when did u all stop steralising?

[mel_ed]

finley's neally 8 months now and trying his very best to crawl i'm wondering wether 2 stop steralising soon as i cant really see the point as u picks up anything and puts it in his mouth

when did u all stop?

 

[MrsR]

I literally just asked OH this today! I have no idea! Will be watching this thread intently!

 

[PinkPunch]

I think I stopped at 6 months with DD but everyone has there own way of doing things. My health visitor said they recommend a year but really no one does it for that long, it's just textbook saying 1 year x

 

[Me, My Girls & I]

they recommend a year, think i stopped about 11 months with K, but by about 4 months, E was shoving absolutely everything in her mouth and i just couldnt see the point, tihnk i eventually stopped about 6month!

 

[Zazu]

I'm goin to do it for a year for his bottles, just because he has the teat in his mouth for so long, but I'm sure I don't need to do it til then x

 

[SmallPurpleCat]

In the green 0-5 book it says 6 months but I always thought it was a year.

 

[FebMum2Be]

Odhrán was around 11 months when I stopped, from around 10 months I didn't actually sterilize but I would have washed his bottle and then filled it with boiling water, I think it was around 11 months too when I started cleaning his dummy with tap water instead of boiling water too x

 

[ERIN84]

We are going to Greece in may and im stopping when we get back! I would stop before but I think it's important that I do it while on holiday x

 

[Me, My Girls & I]

yea i'd keep going on holiday too!

 

[Yodabo]

I'm gonna stop when he fully stops his formula or he turns one. The germs in milk can be particularly nasty and don't want to risk it!

I agree that its pointless when they start putting things in their mouth and start crawling but i'm paranoid! Even if i have to just put the bottle in a bowl with bowling water for 5 mins i'll do it!

 

[MrsR]

I'm gonna stop when he fully stops his formula or he turns one. The germs in milk can be particularly nasty and don't want to risk it!

I agree that its pointless when they start putting things in their mouth and start crawling but i'm paranoid! Even if i have to just put the bottle in a bowl with bowling water for 5 mins i'll do it!

Does the boiled water you make formula with not deal with the germs in the milk rather than sterilising the bottles?

 

[Yodabo]

Oh yes, in that part it does but it manefests in the nooks and crannies in the bottles after a while. I suppose if you wash thoroughly with hot soapy water straight away then it *should* be fine.

 

[MrsR]

Lol x

 

[Yodabo]

There's a similar thread here about it

http://www.pregnancyforum.co.uk/baby-toddler/184103-when-will-you-stop-sterilising.html

 

[littlemiss83]

When I had my little girl the health visitor said to stop at 6 months (dont know if they've changed the guidelines since then)

I stopped at 8 months though as she was crawling about sticking everything in her mouth so there wasn't a point in steralising....although i'm sure if i remember right i still steralised her bottles for a couple of months.

 

[Momma`Kat]

i stopped when i startede bottle feeding. (8 weeks ish) just bung em in the dishwasher once a day n rinse with hot water inbewtween