https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:38:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-263786 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:54:31 +0000 banana 263786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm kinda crazy so I sterilize bottles, pump parts, nipples, etc after every use! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-263597 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:54:35 +0000 pinkcupcake 263597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sterilize all of LO's pacifiers, bottles, nipples, and my pump parts once a day. I love my Phillips Advent steam sterilizer!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260663 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:25:35 +0000 MamaMoose 260663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan to boil everything before first use. And we registered for a sanitizer so if we get that we will probably use it once a week for ongoing use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260655 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:17:26 +0000 LivsMama 260655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: seriously. I also watched someone else open a bottle of formula, take a bottle off the shelf, pour some into the bottle, and give it to her kid. She put the empty box and opened formula on the shelf and walked away. That happened when I was pregnant and I was APPALLED. She did it right in front of me! Mind you I was not in the best location...which I found out after I left. DH was like "WHY were you THERE?!" I was on my way home...kinda...lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260640 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:12:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 260640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LivsMama: omg, ew to that customer!!! Some people... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260615 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:59:18 +0000 LivsMama 260615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I think that is repeatedly. Like you dont have to sterilize daily anymore. But you still should before the first use. For example, I was in BRU and saw a mom let her kid open a box of bottles, play with one (including suck on it) drop it on the floor repeatedly, rub it against the nasty shopping cart, then PUT IT BACK IN THE BOX when she was ready to leave, and left it on the shelf. I was disgusted. So someone was going to buy this box of bottles (Tommee Tippee) and have germs and bacteria all over them. Ick. I brought it to CS. Also, when I opened my boxes of TT bottles, they had dust on them, probably from the packaging. I wouldnt risk not sterilizing them at least once.</p> <p>@sorrycharlie: I used Tommee Tippee and I sterilized them before the first use. Boil them, or you can use a steam sterilizer or the medela sterilizing bags. I probably sterilized them once a month after that just for the sake of doing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260541 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:00:19 +0000 looch 260541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never boiled, we had a steam sterilizer that I used for a really long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260533 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:56:16 +0000 autumnlove 260533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I boiled everything the first time and I do it every few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260532 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:54:03 +0000 photojane 260532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read some long article the other day about how boiling is no longer necessary. it was for our mothers and grandmothers, but not anymore. I wish I could remember where I saw it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260515 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:43:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 260515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, I ll boil em :) I was unsure because they are plastic </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-260111 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:52:33 +0000 stargal 260111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup we boiled them before we used them nad we occasionally boil them (about 1x a week) now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-259960 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:04:13 +0000 chopsuey 259960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I boiled and hand washed everything before using them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-259958 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:04:02 +0000 pastemoo 259958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I boiled everything before first use, but not in between every use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-259955 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:01:09 +0000 sorrycharlie 259955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: nope, the avent were all freebies, the paper that came with them didn't have instructions :/ I need to find the Tommee tippee ones though.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-259951 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:58:49 +0000 kokobee 259951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i boiled bottles and nipples before the first use and then hand washed afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-259941 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:48:53 +0000 regberadaisy 259941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, you're supposed to boil everything before first use. Did they not come with instructions? Most say to boil bottles first then drop in nipples. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sterilize-bottles-or-just-nipples#post-259937 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:45:06 +0000 sorrycharlie 259937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in full-blown nesting mode, and washed all the bottles today (we have 3 tommee tippee and 4 avent). </p> <p>did you sterilize your bottles before using, or just hand wash? we do not have a dishwasher. </p> <p>I plan to boil the nipples and pacifiers before use. </p>