How To Sterilize Baby Bottles

Once your baby is grown up, you will have to make a transition from breast to bottle. This transition is no simple thing. There are many things that you need to take care when doing this. The first thing that you need to make sure is that the bottle is made of food-grade plastic. Food grade plastics are highly suitable for holding food materials without contaminating them with chemicals. You also need to make sure that you clean the bottle regularly and get rid of any germ on it by sterilizing it. This will ensure that there are no harmful microbes in the container and hence there will be lesser chance of the vulnerable infant getting infected.

The need to sterilize baby bottles and things you need to note

An infant’s immunity system is not very strong and the infant falls easily to the attack of microbes. One of the ways through which microbes can gain access to the baby is the feeding bottle. Hence it is necessary that the bottle is sterilized every time before its use.
Make sure not to leave the sterilized bottle in the open for a long period of time. Doing so will lead to the accumulation of microbes. So, it is advised that you sterilize the bottle just before you feed the baby. Sterilization can be done using electricity or hot water. If you do not have access to the above two, then the best option is to use cold water. There are tablets available which can be made use of. These tablets are to be diluted in plain water and used for sterilizing the bottle. When sterilizing with any kind of solution, make sure that every inch of the bottle has been touched by the liquid.

Methods of sterilizing baby bottles

Here are a few methods that are in use for sterilizing baby milk bottles:

• steam sterilising
• cold water sterilising
• sterilisation by boiling
• microwave sterilising