Sterilize baby bottles?
How long can I store sterilized bottles and pacifiers? Is there any benefit to sterilizing the bottles before birth?
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In general, you should think more about the sterilization method or the sterilizing agent.
A natural method to sterilize things is to put them in hot water.
And that breastfeeding provides the child with natural protection against disease. Additionally, the breast even provides a bacterial flora for the stomach.
Your question implies that you either want to pump or feed your child with baby milk, which is often based on cow's milk.
I would advise against it. Unless you're in public or your husband is taking care of the child, I don't see it as beneficial at all.
The female breast even interacts with the child, adjusting the milk and nutrients or even immune cells as needed!
..thank you very much, but I still don't know how long I can leave the bottles "standing" 🙂
It depends on whether the bottle has been used before, where it is located and at what temperatures.
Above a certain Aw value, bacteria cannot spread either way (by that I mean when they are completely dry, since at least there is no division rate – which does not mean that they are germ-free).
And even the best sterilization won't help if a biofilm remains.
Back then, we never sterilized baby bottles, etc. We just made sure they were clean.
Thanks 🙂 Cleanliness is, of course, the most important thing. best regards
So I would sterilize it.