How do you wash your bottles?

[paloslee]

I know this is a weird question, but H and I wash dishes differently.  I have a dishwasher but never use it.  I like to wash with hot water.  H washes with Luke warm water. I also wash LO's bottles alone not with other dishes.  I also sanitize his bottles in a microbag 2-3 times a month.  Is this weird?  I get paranoid with sanitation issues? 

[Deleted]

If we are running the dishwasher, they go in there. If not then in hot soapy water with bottle and nipple brushes. We don't wash them with other dishes.

[blackbird]

I handwash them in hot/warm soapy water. No sanitizing/boiling.

peachesncream get in here. You "love" talking about this stuff 😉

[peachesncream]

My lack of sanitation practices would terrify you all. I don't ever wash pacifiers (non-issue with this kid but never washed DD1's). I always handwash bottles, usually warm water but sometimes I fill the sink and then get distracted and go back to it an hour later so it is lukewarm haha. I have never boiled/steamed/microwave sanitized anything.

I don't judge people that DO sanitize or anything, so paloslee, are you weird? Nah. But if it is causing stress in your life to do find the time to do those things I don't think it would be bad to let them slide. Do whatever makes you feel best :-)

[awkwardturtle]

I hand wash with soap and water then I santitize 90% of the time.

Maybe 5% of the time I run them through the dishwasher- would probably do it more often but our dishwasher is terrible and leaves a film on the bottles.

The rest of the time I just wash and don't sanitize but that's if I'm needing a bottle ASAP.

Do I not need to santitize anymore? I'd rather store that massive santitizer that's taking up counter space.

[paloslee]

Nov 29, 2016 16:56:05 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

My lack of sanitation practices would terrify you all. I don't ever wash pacifiers (non-issue with this kid but never washed DD1's). I always handwash bottles, usually warm water but sometimes I fill the sink and then get distracted and go back to it an hour later so it is lukewarm haha. I have never boiled/steamed/microwave sanitized anything.

I don't judge people that DO sanitize or anything, so paloslee, are you weird? Nah. But if it is causing stress in your life to do find the time to do those things I don't think it would be bad to let them slide. Do whatever makes you feel best :-)

I shouldn't be that paranoid. But, DS1 didn't take the bottle so there was no need to wash anything

[paloslee]

Nov 29, 2016 17:05:56 GMT -5 awkwardturtle said:

I hand wash with soap and water then I santitize 90% of the time.

Maybe 5% of the time I run them through the dishwasher- would probably do it more often but our dishwasher is terrible and leaves a film on the bottles.

The rest of the time I just wash and don't sanitize but that's if I'm needing a bottle ASAP.

Do I not need to santitize anymore? I'd rather store that massive santitizer that's taking up counter space.

I use the micro bags. They are fast and easy. You can use up to 20 times.

[carissa325]

Nov 29, 2016 16:21:04 GMT -5 @pennycandy said:

If we are running the dishwasher, they go in there. If not then in hot soapy water with bottle and nipple brushes. We don't wash them with other dishes.

This exactly.

[sunshineshades]

Nov 29, 2016 16:56:05 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

My lack of sanitation practices would terrify you all. I don't ever wash pacifiers (non-issue with this kid but never washed DD1's). I always handwash bottles, usually warm water but sometimes I fill the sink and then get distracted and go back to it an hour later so it is lukewarm haha. I have never boiled/steamed/microwave sanitized anything.

I don't judge people that DO sanitize or anything, so paloslee, are you weird? Nah. But if it is causing stress in your life to do find the time to do those things I don't think it would be bad to let them slide. Do whatever makes you feel best :-)

Not terrified. I'm the same. Every few months I may sanitize pacis if I think of it. I also don't buy new ones every 3 months like you're supposed to, or throw them out after illness.
I also don't sterilize my pump pieces. Though I rarely pump anyhow.

[arbe]

Oh hey, trying to come back again...
Bottles go in dishwasher, nipples are handwashed with bottle brush. Caps kinda just get a wipe and rinse.

[Missy0483]

FFTC - We've never once sanitized a bottle or nipple. Whoops. We hand wash, no dishwasher here.

[SheilaTheTank]

I don't sanitize anything except to wipe down her toys when they get gross. K is exposed to so many germs at daycare what's the point. I'm also really bad about throwing away milk that she hasn't drank in an hour. Sorry but formula is stupid expensive and when I was breast feeding and pumped milk, I would die a little inside when some was wasted.

Before we had a dishwasher I would hand wash them seprately in hot water using a special bottle brush just for them: www.amazon.com/dp/B00R88PNC2/ref=sxr_rr_xsim1_a_it?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2286650982&pd_rd_wg=pURyp&pf_rd_r=9A93FFY1DXFA0TZ2DSV7&pf_rd_s=desktop-rhs-carousels&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_i=B00R88PNC2&pd_rd_w=spv2Q&pf_rd_i=boon+scrub+bottle+brush&pd_rd_r=0YY35WMH10J0QKVDC251&ie=UTF8&qid=1480692586&sr=1.

Now they go in the dishwasher.

[katespade]

Generally, dishwasher, unless I'm already handwashing stuff.

[mom2boxers]

Hand wash with hot/warm soapy water. Sanitize the first time and then never again. Wash pacis when they are yucky or the kid has been sick.