Is there a particular soap/detergent or a method of washing that can clean well and get the cleaning agent out completely ? I always wonder if some soap remains behind in the bottle inadvertently
2007-01-05 15:58:55 · 15 answers · asked by rucd 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I use regular dish soap and a bottle brush. Then I rinse it out with really hot water.
2007-01-05 18:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by Kim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've talked with my baby's doctor (at the Cleveland Clinic) about this very thing. Unless there is something wrong with your city's water, washing with soap and water is fine. If you have a dishwasher, that's all you need. If you see soap residue after the dishwasher, all you have to do is rinse.
I asked her why there is all this talk about steam sterilizers and boiling. She said it just goes back to when people didn't trust their local city water.
You should still boil them before the first use, but after that, it's all just extra unnecessary steps.
But if your baby has any special health issues that may require special handling, then consult her doctor.
2007-01-07 03:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Proud Momma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used playtex bottles with the drop ins... made it awhole lot easier only having to worry about the outside of the bottle being clean and nipple. I'd probably boil them when there brand new for the 1st time but other then that wash like normal with warm water and dish detergent and a bottle brush. Be sure you wash the nipple throughly and rinse well toO. Preventing Thrush. v:)
2007-01-05 16:03:33 · answer #3 · answered by Christa Joy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some soap residue can remain if you hand or dishwash your bottles. I always put mine in the dish washer and them boiled the nipples and bottles for 10 minutes in a pot of boiling water. That not only gets rig of any residue but kills any remaining germs left on the bottle. You can never get baby bottles too clean in my oppinion
2007-01-05 16:01:37 · answer #4 · answered by Smarty Pants 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any kind of dish soap, a bottle brush and hot water will clean them if you leave the milk sitting in them for to long they need a good soaking just rinse them really well under hot water that should get rid of all the soap when your done then sterilize if the babys younger than 3 months old after that you dont need to sterilize them anymore washing them is fine
2007-01-05 16:08:46 · answer #5 · answered by demoness_6969 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash with antibacterial dish soap, then boil in a big pot. Or use a dishwasher. We used the bottle brushes with regular dish soap, and everything was fine.
2007-01-05 16:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure to wash it with a lot of soap and very warm water but make sure to get all of the soap out first you know when it is all out bc the water wont make any more bubbles in the bottle then maks sure it drys all the way
2007-01-05 16:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by monika j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With my first babies I always used the steriliser with the MILTON tabs for cleaning.
But by my third I found it so time consuming, I now just use normal dishwasher and then boil them on the stove afterward. They say even if you have a dishwasher the heat from that sterilises the bottles anyway.
2007-01-05 16:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by kezzafazza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just use regular dish soap. Rinse real well. And boil everything for about five minutes.
2007-01-05 16:01:55 · answer #9 · answered by besitos2610 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are special scrubbers that reach down into the bottle hand wash them with that them stick them in the dish washer. as for the nipples and the ring around them. there are special little racks you can seat them in close the rack and put in the top of the diashwasher
2007-01-05 16:07:53 · answer #10 · answered by ftaalltheway80 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋