Do you wash your baby's bottles in the dishwasher?

[mskay]

I have heard different things about washing/sterilizing bottles. My pediatrician says that I can put them in the dishwasher with dirty dishes. I read somewhere, though, that dishwashing is only a way to clean bottles and does not actually sterilize them. Just curious what others do. Thanks!

 

[teacherforhi]

If washing them with scalding hot water doesn't sterilize them, what will?

My mother always put the bottles in the dishwasher. I don't think she even thought twice about it.

 

[aprilgail2]

I always washed my daughters in the dishwasher..I couldn't wash them by hand with water that hot!

 

[dismom9761]

I always washed my daughters in the dishwasher..I couldn't wash them by hand with water that hot!

Same here.

 

[mickeyboat]

I used the drop in liners, and only sterilized nipples for a little while. I can't even remember how long.

Denae

 

[Beth76]

I would boil them for 5 minutes when they were brand new. Then after that, I just put them in the DW. My dishwasher gets very hot. Sometimes, I would wash them by hand, if I wasn't going to run the DW for a while. My bottle days are numbered woo hoo!!!!

 

[Bob Slydell]

We wash them by hand and sterilize them in this microwave contraption that Avent makes.

 

[maryisme]

Bob,

What a beautiful baby! Congratulations!

As a newborn we also sterilized with Avent micowave steamer. As she got older, they went in the dishwasher which has a sterilize cycle.

 

[Nancy]

I did both, hand wash and dishwasher. When I did a hand wash, I would boil water and pour it over all the bottles and nipples. Didn't do that with the dishwasher because the water is so hot. Once they were past 6 months old I even relaxed on the boiling water point.

 

[justhat]

In the beginning we hand washed the nipples and then steam sterilized them with the avent thing too. We used the drop in liners so we didn't have to worry about killing ourselves with the bottles themselves (usually just hand washed). We didn't use bottles too often though after about 3 weeks, just maybe 1 or 2 a week, so it wasn't a big hassle for us to do it that way. Later on, when Madison was maybe about 5 or 6 months old, we'd wash them in the dishwasher on the 'sani-wash' setting, which is much hotter and longer than the regular cycle. We're done with bottles now, but I still do that now with all her cups/bowls/utensils, but found out not to put in the Mickey straws that way!

 

[mrsv98]

We bought a dishwasher with a sanatize cycle (not as hot as sterilize and most dishwashers sanatize ) and just did them in there. Really, unless you have someone ill in your household, a bit of dirt and germs are good for the baby to build the immune system.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Bob,

What a beautiful baby! Congratulations!

Thanks

 

[dcgrumpy]

I always wash them in the dishwasher. My pediatrician told me I didn't need to sterilize after the first use. I'm sure they are a heck of a lot cleaner than they would be handwashing them.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Nope, I do them by hand.

 

[bajanswife]

We don't own a dishwasher, so I guess the answer is "no". But, you know that joke about the pacifier that falls on the ground, and with each successive child you bother less and less about cleaning it before giving it back to the baby? Well, that's kind of how it went for us. With #1 we boiled the bottles, nipples and breastpump apparatus for the first several months, then washed with soap (by hand) after soaking in very hot soapy water. We also used boiled water to mix formula when DS finally switched to it. With #2 we finally bought the Avent sterilizer and used that religiously for a few months, then once or twice a week after that. Formula was mixed with tap water when we finally switched. With #3 we still used the sterilizer, but not religiously. If we managed to wash a nipple soon after it was used, for example, we didn't sterilize before using again, but once a day or once every 2 days we'd throw all the nipples in the sterilizer. We got less picky about how clean we got everything. Baby # 3 has never been less healthy than any of the others!

If I owned a dishwasher you bet I would have used it!

 

[ChrisnSteph]

Call me a horrible mommy, but I never santitized my baby's bottles! I washed them really good by hand and then let them dry in the bottle rack. They're still alive and well, so I guess it didn't hurt them!

 

[RadioNate]

I sterilized before the first use and then never again so I guess I get to join the horrible mommy club.

I just used the dishwasher. I even mixed bottles with tap water and put them in the microwave.

He's fine. Always been heathy etc etc.

The dishwasher is fine.

 

[mskay]

Thanks, all. Guess I'll do the dishwasher route. It sure is much easier.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

We do the dishwasher too and we only used the sanitizing thingie that Avent makes for the first few mos before giving it to DSIL to use with IttyBitty (on account of his compromised immune system, he'd need his bottles and anything that went in his mouth WAY WAY cleaner than DS who has always been healthy as a horse).

TOV

 

[Lil_Tink]

I have heard different things about washing/sterilizing bottles. My pediatrician says that I can put them in the dishwasher with dirty dishes. I read somewhere, though, that dishwashing is only a way to clean bottles and does not actually sterilize them. Just curious what others do. Thanks!

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