How often to sterilize baby bottles.
Best way to dry sterilized baby bottles.
Plus the surprising reason you could be overdoing it.
Wash your hands well with soap and water for 20 seconds.
This cycle option uses very high heat and steam to sterilize the contents.
It s a great option for sterilizing baby bottles if you re not in a hurry.
Separate all bottle parts for example bottles nipples caps rings valves.
Although we re not against this method the process can be time consuming and your drying rack will also have to be sterilized often.
It s easy to get caught up in baby accessory mania but there are quite a few gadgets out there that just take up unnecessary space.
Bleach offers another nifty way to sterilize your baby s bottle when you re in a crunch situation without any access to the basic amenities required for standard sterilization such as boiling water steam or a dishwasher.
A bottle sterilizer is one of them.
Combine one teaspoon of unscented bleach with 16 cups of hot water.
Many parents leave freshly sterilized baby bottles to dry on a specially designed rack or a regular dish drying rack.
I use an organic unscented dish soap for the first 6 months.
Towel dry not recommended.
However the time needed for drip drying can also be a window of opportunity for bacteria to travel its way into the baby s feeding bottle.
How to clean sanitize and store infant feeding items.
Once you start using the bottles you just wash with warm or hot soapy water and put on a bottle drying rack to dry.
Here s how to sterilize baby bottles with this method.
You will most likely be using them too frequently to have time to dry them and put them away.
Rinse bottle parts and any other feeding items by holding them under running.
A safer method is through drip drying through the aid of a dish drying rack.
Besides you ll also have to make sure that the rack itself is sanitized every now and then.
Mix 1 teaspoon of unscented bleach in 16 cups of hot water.
How to sterilize baby bottles.
Soak bottles for two to five minutes then remove with clean tongs.