Why are the Mother's milkmate bottles to be sterilized by boiling only and NOT microwave sterilization method?
1563306
The manufacturer's manual instructions indicate that they should be sterilize only in boiling water. They do not recommend microwave sterilization. I have no idea why. I did follow the instructions and my bottles are in great condition after been boil a lot of times.
1563307
I don't know. I always sterilized mine in my Medela microwave bags and never had an issue
1036228
No, it is not microwave safe. For those who are unaware, you should never microwave food or drinks in plastic. When you microwave food or drinks in plastic, the plastic (along with all the toxins) leaches into the food/drink. For your child's safety, please do not do this with any sippy cups/bottles. I am shocked to see that people are unaware of this risk. This is a serious health hazard.
697089
The lids should be sterilized by pouring boiling water over them and allowing them to soak to soften rims. The canning lid rack is a silly investment, just use a pot. Visnaskas, I agree with you. Do not spend time and money on something so simple as sterilization. One could also bring lids to a boil, turn down heat, no big deal. The Canning Lid Rack is such a crock.
2073213
It can be sterilized with steam, boiling water or in microwavable steam bag.
1483747
I'm not sure. Honestly this is a waste of money. Just take a big pot with soap and water and boil the bottles. All you do with this is add water and stick into the microwave....Waste of money big time!!! And bigger bottles do not fit in here standing upright.
1755786
I always just put a container of water in the microwave for a few minutes, and then let that hot water heat the bottle. I would swirl it around a bit to speed up the process. Not sure how this affected the nutrients, but I never broke a bottle and we have a happy, healthy toddler.
1846983
Yes you use them with formula but warm the milk first you cannot microwave them they will bust hope this helps
1178084
I don't microwave plastic. I'm sure you can but you risk leaching chemicals and melting the thing. If you're looking to disinfect it then you can use boiling water or rinsing with rubbing alcohol (this is what I do).
218588
We sterilize after every use. We intend to start taking it to work, and the plan is to throw everything into the lunch bag and that goes in the fridge. If you need to pump more than once a shift (lucky you), I'd suggest picking up a second set of cups/valves/bottles and have that ready to go rather than re-using during the day. The vacuum hose and base unit shouldn't be getting milk into them and remain sanitary. BTW, our Target has a nice selection of spares and extras if we need something right away.
167166
You still have to wash everything with soap before sterilizing, since the steam can't remove crusted on milk, etc. BUT the design is clever, because the inner box that holds all the little pieces can be put in the dishwasher, and then you can either consider those pieces clean AND sterile, or you can quickly steam it after so it's been separately washed and sterilized. What I did was keep the whole microwave box on the counter, near my normal dish dying rack, so that I could wash each item in the sink as I used it and then place it directly in the steamer. Then, at the end of the day, or whenever I needed those items, I'd sterilize everything in the steamer, and let it all dry with the lid off for a little while. That system worked pretty well, even though we have little counter space, it was worth it to keep the steamer right there all the time.
513477
I'm not an expert and I don't know how you would sterilize it. Boiling water would be effective, but it might melt. If I need to sterilize something, I usually use a chemical (like Clorox) and then rinse completely - I would suppose you could use sterilized water when you rinse it. We use ours for orange juice, mostly.
276873
I did not, though some recipes for vanilla, which is what I used them for, said to sterilize. I would imagine just putting them in boiling water for a short period of time would do the trick-minus the plastic lids. I would not know how the sterilize the lids.
1467554
Nipples and vents can be boiled once a week for 5 minutes. It says do not place bottle in boiling water for heating milk. Upper rack of dishwasher in dry cycle recommended or hand wash in soapy water 1 minute. This is per the written instructions included in the box.
302419
Nope. That's why we switched. They're intended for single use. If you sterilize them, they will warp out of shape, and maybe even leach? Go with silicone nipples instead. They can be boiled, nuked and reused over and over. We wound up buying a salvo of Even Flow glass bottles with silicone nipples. They work like a champ.
60954
You can wash it because the top comes off, and you could disinfect it with a disinfectant solution, but it's plastic so it won't withstand the temperatures needed for sterilization such as in boiling water. I found mine stopped working after the second use anyway.
199451
Thank you for your interest. Just like with any avent bottle, you can do it using the microwave or electric sterilizer
823250
I microwave my milk. Exactly 5 min and 45 seconds to produce the scalding temp. I generally use Yogourmet starter. The Natren starter says not to microwave the milk in larger letters, but I've found it is okay. Now I have way fewer boil overs of milk onto the stove.