neocate users - are your bottles cloudy?

[carben]

Neocate turned all my bottles (except for pur) cloudy. I continued using them though as I was trying not to be psycho but now I regret that in case I've been posoning my baby! Because it happened to all th ebottles I used I thought it was the neocate and not the bottle. Now I am wishing I had bought new bottles earlier - however, has anyone else experienced this??!!

[LivinOnAPrayer]

wow, i hope its the neocate!! I ony used neocate a short time, then switced bub to elecare (same thing really) and her bottles are ok. Are all the cloudy bottles the same brand??:confused:

[UmmInayah]

I don't use neocate, but do you think that it could just be the way you are sterilising the bottles, rather than the neocate doing it?

[carben]

Not sure - it's happened to avent, tippee and target bottles but not the pur ones. I sterilise with a microwave steriliser and also wash in dishwasher - maybe that's the culprit?

[UmmInayah]

Hrm.. I have never sterilised in the dishwasher? Could it be the heat of the dishwasher that does it?

[Nowhere]

hey there

Mikis doesnt have bottle but we se neocate in her tube and her feed bags yes go very cloudy so do the tubes

What you need to do is a good wash in hot water and viniger this is waht we se on my DD lines just make sure you rinse it really really well

[carben]

thank you mikenzees mum!! i feel much more relieved as I am totally stressing - I sort of became lax about bottles and nwo i realised that for months I've been letting him have these cloudy bottles which I just sterilise in the dishwasher and they've become "cracked" (sort of spidery shatters) and now I feel like I have been poisoning him with chemicals!

[WorkingClassMum]

I found Neocate left a cloudy almost greasy film on all bottle - so we used warm vinegar as well (Like Mikenzees mum:D), and also used weak bleach - the same a steriliser stuff. :D

[carben]

Thanks, I never thought of vinegar or bleach but either way I am replacing my suite of bottles and investing in new ones!

[2sweetgirls]

My bottles started off cloudy, now they actually have a slightly yellow tinge... I started replacing them but they cloud quite quickly, so i just put up with it..

I bleach them once a week.

If I replaced them all the time i would have to seriously think about taking shares with avent!

I notice the slimy film as well but that comes away after i wash them.

[carben]

I feel so much happier - I couldn't sleep last night! I had the same problem where there turned cloudy straight away and I thought it a bit fo a waste to replace them.

[bossoflatch]

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[Pinkarella]

Yes, I had the same. I think it's because Neocate is quite oily. I got a bottle brush that has a sponge at the end too (from tommee tippee) and quite hot soapy water. I normally put them in hot water to soak immediately after use each if i can and when it's time to wash them scrub the inside very well every time, then i put them in the steriliser, i reckon the dishwasher doesn't clean the oily film from inside. Same with the teats. That stopped my bottles from getting cloudy and they look nice and clear. I use Avent bottles, don't know about the others though...:thumbsup:

[kiwibird27]

thank you mikenzees mum!! i feel much more relieved as I am totally stressing - I sort of became lax about bottles and nwo i realised that for months I've been letting him have these cloudy bottles which I just sterilise in the dishwasher and they've become "cracked" (sort of spidery shatters) and now I feel like I have been poisoning him with chemicals!


Think it's the dishwasher cracking them, I'm on Elecare which is similar and the bottles do crack after awhile but I think it's the heat of the microwave steriliser, the dishwasher ontop of that would finish them off. I use happy baby bottles. I would avoid dishwasher, lots of chemicals, just use hot soapy water!!

[kiwibird27]

The more u concentrate your feeds, or add calories the worse the greasy film will be, vinegar does the job pretty well!!!