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| i'm normally very nurotic about washing my daughters bottles. But last night i was so tired when i got home that i just put them in the dishwasher with the rest of the dishes and when i pulled them out this morning it seemed like there was a nasty residue on both the bottles and the nipples. Am i using the wrong detergent? should i even put them in the dishwasher? it's so much easier but i don't want to make her sick. any tips? |
| Posted by Amanda on 09/13/2007 10:27 PM
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| Mine do that, too at times. I just make sure I rinse them again with hot water. If I pour some vinegar in during the rinse cycle, they seem to come out better. Does your dishwasher have a sanitize option? I always choose that when I have my son's dishes in there that way I know they have been sanitized at least. |
| posted by Jenni on 09/13/2007 10:59 PM
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| the rule is that you are never suppose to dishwash your bottles especially the nipples, it breaks down the the material and causes a film or a whiteness to the nipple. Thus meaning your nipple is deterotating. it is not sanitary to put them in the dishwasher. I hope this helped u |
| posted by stephanie on 09/14/2007 03:05 AM
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I have heard it is fine to put the bottles in the dishwasher, but not the nipples. When my MIL had lymphoma, and her doctor recommended the dishwasher for all her dishes in order to really sanitize everything, as she was very susceptible to disease. So I feel confident that the dishwasher can be extrememly sanitary. Have you tried adding Jet Dry?
Oh, and MIL is in remission. Yay! |
| posted by Jade on 09/14/2007 08:55 AM
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| I put all of my sons bottles in the dishwasher, nipples included. I figured the dishwasher is going to sanitize them better than me (I'm not sticking my hand in water that hot) and they sell those dishwasher baskets for all the small parts, I didn't see anything wrong with it. I do have a tendency to rinse off the nipples when they come out though. |
| posted by Jaxon on 09/14/2007 11:25 PM
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| You can also sanitize all your bottles and parts by just boiling them for 10 min. in a pot. |
| posted by Esther on 09/15/2007 12:26 AM
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| We washed the bottles and nipples in the dishwasher, then would we boil the nipples once a week until she was about 3 months old and then tapered off the boiling and just stuck with dishwashing and she is now a healthy 15 month old who - thank goodness- doesn't even drink form the bottle any longer. We used the dishwasher baskets for the nipples. |
| posted by Emily on 09/15/2007 03:12 PM
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| I have actually read a lot on this issue and pretty much everything says the same thing- using the dishwasher for bottles is the MOST sanitary way to go (other than handwashing and following with boiling every time, but who has time for that?) especially if you use the soap with bleach alternative. Jet dry will take care of the residue. As far as the nipples breaking down, I think that has to do with quality. I use Avent bottles and most are used that were given to me. Both the previous mom and myself used the dishwasher and they are in perfect condition still. |
| posted by Amy on 09/17/2007 09:02 AM
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