Sterilising & boiled water
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Topic: Sterilising & boiled water
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: Sterilising & boiled water
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 2:55pm
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We still sterilise all of Caitlin's bottles and teats etc but not her solids stuff (spoon, bowl etc) and still make her bottles up with cooled boiled water.
Does everone else still do this? I saw a lady today make her baby's bottle up using hot tap water (baby would have been around Caitlin's age I'm guessing) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 3:06pm
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i stop sterliseing maddy bottles at 9 months they just go in the dishwasher now and did the tap water at the same time. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 3:34pm
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Plunket line told me that after 3 months there's no need to sterilise anymore. They said that just going through the dishwasher was enough.
They did say to keep using cool boiled water until....ummm *can't remember*.... 
We are on tank water, so I still sterilise her bottles and used c.b water. I think they said that when on tank water, you need to use c.b water until 18 months (or something like that)... my memory went out with the rubbish about...hmmm....5 1/2 months ago!!!!   -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 3:38pm
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My plunket nurse also told me to stop sterilising at 3 months. I still use cool boiled water 90% of the time but occassionaly use warm water from the tap. ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 4:18pm
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i stopped at about 4-6 months (put them in the dishwasher) and just used filtered water ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 4:25pm
Thanks ladies  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 4:26pm
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Yip bottles go in the dishwasher but I do still use boiled water and probably will until she is one or so. ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 6:58pm
The gremlins allergy formula directions say to boil the water first till after 12 mths. I was anal with Maya and sterilised all her solids stuff as well until she started crawling and eating carpet dirt, but I'm a bit slacker with the gremlins - when my midwife was here once when they were newborn Sienna spat the dummy on the floor and she was horrified that I picked it up and put it straight back in  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 9:37pm
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I am a bit dum....which some have worked out. I do not sterilise his bottles just wash in normal tap water and then rinse with tap water. Plunket told me at 3 months not to bother then at 5 months Karitane also said not to bother. They also said I do not need to use boiled water anymore....here is the dum thing I still do even though I only wash his bottles in normal tap water. (although last week only used tap water out of jug thinking it had boiled but SIL had unplugged it
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)Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:31pm
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see I thought you had to use cooled boiled water all the time or at least with formula. As for sterilizing I still do but only cause I have a microwave one so its easy - although there has been the odd time I haven't. I go to Uk soon and I am not taking the sterlizer with me to save room but afraid I will still use c boiled water. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 6:56am
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I stopped sterilising haleighs bottles at 3months but i still rinsed them in boiling water before i used them up until she was 11months, i always mixed her formula with cooled boiled water, i only started giving her tap water at 12months, but if we werent in wellingon and still in motueka i would still be boiling it for her.
I thought you ahd to mix formula with boiled water? it says to on the back of the tin?? oh well Id still mix it with boiled water no matter the age. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:44am
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Dont ask me why but i sterilised bottles etc beyond the 1st year lol and still use cooled boiled water to drink. Am looking at getting a filter soon tho. Now i realise where all my time went. I wont be doing it for this baby.
------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:55pm
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I think it depends on your local drinking water whether you should keep boiling or not, we only had to in motueka because it was boar water so there was no way we were even drinking it straight form the tap ourselves, we weretold to call the council to check the quality of the drinking water in the area before giving it unboiled.
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 10:16am
I dont steralize Pipers bottles any more but I still use boiled water the jug in our house is always full so its just as easy as the tap
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Posted By: luna
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 9:31pm
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I still sterilise .. just seems easy and makes sure everything is really clean. Just use filtered water. ------------- Selina http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Faraway
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 10:17pm
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 10:46pm
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I just run a sink of warm soapy water and rinse them and scrub with the bottle/teat brush, then chuck them in the microwave steriliser.
So pretty much what you do ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 27 April 2007 at 9:11am
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yup, we do/did the same.
We're hand washing now and air drying as we've lost some teats to the dishwasher gods  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 27 April 2007 at 9:23am
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We still sterilize, but only because we've got nowhere else to put Ashlee's bottles! So to keep them in the sterilizer, hidden away in the microwave is neater than having the big bulky thing on the bench (and you've seen our kitchen, it's tiny!!!). If we had somewhere else to put the bottles, I don't think we'd be sterlizing anymore.
We've always got water in our jug, too so we use that to make up the bottles/cups. I don't hesitate to use tap water for her cups though, but I only tend to do it if the water from the jug is way too hot. I wouldn't be able to bring myself to make her bottles with tap water. |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 27 April 2007 at 9:59am
that happened to us the other week...now we put the teats in the cutlery rack....makes them stay put. We don't steralise anymore either, just run them through the dishwasher and plunket said that was fine. They did say to keep using cooled boiled water and 99% of the time we do except that 1% when there is no water in the kettle and Maddie MUST have her bottle NOW! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Two Blondinis wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 April 2007 at 8:21pm
*shudder* My Plunket nurse told me on Tues that she once went to do a 5-week home visit and was horrified when the mother went to make the baby's bottle she rinsed a dirty one under the tap, filled it with tap water and added the formula  She said she told the mother it should be sterilised/boiled and the lady just said "well this is how I always do it" ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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