If you opt for bottle feeding, know that you have a lot of other things to deal with than just struggling to make your baby consume the entire feed at a time. Mothers who prefer bottle over breastfeeding have a pile of cleaning and bottle washing to do at the end of the day. This calls for effort and has to be done the right way. This is because bacteria accumulation in the bottle or contaminated leftovers can pose to be a health threat for your baby. Here are few simple steps to help you sterilise your baby’s feeding bottle in a methodical way.
If you opt for bottle feeding, know that you have a lot of other things to deal with than just struggling to make your baby consume the entire feed at a time. Mothers who prefer bottle over breastfeeding have a pile of cleaning and bottle washing to do at the end of the day. This calls for effort and has to be done the right way. This is because bacteria accumulation in the bottle or contaminated leftovers can pose to be a health threat for your baby. Here are few simple steps to help you sterilise your baby’s feeding bottle in a methodical way.
1. Take all the feeding bottles and separate each part of them. Keep them over a clean cotton cloth on your kitchen shelf.
2. Make a soapy solution with water and mild liquid soap. Avoid using detergent powder or other harsh chemicals. Wash all the parts of the bottle with this soapy solution including the lid.
3. Next, wash all the parts thoroughly with clean water.
4. To sterilise them, fill a bigger pan with water and bring it to boil. Put the flame on simmer and immerse all the bottle parts into the pan and cover it with the lid. Allow it to boil for a while. Switch off the burner after at least 10 minutes. Ideally sterilise the teats separately.
5. Keep the bottle parts submerged in hot water for a while. Next, take them out and dry them off naturally by keeping them in a clean space on the kitchen counter. In case you want to use a cloth to dry the bottle parts make sure it is washed and cleaned beforehand.
Here are some more valuable tips to make bottle feeding easy:
• In case you aren’t using bottles that are BPA-free then do not put the bottles directly into the boiling water. Instead boil the water and take it off the burner, and then keep the different parts of the bottle submerged in it for at least 15 minutes. Bottles that contain BPA can leak a small amount of it when boiled in water. The remnants can stay inside and mix with your baby’s milk even after proper sterilisation causing much harm.
• Have two or three set of bottles with you so that each time you take one set for sterilisation you can use the other one to feed your baby.
• Make sure you wash the teats thoroughly before every feed.
• Use BPA-free bottles to ensure safety of your child.
• Do not give your baby a bottle while laying on her back or to sleep with it as these could be a risk of choking.
• Sterilise your baby’s bottles at least twice daily.
Originally published on www.thehealthsite.com
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