do you keep sterilised bottles in fridge !

[millymel]

:) silly question ... after sterilising your bottles and stuff do you have to store them in the fridge or can you keep them in an air tight container in cupboard. I have been told time and time again to only keep in fridge but room is limited ... what do other bub hubbers do !

[veve]

I dont think I'm much help - I had a big air tight tub that I put them in .. IN the fridge .. so I did both .. I just thought that the fridge prevents bacteria growing .. nice and cold :)

xx
JEn

[reAllytee]

We used to do what veve did .... in container in fridge.

Now well i dont sterilise for starters & we only have a few bottles in rotation so its not a big deal that i need to store them.

[the dargonfly faery]

I do the same as Vere as that was what the hospitail told me to do.

[Mrs Potts]

Both my kids were bottled fed before we left hospital and we were never told to keep sterilised bottles in the fridge, nor in an airtight container.

We would just sterilise them then put them upside down on a clean tea towel on the kitchen bench. Or fill them with cooled boiled water and leave them on the bench.

Once they have been sterilised unless someone coughs/sneezes on them, or flies walk all over them or similar there isn't any way the bottles can "grow" more germs. If you're worried about one of the above simply throw a clean tea towel over the top of them too.

That being said, the current recommendation is that sterilisation isn't necessary anyway so the storage question is kind of invalid.

[samsgirls]

:laughing:I did all of the above, except putting them in an airtight container. Once my bottles were sterilised, I wasn't too fazed whether they were sitting on a teatowel on the bench, or in the fridge. Whatever u find easier and more convenient for yourself.

[~mia&ryan~]

I dont think I'm much help - I had a big air tight tub that I put them in .. IN the fridge .. so I did both .. I just thought that the fridge prevents bacteria growing .. nice and cold :)

xx
JEn
We did the same with DD.

[JorBai]

For both my boys I have a rotation of 6 bottles. I sterilise them then fill them straight away and they sit in a designated bottle cupboard up.

I have never had any problem with them and then when I heat them its not as hard as they arent too cold.

[Hokey Pokey]

I just put all the lids and caps on and kept them in the cupboard.

[Shakey]

I sterilise them and then put them in the fridge with a little bit of water, so then when its time to use them, all I have to do is top it up with water from the freshly boiled jug, and its at the right temperature instantly :yes:

[cocobambino]

I dont think I'm much help - I had a big air tight tub that I put them in .. IN the fridge .. so I did both .. I just thought that the fridge prevents bacteria growing .. nice and cold :)

xx
JEn

Me too

[naiwen]

I just put them together and keep them on the counter, my son was immunosupressed so if this didnt work I would have known!

[millymel]

athanks for the advice everyone ... I think I will just keep doing what I am doing to save space in the fridge.

Hopefully she may be fully breast fed again when she is better and I wont have to worry so much about having as many bottles :)

[J&C0508]

I sterilise them and then put them in the fridge with a little bit of water, so then when its time to use them, all I have to do is top it up with water from the freshly boiled jug, and its at the right temperature instantly :yes:

Thats a good idea!!! That way bub can be feed straight away, dont have to make then wait while you heat it up.

I put them on a teatowel to dry then cap then and put then in the fridge. But i always wondered if they really need to be in the fridge cause i didnt think they could actually grow much bacteria if they were washed properly before sterilizing. I find they get a bit of condensation(sp?) in them in the fridge anyway.

But yeah that is good idea wha gizzy said.

[sockpuppette]

I was taught to refrigerate them. But I've met many who don't put them in there, but leave them face down on a clean cloth or even in the steriliser shut for a few hours (if that is what you use instead of boiling them).

I steam sterilise and make up 24hours worth of bottles with the measured water amounts straight away before putting them into the fridge.

But then I have stacks of room in my fridge and allocated the top shelf for them to keep the little blighters nice and fresh. Cheers. :)