Bottle sterilizer necessary?

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Are you all planning to use a bottle sterilizer? Electric or microwave? 
Due in a few days and just now thinking of this 🤦🏼‍♀️ I never thought you’d do anything other than hand wash bottles.

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This is my third baby and I've never used one. Boil the bottles before first use and just make sure you wash the bottles throughly and you should be fine

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I never used one. I boiled bottles before first use and hand washed them after that. I would run them through the dishwasher about once a week or more if my son was sick. I think that not sterilizing everytime exposes kids to small amounts of germs and helps with their overall healthy immune system. My son has only been sick 3 times and he is almost 2 years old. This is just my personal opinion and experience though.

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I find the microwave ones definitely save you lots of time compared to boiling them.

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I’m not. I just throw everything in the dishwasher

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Not needed. You just wash the bottles in soap and hot water and the first time you use the nipples you boil them for 5 min. Every other time, dishwasher is fine.

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It’s very helpful honestly. I bought it on amazon and make sure it dries your bottles so you can use right away I breastfeed my baby but I used the sterilizer for my pump parts and bottles and it made a huge difference so every time I go to a baby shower it’s my go to gift and I always get text messages and calls thanking me after they used it a few time

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I just bought one because I’m using the nanobebe bottles and the sterilizer is microwaveable. I can also use it as storage so I thought it was very convenient. I’m a ftm.

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I didn't with my first did with my second I'm on my third and have one. Only thing I saw a difference with was smell (sometimes a odor lingers after washing) and just my safety of mind.

Bottle sterilizer necessary?

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