https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:12:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-473095 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:06:24 +0000 BananaPancakes 473095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only boiled them the first time out of the package. My ped never told me any differently and I've only hand washed or top-rack washed since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-473044 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:17:05 +0000 Mrs. Bee 473044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i sterilized the first month, but even that isn't necessary. i wasn't going to with olive at all, but then i did for the first month since she was a preemie.</p> <p>i hand wash bottles with water and dish soap and that's it! i do boil the bottles before first use per the bottle's directions. and you're supposed to boil the nipples once in a while, but i never do that anymore. you just care less and less about those things as your kids get older or you have two kids. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-473034 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:13:13 +0000 sotomorrow 473034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Us too! I read somewhere that "Boobs aren't sterile so bottles don't need to be either." I am all for as few steps as possible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-473025 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:01:09 +0000 matador84 473025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just put everything on the top rack of dishwasher and wash! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-473006 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:46:39 +0000 loveisstrange 473006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only sterilized once right when they came out of the package. I think ive done it like 2 other times in 8 months. I soak/wash in hot soapy water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472947 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:20:39 +0000 MrsBeachyBaby 472947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a bottle brush and hot water to clean after each use along with the nipples. I sterilize a couple times a week in the Medela microwave bags. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472946 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:20:28 +0000 mrs. bird 472946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow!!!! That's intense! I've had 3 pedis tell me that unless they're preemies, you don't have to keep sterilizing (unless it makes you feel better, in which case, all the power to you!). My fav way is to rinse them out right after feeding, have a basin you use just for bottles and keep soapy water in it, pop bottle and pieces apart into soapy basin, when you have a moment or at the end of the day wash them with the bottle brush and put on drying rack, reassemble all the bottles in the morning when they've dried. Put through the dishwasher on 'sterilize' once every week or so. The bottle brush is where I'd wanna clean often, you can throw it in the dishwasher when you run it to try to keep it clean. Avent makes my fav brush. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472912 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:45:21 +0000 Kemma 472912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the age of baby, from what I've read you can stop sterilising once you hit two months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472831 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:12:15 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 472831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay! I can handle that! Thanks, ladies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472830 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:10:21 +0000 Bao 472830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't sterilize every time! Just wash with hot soapy water :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472829 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:09:31 +0000 MamaMoose 472829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree there is no need to sterilize daily! We sterilize 1-2 times per week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472820 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:56:56 +0000 eeh 472820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh geez, no! I don't think ther's any need to sterilize bottles after every. Nancy Holtzman from Isis Parenting (seriously check out her free webinars!!!) says you don't have to. I only wash with hot soapy water and sterilize maybe once a week. Don't make too much work form yourself or you will burn out faster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bottle-washing-procedure#post-472812 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:43:16 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 472812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So this is my bottle cleaning procedure: wash bottles in hot soapy water, rinse and then put in microwave sterilizer. I run the sterilizer through the microwave and then crack the lid so it's covering the bottles but not on tightly. Some bottles sit for 24 hours in the sterilizer. Is that okay? Do I need to rewash or resterlize the bottles right before I use them? </p>