https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:53:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017675 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:33:34 +0000 Ginabean3 1017675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: same! Those Dr. Brown brushes seem to work really well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017629 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:55:16 +0000 Boheme 1017629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the teeny brush that comes with Dr Browns bottles. I imagine its similar to a straw brush. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017583 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:22:54 +0000 junebugmama 1017583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have found success with an eyebrow brush </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017559 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:03:37 +0000 autumnlove 1017559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsScallop: I also use q-tips when I can't find my straw brush! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017498 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:14:43 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1017498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the little brushes for ages, now I just soak and they seem very clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017469 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:03:58 +0000 Bookish 1017469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I scrub the best I can, then I run scalding water over them and sanitize in the steam bags </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017465 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:02:46 +0000 MrsScallop 1017465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I didn't know these existed - crazy (and brilliant)!</p> <p>@Smurfette: So glad I'm not the only one! </p> <p>@SLR: This is what I have been doing for the most part too, but I was on a work trip for a week where I didn't have great access to places to clean my parts and I started to worry that they need some scrubbing now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017446 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:55:02 +0000 SLR 1017446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I soak them in a giant bowl of scalding hot soapy water and try to swish the water around in the parts to get in all the nooks and crannies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017436 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:52:22 +0000 Smurfette 1017436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been wondering the same thing. I use my nipple brush but it doesn't get it all the way clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017424 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:45:55 +0000 autumnlove 1017424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a straw brush! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-parts-cleaning#post-1017419 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:44:44 +0000 MrsScallop 1017419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to sound awful considering how long I have been pumping, but how do you clean the inside of your breast pump flanges, specifically the area where the milk drains down towards the valve and membrane? There are nooks and crannies in there that I can't even get with a nipple brush, and I've started to wonder if I've been doing it wrong all this time. </p>