Sterilising equipment

With my first we used self sterilising mam bottles, this time round I'm just chucking tommee tippee bottles in a bowl of water with Milton tablets. I realised that it's important but not important enough to buy a UV machine etc. I'm a microbiologist and doing that in the home seems bizarre and a con 🫣 you go with what you feel is best but don't fall for the expensive gimmicks x

I was going to get the baby brezza machine, but decided it wasn’t worth it. First time I was mam bottles and they sterilise in the microwave this time same as voice I have bought loads of Milton tablets

Cold water Milton for sure xx

I've gone with a UV steriliser. But I plan to breastfeed and at my antenatal class she said you didn't need to sterilise things for breast milk.. so now I'm confused!

@abi thanks so much! With the Milton tablet method, do you have to let the bottles dry completely before use? How do you dry them? With a cloth or putting on a dish rack?

@Charlotte the Mam bottles self sterilising - do you need to wash them before they go in the microwave? Do you find it quite easy ??

Thanks everyone for your advice appreciated! :)

Milton cold water 💯. Used with first and mam bottles so you can do them in microwave

@Shreena air dry them, I have enough bottles that I can wash them and steriliser before I go to bed then they air dry through the night. To sterilise mam bottles you need to take them apart and wash with warm soapy water first, rinse then microwave with a bit of water in x

@Loren if you’re using bottles they should def still be sterilised whether for breastfeeding or not! That’s what the NHS advises. Never heard of anyone saying otherwise? We’ve also gone for UV simply because we got it pretty cheap so thought why not lol. Though I know technically the NHS don’t recommend UV 🙈