bottle feeding care

Cleaning and caring for your baby's bottles is important because bacteria and mold can easily form inside and around your bottle. Since your baby is still young, their immune system is still developing so the risks of getting sick can be higher. It's crucial that you wash and care for your bottles as soon as you can to lessen their risks of being sick.

​I've heard a lot of moms rave about bottle warmers and bottle sterilizers but wasn't sure if we should get another "thing" to take up space on our counters. There's a ton out there and all have mixed reviews. So how were we to figure out which one to get? My husband and I opted out of registering or purchasing a sterilizer for while because we figured we would just wash Calvin's bottles right away or boil it to sterilize. This was great until we actually used a sterilizer. In my opinion they're definitely worth it! We have a big sterilizer by Pabalic that we sterilize our big 8 oz bottles, toys and bigger items. But we use our Nuby one-touch electric warmer and sterilizer every day and sterilize just about every other day. 

Nuby's one-touch electric warmer & sterilizer

I love this warmer and sterilizer by Nuby! It heats up your milk or formula evenly and super quick! It even comes with measuring cup on the side. Simply measure your water, dump it in and push down on the button! It only takes a few minutes to evenly warm up.

Inside of the warmer/sterilizer is a small tray. For small items such as bink binks (pacifiers) and nipples, toss it inside of the tray, attach the lid and push the button down to sterilize. 

I love that it has that inner tray. It helps prevent your bottle or small items to touch the heating plate. I also love that it's small and compact so it's not taking much counter space. It's small and easy to store in a cupboard if you're not using it everyday. 

This one-touch electric warmer and sterilizer is available at Amazon, Walmart and most retailers. 

Here's how we care for our bottles to make sure they're long lasting

We use our Nuby easy clean soap dispensing bottle brush with a suction base and Dapple's bottle and dish soap to clean all of our bottles and nipples. We also like to use our small Munchkin bottle and cup cleaners to get in the nooks and crannies. 

I'll take all of the bottle pieces apart and stick in in the sink. Sometimes i'll soak it with some Dapple soap in a bucket while I wash the pieces. I use the Nuby soap dispensing brush to clean the large pieces and the Munchkin brushes to get in the small spaces. This was important and really helpful for my pump flanges and the small pieces for my bottle. 

Why do we use these specific items?

• Nuby easy clean soap dispensing bottle brush: It's in the name! The soap reservoir actually holds quite a lot of soap. It also tightens well which prevents any leakage. It's super easy to dispense soap without wasting any. I also love that the suction base is super strong! I can suction it on the side of my sink and allow it to air dry without it flopping off. I also really like how firm the bristles are. It definitely gets all the milk residue. This was important because my breastmilk can be very fatty and sometimes you can see the fatty film inside the bottle- gross, I know! This bottle brush is great for wide mouth bottles such as my pumping bottles. It is a bit of a struggle to get into narrow neck bottles but it's not unmanageable. 
  • Available at Walmart, Amazon and most retailers
• Munchkin bottle and cup cleaner brushes are great because they come with various size cleaner bristles. This was the only way I found to clean between some of the nooks and crannies of my anti-colic bottle pieces or pumping flanges. 
  • Available at Target, Amazon and most retailers
• Dapple bottle and dish soap is something I recommend and buy for all of my friends. It's plant based and hypoallergenic! It's also the only dish soap I found that works quick! It cleans your bottle and pieces super fast and clean without all the crazy suds and bubbles. 
  • Available at Target, Amazon and most retailers

Once cleaned, I usually try to sterilize all of the items about every 2-3 days in either our big sterilizer or one-touch warmer/sterilizer. 

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Essentially Jenni is partnered with Nuby's Parent Blogger program and we received many items as gifts.
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