a good scrub and sterilization. Is that possible? I realize I'm super paranoid here but I admit that I really AM overly anxious with everything regarding her safety! </p>