https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:47:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2281750 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:00:48 +0000 MrsSRS 2281750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I found any soap works if I wash by soaking in very hot soapy water for at least ten minutes and then give a quick scrub and rinse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2281696 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:23:51 +0000 AmandaB8 2281696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Use white vinegar - it's breastmilk residue. It's totally normal. </p> <p>In the dishwasher, pour 1/2 cup or so of vinegar in the bottom before you run it - it'll prevent it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2281589 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:06:22 +0000 dagret 2281589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: is it a film or a scale? If it's a scale, you'll have it whether you boil, sanitize, or wash your bottles - because your water is hard and it's a mineral deposit. </p> <p>Our water is really hard and I get the water really hot and soak the bottles for 5-10 in in seventh generation soap, and that seems to take care of the film as long as I scrub really hard and carefully. If I boil them I get a white powdery scale on the bottles that I just wipe off with a dry cloth and let air-dry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2281426 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:17:13 +0000 78h2o 2281426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: @KatieBklyn: Thanks for the rec, I'm going to try it.</p> <p>I did go out to buy some new ones, but for now I am keeping the old. I will try the new soap and see how that goes before pitching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279609 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:02:35 +0000 yellowbird 2279609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: is it breastmilk? I get this if I don't hand wash bottles and it is fat residue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279515 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:17:42 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2279515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had that film on my bottles. I attributed it to the fat in the milk. Putting them in the dishwasher didn't do much for it, but scrubbing it really good with a bottle brush and some Dawn helped a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279419 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:18:05 +0000 catomd00 2279419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happened to all my bottles in the dishwasher. I rinsed them out and let my daughter drink out of the filmy bottles. She's still living lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279414 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:13:55 +0000 BabyTsMom 2279414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that also happened to us when we put them in the dishwasher. also got a permanent orange hue when we put them in there with red pasta sauce. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279368 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:42:50 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2279368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>pretty sure it is milk residue -- I handwash with Dapple and my Medela bottles stay clear. When DH washes or puts them in the dishwasher, there is always that film. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279286 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:45:36 +0000 Tanjowen 2279286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: Definitely the dishwasher. I washed a few of our bottles in the dishwasher and the rest I always hand washed and sterilized. The dishwasher ones are the only ones that developed that filmy look. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279278 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:42:58 +0000 CakeLady 2279278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dapple soap! It is so good at leaving clear bottles my mom actually bought some to use just to clean her eyeglasses :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279277 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:41:21 +0000 Mamaof2 2279277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I still blame the dishwasher :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279275 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:40:40 +0000 regberadaisy 2279275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have some Dr Brown bottles that in using from big sister that we used breastmilk in and I've never had that problem. I hand wash with hot soapy water and sterilize nightly. So might be the dishwasher? I would buy new. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279271 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:39:17 +0000 Mae 2279271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That happens to me whenever I put the bottles in the dishwasher. When I hand wash it does not happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279268 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:37:08 +0000 KatieBklyn 2279268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's milk/formula related, Dapple is really awesome at dissolving milk film. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279261 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:31:53 +0000 Corduroy 2279261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read somewhere in Medela material (I think) that bottles and parts should be soaked in soapy water for 10 min before washing. When I do that they always look cleaner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279207 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:50:51 +0000 MrsSRS 2279207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely dishwasher for us. If I hand wash no film. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279185 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:37:23 +0000 78h2o 2279185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: not that I know of, but I was wondering about that! Maybe?</p> <p>@Mamaof2: Could definitely be the dishwasher, but the ones in the photo had most recently been through the dishwasher and then boiled... so I don't know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279160 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:22:01 +0000 Mamaof2 2279160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I think its the dishwasher. Try cleaning your dish washer or start hand washing your bottles.</p> <p>I NEVER put bottles in the dish washer and never had film. We have this issue with our plastic Tupperware too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279136 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:11:11 +0000 Ms.Badger 2279136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have hard water? Could be the salts from the water building up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279122 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:06:12 +0000 78h2o 2279122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I boiled these 3 months ago for 20-30 min. They were clear. I put them in a ziplock and into storage, just pulled them out. It has happened with other things though that went through the dishwasher. I'm thinking I may go buy new bottles...</p> <p>ETA: film is on both sides </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279081 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:49:51 +0000 Happygal 2279081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I handwash using a soap specifically for dissolving breast milk. It's harder to get out than I had imagined! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279075 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:47:56 +0000 blackbird 2279075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same problem! Always with breastmilk, though. I just figured it was fat residue. It goes away when I put them in the dishwasher </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279066 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:44:00 +0000 Mamaof2 2279066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: hand wash or dishwasher? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279050 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:32:29 +0000 78h2o 2279050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=2480/15/nu0ba5.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/film-on-baby-bottles#post-2279045 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:28:06 +0000 78h2o 2279045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use Avent bottles - regular and natural versions. Many of our bottles have developed a film on them (easy to wipe away, but it comes back). I boiled all our bottles between baby 1 and 2... the film went away and came back. Is this likely from our water? Are the bottles old/desinigrating? Anything to make the film go away and not come back? Or should I chuck them all and start over? Same thing is happening with a few of our Medela bottles, but not the majority (many of them are new though, so I wonder if that's why?). </p> [attach=2480/15/nu0b8a.450x600.image.jpg]