Do you wash your baby or toddler’s milk bottles and teats with baby-safe liquid cleansers? I’ve asked this question to many parents and have gotten mixed responses.
Some say they do not favour using liquid cleansers due to the following reasons:
1) Do not want to expose baby to too much chemicals
2) Baby-safe liquid cleansers are expensive
Two valid reasons, I must agree. But I find a big difference when using such liquid cleansers. The bottles and teats are sparkling clean when washed with liquid cleansers. Compared to not using them, the bottles and teats have a dull stain on it due to the milk fats and stains that stay on. Even though I use a washing brush to thoroughly clean out the bottles and teats without the cleanser, they still do not have that sparkly clean effect.
What do you think, are these cleansers more a hazard to baby?
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most parents don’t use ’safe’ plastic bottles or formula for their babies anyway – so what with the plastic bottles leaching BPA and the formula getting BPA off the can it’s stored in, i really don’t think a bit of liquid cleanser that gets washed off is going to make much difference.
If you’re really concerned, I’d go with glass bottles and a bottle sterlizer.
I’ve considered glass bottles but considered them a bit dangerous and expensive when they get dropped! Haha. I’ve read a detailed explanation from Avent on how safe their bottles are so that’s what we use. We also use a sterilizer and don’t store milk powder in the tin it comes in.