Why

Why do you boil your nips and bottles?


I mentioned that I was going to boil mine plus my breast pump part and my MIL asked why I was doing it at 29 weeks that I'll just have to do it again???


I boil the new bottles, wash and rinse, then store them in the cupboard. Is this wrong? I have been doing this since forever.....I also will boil them if LO gets sick.

and for the breast pump it loosens up any stuck breastmilk in the part if I boil it then wash.....

Quoting C'est La Vie♡:" Why do you boil your nips and bottles? I mentioned that I was going to boil mine plus my breast pump ... [snip!] ... boil them if LO gets sick. and for the breast pump it loosens up any stuck breastmilk in the part if I boil it then wash....."

I would say to sterilize them..

<blockquote><b>Quoting C'est La Vie♡:</b>" Why do you boil your nips and bottles? I mentioned that I was going to boil mine plus my breast pump ... [snip!] ... boil them if LO gets sick. and for the breast pump it loosens up any stuck breastmilk in the part if I boil it then wash....."</blockquote>




Because it sterilizes them? That's what I do

To sterilize them... I wouldn't be doing it this soon though, you'll just have to do it again once LO is here.

Quoting ღ.ღ.ღ:" To sterilize them... I wouldn't be doing it this soon though, you'll just have to do it again once LO is here."

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Quoting ღ.ღ.ღ:" To sterilize them... I wouldn't be doing it this soon though, you'll just have to do it again once LO is here."

I don't understand why it would need to be boiled again if it is boiled and washed an just stored away?

Quoting C'est La Vie♡:" I don't understand why it would need to be boiled again if it is boiled and washed an just stored away?"

Because within that 10 weeks do you know how much dust & germs can accumulate?

Quoting C'est La Vie♡:" I don't understand why it would need to be boiled again if it is boiled and washed an just stored away?"

They are going to be stored for weeks. There could be dust and other stuff settle on them.

That's the only thing I would be thinking about anyways lol.

I keep up with thr maintainance of the pump by steaming it wry regularly when I am using it so there really shouldnt be any milk dried inside it, but I just buy a new kit of parts for the breast pump when I have a new baby. It's like 30 dollars.

I don't boil the bottles and nipples at all. I run them through a steaming in the microwave, or now that we have a dishwasher I'll put them through a steam cycle but that's it. I do it around 37-38 weeks. I wouldn't do it this early.

Quoting Kali'sMommy♥:" Because within that 10 weeks do you know how much dust & germs can accumulate?"

Oh yeah, I get that. I plan on giving them a wash before the baby. I just want to get the sterilizing done.

Usually when I store them its with the lids on the bottle with the caps over as well.

Quoting C'est La Vie♡:" Oh yeah, I get that. I plan on giving them a wash before the baby. I just want to get the sterilizing done. Usually when I store them its with the lids on the bottle with the caps over as well."

Even then it's not 100% sterilized, i'd personally just sterilize them again to be safe. There is too much that can build up in the next few weeks even though they're just being stored.

Quoting ღ.ღ.ღ:" Even then it's not 100% sterilized, i'd personally just sterilize them again to be safe. There is too much that can build up in the next few weeks even though they're just being stored."

Meh, I did the same thing with my first two and they are just fine. I was just curious how some of you ladies do your bottles.

Idk... Iv never boiled anything... Heck, he is luck if I wash it before he uses it now-a-days