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My cousin continued till my niece was 18 months. Since my niece reached one year old, she decreased the frequency of sterilizing. She would wash the bottles with soap after every use, but would only soak them in hot water once every two days. Have another friend who stopped when baby was 8 months old. As she was trying to adjust baby to solid feedings, she ended up simply washing the bottles. Gradually, left out the sterilizing. From what she recalled, baby was fine and she didn't think her baby was weaker (didn't fall sick more frequently) then.
I think should not stop sterilizing bottle but after one year of Ur LO u could use the bottle again for the short time periods by washing them immediately after feeding done by water u drink.(filtered water or hot water). I know it's difficult to sterilizing bottle all the time .. specially when ur traveling.. just steriliz bottle @ night for long periods used and in morning. Keep two or more bottles so u could steriliz at once and can be used for a whole day It's save the time
Hi Jasmine mummy, It will be good to do easy sterilising without using the sterilising machine. After every wash, just pour some boiling hot water into the bottle, close back the cover and shake it. This can help to remove some germs and easy too. If you are outside, after every feeding, you can wash the bottle and just use hot water to sterilise the bottle. It will ready for next feeding:)
I sterilise the bottles as long as my kids continue drinking milk . Even for my 6 years old pre schooler . For my younger toddler, needless to say , I will continue as long as she still wants milk as she's pre matured , her immunity is weak . For me I just can't stand the fact that the bottles are not sterilise and I can't imagine all the germs going into their body . Maybe it's just me
There is no fixed time to stop bottle sterilisation. U need to think in baby's health point of view. Whatever method u follow, but the bottles must be clean. After every wash with cleanser, just keep the bottle in hot water. Before every use, just rinse the bottle teat with water. In general, babies immunity improves after one year so many moms don't sterilise after an year.
It’s best to continue sterilising your baby’s bottles until she’s at least a year old. Babies are vulnerable to the germs that cause diarrhoeaand vomiting. These germs can develop very easily in milk. Bottles and teats have nooks and crannies that milk can collect in. Sterilising is the only way to ensure your baby's bottles are free from harmful bacteria.
I stopped sterilizing at about 9 months old, because he was just putting everything in his mouth for exploration at that stage :x However, I do change the bottles and the teats every 3 months because they can get hairline cracks that aren't visible to our eyes - a good sign to change is when the printing around the bottle starts fading away.
It is important to sterilise baby bottles before each use, for at least the first 12 months of your baby’s life. This applies whether you are bottle feeding with infant formula or with expressed breast milk. Sterilising is the process of killing any harmful germs that may be clinging to surfaces of the bottles and other equipment.
My friend continued sterilising her son's bottles until after he turned 1. Read that babies that are too young are vulnerable to the germs that might cause diarrhoea and vomiting. These germs can develop very easily in milk and the bottles and teats have hard to reach places that milk can collect in and germs can fester.
You need to sterilise the equipment after cleaning (using boiling, chemicals, or steam) until your baby is at least 6 months old. After this age, cleaning and washing them well should be enough. You may want to keep sterilising until your baby is 12 months old, when she stops drinking formula.