What do I sterilize?

I'm a little clueless here. Hubby will be sterilizing the bottles while I'm at the hospital, but I need to do a dry run with him first!

I know to steriize the nipples and bottles, but do I also do the rings? What about the dome cover tops?

TIA!

What do I sterilize?

I sterilize everything. We use Dr. Browns bottles and we wash and sterilize the bottles and all of the pieces every time.

What do I sterilize?

You can sterilize everything ahead of time. Separate all pieces, put them in a large pot ( do not overcrowd) fill pot with water and heat til it boils. Let it boil a minute. Shut the heat. Use tongs to take pieces out and put on a drying mat. After pieces dry, reassemble bottles and put them away. They will be ready for baby.

Re: What do I sterilize?

I sterilized the bottles and pacifiers once in boiling water whenever new. Never sterilized anything after that. Just made sure to wash really well in hot soapy water or dishwasher.

Once the stuff hits the air its not sterile anymore.

I did it first time opening package b/c who knows what kind of dust and stuff is one it.

Re: What do I sterilize?

You only need to do it once. When you first buy it. Some even say just to run it through the top rack of the dish washer and thats it.

Once I boil it the first time, I just washed it on the top rack each use.

What do I sterilize?

I sterilized the stuff only one time, my pediatrician said there's no real need to. Just wash the stuff is fine

I bought these steam bags you can use in the microwave to sterilize them

Message edited 12/9/2012 10:55:10 PM.