Baby bottles are the main feeding equipment used for babies and maintaining a high level of hygiene can prevent unnecessary illnesses. Most doctors recommend that you clean and sterilize the bottles before each and every feeding time, to ensure that the bottles are free from germs. Babies can be affected by a lot of illness and their small bodies don\’t cope well with infections. So sterilizing your baby\’s bottles and feeding equipment prevents diseases and is an important thing to do to keep your baby healthy and happy.

Now there are many different methods that you can use to sterilize your baby\’s bottle. And depending on where you are located and what facilities you have available you may have to use different techniques at different times. The different methods include boiling, cold water sterilizing tablets, steaming, microwave sterilizer bags or electric sterilizers.

My favourite by far, and the one rapidly growing in popularity, is microwave sterilizer bags. This is however not the only way in which you can sterilize baby bottles and there are simple ways in which you can do this effectively and efficiently without buying sterilizer equipment. Remember that before you sterilize it important to clean the baby bottles first.

For many parents the most convenient way to sterilize baby bottles will by boiling them for a period of not less than 10 minutes. This is very effective in killing bacteria and germs that might be on the bottles. This way of sterilizing bottles is ideal for people who can\’t afford or make use of the other methods because of the equipment involved. This method has been used since the beginning of time and is also the most commonly used by low income earners particularly in third world countries.

Steaming is very similar to boiling but has the bottles above the boiling water. This could be either a regular pot steamer or electric steamer. There must be a lid on the steamer to create a small amount of pressure and ensure that the temperature stays at 100 degrees Celsius (boiling temperature). This requires about the same length of time.

Where heat or electricity is not available the cold water sterilizing tablets are the way to go. These would be useful for people in remote areas, or people who are camping or travelling. The tablets are added to pot of cold water, the bottles are placed into the water and you simply wait for the specified time as indicated on the instruction on the packet.

Electric sterilizers are a fancy way of sterilizing and this is the most expensive method by far. They look good and get the job done, but are neither the fastest nor most convenient method of sterilizing.

By far the easiest, cheapest and most convenient way of sterilizing baby bottles has to be microwave sterilizer bags. These bags are very easy to use – just a small amount of water in the bag (100ml), put in the feeding equipment, seal the bag and put in the microwave on a high setting for 3 minutes (or whatever time is recommended for your type of microwave), and it is done! The bags are cheap to buy and can be reused up to 20 times. And individual bags are a thin A4 size and go easily in a baby bag, and are perfect for travelling. So this method really is quick, simple and cost effective.

It is not possible to say that only one method works the best in all situations and circumstances. Any of the methods are ideal at one point or another. Nor can anyone can say one method of sterilization is better than the other, because all of them work effectively to sterilize babies bottles and prevent disease.

How to choose the best way for you to sterilize baby bottles depends on different things: where you live, your budget, what facilities are available etc. The most important thing is your baby\’s health, so remember to sterilize.

Jess Embling runs Easy Bubs Baby Care. She promotes baby products that are healthy for baby and cost effective & convenient for parents, like BPA-free Microwave Sterilizer Bags. They are the easiest and fastest way for sterilizing baby bottles and are a great to sterilize a babies bottle when you travel.

Jess Embling runs Easy Bubs Baby Care http://www.easybubs.com.au. She promotes baby products that are healthy for baby and cost effective & convenient for parents, like BPA-free Microwave Sterilizer Bags. They are the easiest and fastest way to sterilize babies bottles.

Author Bio: Jess Embling runs Easy Bubs Baby Care. She promotes baby products that are healthy for baby and cost effective & convenient for parents, like BPA-free Microwave Sterilizer Bags. They are the easiest and fastest way for sterilizing baby bottles and are a great to sterilize a babies bottle when you travel.

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