My little girl has just turned one and is now drinking fresh whole milk, not formula. I was cleaning and sterilising her bottles, but can I now start putting them in the dishwasher?
2007-07-14 06:40:18 · 20 answers · asked by coca cola 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Thanks everyone! It will save so much time in the future. With your first baby you're always apprehensive eh?! I'll know for next time!
2007-07-14 08:27:02 · update #1
Yes it will be fine, your childs imune system is developed by the time she started on cows milk, just check the bottles afterwards incase it has missed any milk esspecially the teats
2007-07-14 06:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by tryingforafootieteam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, yes, yes. Just think of all the other rubbish she sticks in her mouth, dirty toys, hands etc. I sterilised everything for ages for my first born and poor child number two got dishwasher cleaned bottles and most things barely clean. The result? A child that has had far less illness! More germs means a stronger immune system at the end of the day!
2007-07-14 14:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by kdee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At first i started doing the whole sterilising thing to but the dishwasher gets hot enough from the steem that its good enough. I been doing it since mine was like 3 months and she is now 15 months, just make sure you rinse them when they come out
2007-07-14 16:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by nelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just wash them on the hottest cycle of the dishwasher.
I have been doing this since my youngest was 5 months and on formula. No problem! I rinse them (teats and bottles) out in boiling water before use.
ps most European countries health policies say don't sterilise at all from birth, only wash in hot water.
2007-07-14 13:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by catrina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's fine, you don't need to steralise feeding equipment after 6 months but they advise doing bottles upto one year.
Now your baby is a year old have you thought about a cup? I was told that it's better for their teeth. My daughter is 18 months and has all her juice in the day out of a cup, but I can't get her to drink her morning and night time milk from it so she still has a bottle.
Tip - those anyway up cups are crap. Go for the ones with the three holes in. Hope this helps
2007-07-14 15:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by ALICIA B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you could have been putting them into the dishwasher all along. Some dishwashers don't do the final rinse very well (mine doesn't), so just rinse them out after it is done and let air dry if this is the case for you.
2007-07-14 13:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can in the top shelf. This doesn't sterilise the bottles but this shouldn't be necessary any longer.
Just make sure the machine has cleaned them thoroughly when you get them out.
By the way, air drying is less hygienic than drying with a clean tea towel.
2007-07-14 13:49:54 · answer #7 · answered by Laura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Completely fine.
I understood that a dishwasher steralised the bottles anyway.
Maybe i'm wrong going by the other answers.
But certainly at your childs age, they have enough antibodies built up to cope with any bugs from dish water.
2007-07-14 15:00:43 · answer #8 · answered by 25goinon50 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can was them in the dishwasher on the top rack. We bought a basket to put the nipples in so they stay in one place. Then just rinse them off after you take them out...
2007-07-14 14:45:42 · answer #9 · answered by alexis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure that they are dishwasher safe, as the water in the dishwasher get hot and may damage the bottles, but if it says that it is safe then do so , i just washed mine up in soapy water and rinsed the bubbles out.
2007-07-15 11:12:00 · answer #10 · answered by ,blondie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋