How to sterilize baby bottles

Immunity of newborns is formed the first 4-6 months. Infants are weak, so pediatricians are advised to protect babies from infections and bacteria. Graft pets, wash, not lick nipples, wrap, if the house is cold, and be sure to sterilize feeding bottles. After all, the remnants of milk or a mixture - an ideal environment for the breeding of E. coli, which destroys the intestinal microflora and weakens children's immunity.

Pros and cons

Some pediatricians claim that under sterile conditions, antibodies do not form in the newborn, which further protect the child from colds and more serious diseases. Bottles enough to rinse with detergent, but it is not necessary to boil.
Moms decide for themselves whether they need to disinfect their feeding accessories or not. Sterilization is obligatory only in the case when:

• the child was recently brought from the maternity hospital, and he did not have time to adapt to a new place;
• the newborn has become infected with a virus, a cold or something infectious;
• milk stood in a bottle for a day or more and had time to sour.

Be sure to process the new children's dishes to wash off the remnants of chemicals and dirt. The bottle intended for boiled water should be rinsed regularly and sterilized 2-3 times a week. When the baby learns to crawl around the apartment, the need to disinfect pacifiers and feeding accessories will disappear. Toddlers are pulling dusty toys in their mouths, mother’s slippers and even cat stuff, in which there are a lot more germs than in a bottle.

Preliminary preparation

After feeding, it is advisable to rinse the dishes or fold them into a sink filled with water so that the remnants of the mixture or milk do not dry out. Bottles tinder hard brush on a long leg. In water, add a special detergent intended for the care of children's dishes.It is not as aggressive as the standard "adult" options.

Lid with nipple rinsed separately. Sterilize only clean bottles with no juice or milk. If there is no detergent on hand, use baking soda.

Rinse the feeding accessories in a dishwasher:

• Disassemble the bottle into separate components.
• Download to machine separately from adult utensils.
• Add detergent or soda to a special compartment.
• Ensure that the appliance rinses the dishes thoroughly.

The hole in the nipple is cleaned with salt: put two or three pinches into the rubber tip and rub it with your fingers for several minutes. Silicone specimens do not respond well to such a cleaning component.

Brush designed for the care of children's dishes, carefully washed and disinfected along with the rest of the accessories. Every month they buy a new one, because bacteria accumulate between the bristles.

Important: Damaged bottles are discarded immediately.In microscopic cracks microbes multiply, from which even heat treatment does not save.

Modern assistant

Mothers who do not have time to boil baby dishes are recommended to buy a steam sterilizer. Using smart technology is easy:

1. Put the bottle neck down.
2. Put the caps and nipples.
3. Close the sterilizer and set the timer for 8-10 minutes.
4. When the device signals the end of disinfection, remove the required number of bottles, let the rest stand inside.

In the standard model fits 4-6 jars and nipples. The dishes remain sterile for 6 hours, if you keep the lid of the device closed.

The technique makes it easier to take care of the newborn, because a woman just needs to set up a timer and start the device. But the sterilizer is not the cheapest pleasure, and steam does not wash away the pieces of dried milk or the mixture left at the bottom of the bottle, which mother did not notice or could not scrub.

Grandma's methods

Bacteria die at high temperatures, so for disinfecting children's dishes large enough pots and boiling water.The tank is filled with water for 2/3 or slightly more. The liquid is heated at maximum heat. When she boils, dip the bottle and lid with nipples in the pan.

Boil feeding accessories for 4 to 10 minutes. The duration of disinfection depends on the material from which the nipple is made. Latex and silicone specimens are deformed and covered with cracks due to prolonged boiling. The service life of such accessories is reduced to 1-2 months. Rubber tips normal and ten-minute sterilization.

Bottles and caps are removed with a pair of tongs or a slotted spoon to prevent burns. They put the dishes on a clean towel and wait for the water to drain. Dry bottles are twisted and put away in a cupboard to protect from dust and bacteria.

The towel is washed after each procedure and ironed to disinfect and destroy the fungus.
The traditional way has several drawbacks:

1. Plastic bottles in boiling water are deformed.
2. You have to constantly make sure that the latex nipples do not come into contact with the walls and bottom of the pan.
3. Tired mothers sometimes forget to remove the container with the bottles, and then you have to go to the store for new dishes.

Microwave

Care for newborns is not easy, and the microwave oven comes to help mom. There are two options for sterilizing feeding accessories.

Method 1
We'll have to look in several shops and pick up children's dishes, which is designed for disinfection in the microwave. On these bottles is appropriate labeling. She confirms that the dishes will not melt after the first attempt.

Accessories are made of modern materials that are not afraid of high temperatures and do not emit toxic substances when heated. Bottles are placed in the microwave, set the equipment to the maximum or average temperature and turn on for 3-5 minutes.

Method 2
They sell special boxes for disinfecting children's dishes that work on the principle of a steam sterilizer. In the box there are two compartments: the top one is for bottles, and the bottom one is filled with water. Boxing with nipples and other parts placed in a microwave, set the timer for 7-8 minutes.

Bottles are sterilized and in special packages. Put inside the accessories, add water and include a microwave oven.Packages are used about 20 times, then they lose their properties.

Method 3
Glass bottles and specimens of heat-resistant materials are disinfected in the microwave without boxes and other devices. Pour boiled water into clean containers, send the dishes to the oven. Sterilization duration is 7–9 minutes.

Disinfection in extreme conditions

Water is poured into a clean pan at room temperature and the agent is dissolved in it. They put the washed bottles and nipples into the container, press down with a lid or something heavy so that the dishes do not float to the surface.

Get out after 30 minutes. Manufacturers claim that antiseptics are non-toxic and harmless, but mothers recommend rinsing the bottle with boiled water. Take out the dishes immediately before feeding. The solution is not drained. The liquid retains antiseptic properties for 24 hours.

Moms who have only an electric kettle on hand are advised to rinse the bottle with boiling water immediately after feeding. It is desirable several times to be sure of its purity.

Moms are experimenting

It is not necessary to buy a sterilizer if the house has a double boiler or a slow cooker. The device is filled with water in a bowl, a special strainer is placed on top. Bottles turn neck down. It is not necessary to close the slow cooker.

Select steamer mode, turn on for 10 minutes. Dry, collect and feed a newborn from a sterile bottle.

It is useful for an infant to contact with the outside world and bacteria so that his body learns to produce antibodies. Sterile bottles and nipples do not impair the immunity of the newborn, but only protect its digestive system from E. coli, diarrhea and flatulence. The child will have time to get acquainted with infections, microbes and viruses, but for now he is tiny and weak, it is better not to risk and regularly handle dishes with soothers in a sterilizer or pan.

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