Sterilasation and dummies???

[reallyoldmum]

I am hoping to breast feed but want to encourage our baby to use a dummy should he need some comfort - my 21 year old daughter can still be seen sucking her thumb at times!!! whereas my 19 year old son used a dummy and gave it up before he was 1. Also I have bought some bottles as we hope my DH can do a couple of expressed night feeds later on.

My question is do I need to sterilise the dummies and bottles when they are new and sealed in their packaging??? I cant remember for the life of me from last time....

Thanks

Jane x

 

[Kittykins]

yep

sorry!

But don't sterilise them too early or they'll need sterilising again.


Clearly that's not experience talking - that's straight out of a book.


p.s. obviously they don't need washing, just sterilising - so you could just dump them in a pan of boiling water for 30 seconds, assuming they're suitable for sterilising that way. That's what I'd do, anyway.

 

[Sherlock]

The dummies we used said clearly on the pack to boil for 5 minutes before using the first time. So we did. And then steralised them twice a day till he was about 4 months old, then once a day.

Bottles and teats, yes again you'd steralise.

We used MIlton solution in water was all.

 

[reallyoldmum]

Thanks, I seem to have lost all common sense at the moment Best unpack them from his hospital bag.....

Jane x