when to stop sterilizing baby bottles?

Question

my baby is nearly 10 month and was wondering how long u have to go on sterilizing

Answer 1

My daughter is 13 months and I am still doing it, when will it ever end.

Answer 2

My daughter was 6 months old when i stopped sterilizing. But i put the bottles in the dishwasher on the hotest wash. I read all the books and some said 6 months and some said 12 months. Do what you feel comfortable with. You could give it a go and see how your baby is with it. If she starts being sick or pooing more than go back to it.

Answer 3

I stopped sterilizing bottles when my babies were crawling around and were able to put things into their mouths. You can only do so much to make sure your kids don't pick up every germ around but aside from enclosing them in a bubble, you can't shield them from everything. If you use a dishwasher to wash your baby bottles, they are sterilized in the drying process-there isn't any need to go the extra step of putting them in boiling water.

Answer 4

K- think of me as weird. If you wouldn't drink out of it, then neither should your child. Some bacteria is good for your child. My daughter will be 2 this month, and has had a cold once in her life. Mainly if you can keep them out of daycare, then that is a bigger deal than having a sterile environment. I work fulltime, I just do opposite shifts from my husband. Not possible for everyone, but that is the biggest sterilization concern at this age. If your child is in daycare, then not much you can do. If not, then just be sure to clean their bottles and sippy cups in the hottest water possible with dishsoap and make sure that it is as clean as possible. Of course, that never changes even with our glasses.

Answer 5

You should start to ween your baby off of bottles at 12months old. Don't STOP sterilizing. You should be sterilizing more now because your baby can handle the bottle better and can toss it, rub it or get it into more things now!

Answer 6

12 months was the recommended duration for sterilising bottles containing formula milk. However, this is not necessary for breast milk which has been expressed and bottled. Thorough washing in hot water and washing up liquid should suffice. I did not sterilise utensils and dishes whilst weaning my two sons, in fact it's only the formula milk which is the problem. Thorough washing and hot water are sufficient for everthing after 12 months - it's still tempting though! Gets to be a habit more than anything.

Answer 7

I stopped Sterilizing bottles at 6 months. But when i washed the baby things i washed them separately in hot water. As i started weaning at 4 months. All my babies were big babies hungry babies

Answer 8

I would stop now and use the dish washer it heats the water hot enough to sterilize your bottles. My doctor told me once I started feeding my baby and they were crawling by then think it was 8 months.

Answer 9

They say to do it for up the first year but to be honest, you only really need to do it until they are moving around on the floor, just think how many times the baby has her fist in her mouth... You cant sterilize their hands. With my first child i sterilized for the whole year and it is a pain in the a** but with my second child i only didi it for about 6months

Answer 10

people generally sterlise until about a yr old. i stopped at about 10/11 months. so long as you clean the bottles throughly then there shouldn't be a problem.
other people stop when you start giving proper meals as it is not always possible to sterilise every bit of feeding equipment.

do what you feel is best for your child and if you have any worries you can always give the health visitor a quick call.

Answer 11

I would feel safe doing so, I quit after sbout 4 or 5 months...
It's more on how you feel about it at this point...
Ask your babies pediatrition, call his/hers doctors office this morning and ask someone. Maybe you can speak to the doctor directly or his nurse can call you with the babies charts and they can help you to make your desicion.
I hope this helps you mommy!
p.s. When you stop just make sure you rinse very well and air dry them on a towel... I had bought some giant ziplocks to store my clean and even the "sterolized" bottles clean and safe from what-ever... I never did like the dishwasher because of films left behind or like you always hear of people scrapping with their nails... dont put them in the dishwasher.