Baby Bottle Cleaning?? What do I do??

Question

I'm a FTM and just gave birth to our daughter on Saturday. I've been pumping and breastfeeding so I've been using nipple shields and Tommee Tippee bottles, and the horns from the breastpump. I was wondering what is the best method to clean all of these?? I've been using soap and water to just wash them and let them dry. But then someone told me to just rinse them and boil them on the stove in a pot. I've looked into microwave sterilizers but do I need one?? I heard other people say they aren't necessary. What is the best way and easiest way to clean all of my babies stuff?? 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Buy a sterilizer or boil them. I prefer the boiling method.

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boiling steralizes but it doesn't wash them. that's kinda gross that they just rinse lol. you dont need to steralize Every time. usually just before the first use and maybe once a month. soap and water will do just fine. Medela makes these bags where you can dump in parts and then stick in the microwave for 2 minutes and it sterilizes them.

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wash in hot soapy water
rinse with clean water
place into large pot full of clean water
bring to a rolling boil...reduce heat while maintaining the boil point for 5 minutes....allow to cool a little bit
then dump into colander very carefully avoiding steam and hot water burns
allow to cool in colander a bit
place all parts onto bottle drying rack

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They need to be sterilized until at least 3 months old. I used milton tablets to make water sterile and then soak them for 15 minutes.

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I clean them buy washing them with soap and water. And then i boil the thing i clean it with. And replace that and the bottles every 6 months.

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Microwave steamer is my best friend

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I soak in hot soapy water and then scrub everything.  The more you sterilize some things the quicker you wear them out (such as nipples and nipple shields).  We only sterilize once a month by putting everything into the dishwasher

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I've soaked and boiled, but I also use a pipe cleaner for a real quick cleaning and to make sure I get all the nooks and crannies.

Baby Bottle Cleaning?? What do I do??

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