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reggie
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Bottle Sterilization question.
With an Especially for Baby microwave sterilizer, how long will the bottle stay sterile?
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Posted 3/17/08 3:56 PM  |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Bottle Sterilization question.
Technically, as soon as anything that is "sterile" is exposed to air, it is no longer sterile (something in the air could land on it in less than a second). However, for the sake of baby bottles, as long as it doesn't touch anything with food/beverage particles, it should be fine for quite a while.
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| Posted 3/17/08 3:59 PM |
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cjik
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Re: Bottle Sterilization question.
No matter what sterilizer you have, the bottles will only be sterile until they are used. Honestly you can sterilize them once before the first use either with the sterilizer or by boiling them in water, and then wash them in the dishwasher (top rack) or by hand after that. You really don't need to sterilize them each time.
It's up to you though, I know I boil water for DSs bottles eventhough I was told I didn't need to do this.
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| Posted 3/17/08 4:00 PM |
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wannabemom
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Re: Bottle Sterilization question.
I don't think I'm going to buy a bottle sterilizer....
hear me out on this... I'll clean and boil the bottles the first time, and stuff them in the dishwasher thereafter.
I don't want to keep my baby in a near sterile environment. Clean will suffice. While we always want to do what is best, and being clean is essential, you can be 'too clean'. If you are, your child will likely develop allergies.... It's actually good to give your baby/toddler a certain degree of pathogen exposure... especially of common household bugs that are everywhere. It jump starts the immune system. without that exposure, the immune system becomes understimulated and can develop antibodies against self or against nonharmful targets such as foods or pollen.....
there's a lot of medical proof that super cleanliness may promote allergy development. So, I won't use antibacterial stuff in our home, and I won't bleach any surfaces on a regular basis.... and I will clean, but not sterlize the bottles....
besides, many dishwashers come fairly close to sterilizing.... even without a special steam cycle.
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| Posted 3/17/08 5:19 PM |
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jprimrose
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Re: Bottle Sterilization question.
Posted by wannabemom
I don't think I'm going to buy a bottle sterilizer....
hear me out on this... I'll clean and boil the bottles the first time, and stuff them in the dishwasher thereafter.
I don't want to keep my baby in a near sterile environment. Clean will suffice. While we always want to do what is best, and being clean is essential, you can be 'too clean'. If you are, your child will likely develop allergies.... It's actually good to give your baby/toddler a certain degree of pathogen exposure... especially of common household bugs that are everywhere. It jump starts the immune system. without that exposure, the immune system becomes understimulated and can develop antibodies against self or against nonharmful targets such as foods or pollen.....
there's a lot of medical proof that super cleanliness may promote allergy development. So, I won't use antibacterial stuff in our home, and I won't bleach any surfaces on a regular basis.... and I will clean, but not sterlize the bottles....
besides, many dishwashers come fairly close to sterilizing.... even without a special steam cycle.
I never bought a sterilizer. At first I would boil and sterilize the bottles once a week, then my husband came down with the flu and I was a fanatic so I sterilized them after each use. About a month ago I stopped sterilizing the bottle part and now I just boil the nipples, collars and valves. I mainly boil them because of the smell. I find when you wash the bottle part the smell comes out, but it is not the same for the nipples, collars, and valves. Yet when I boil these parts the smell comes out. So I do it more for smell then sterilizing. I should add I wash buy hand and I do not use a dish washer. Maybe in the dish washer the smell would come out of the top parts of the bottle. I hope I am making sense. 
So I guess to answer the original question I agree with a pp that the bottles are sterile until you use them. Of course technically as soon as they hit the air they are not sterile anymore, but it that case you be boiling bottles every minute. 
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| Posted 3/17/08 6:48 PM |
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Mkr09
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Re: Bottle Sterilization question.
I have this same sterilizer and I believe the bottles will stay sterile for 3 hours if you keep them in the sterilizer with the top on but vents open.
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| Posted 3/17/08 8:00 PM |
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Re: Bottle Sterilization question.
I read in instructions that came with my sterilizer , that they stay sterile only while they are in the sterilizer(even if it's all night long), but as someone already said as long as they don't touch any food or anything they should be fine, I sterilize my bottles every night, I could never be without it.
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| Posted 3/17/08 8:56 PM |
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