Just doing a quick questionaire about sterilising.
I sterilise all DS2 bottles but only occasionally the breast pump. MW at hospital told me i only had to sterilise if the bottles were going to be used for storing milk. I do formula and EBM and we are on tank water so who knows what is in it
Kinda getting sick of doing it!!!!

So....
1. Did you sterilise at all?
2. formula or EBM or both?
3. How long did you sterilise for?
4. Tank or town water??

I sterilized the whole time Tilly was on bottles.
She was on formula. For the first month she was breast or EBM, and i sterilized everything, pump and bottles.
We do live in town.
Until Tilly was around 1, i only gave her cooled boiled water and made all of her bottles/food with boiled water.

Tilly was a sick baby, and I'm not convinced that the sterilizing made a difference. I wouldn't be surprised if you told me the sterilizing affected her immune system. I did it because that's what the health nurse told me to do!
My sister isn't a religious sterilizer, and both of her boys have been very healthy. She could probably count their illness' on her fingers.

i think i sterilised everything every time with DD til 6 months
DS i probablydid it to 4 months and only did the pump every second wash.
I was on town water with both of them. I think i only boiled water til 6 months too. I think once they put everything in their mouth it is pointless

I was just wondering if Tank water makes a difference. I only drink boiled water but DH and the kids occassionally drink straight from the tap. They dont get sick tho.
But given DS2 hasnt been immunised i will continue to boil his water.

Mostly just want to know how long i should sterilise for with the tank water. I only rinse in cold tap water so the pump would have "germs" on it.

Its all very confussing!

We sterilised every bottle (EBM for a few weeks then formula) up until Baylee was about 9 or 10 months old, and the steamer broke and we didn't do any more after that, with no problems. If we use formula with the next one I'd be inclined to sterilise again but maybe see how we go after 6 the first 6 months?