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medical health dental healthCan you use tap water abroad to sterilize bottles?
Last Updated: 23rd April, 2020
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Likewise, people ask, how do you sterilize bottles when traveling?
Pack a Travel Sterilizer – If you are nearawashing up area on the flight, you can use the Miltontravelsterilizer and tablets. It can sterilize asinglebottle in the microwave in two minutes or in coldwater afterfifteen minutes.
Beside above, is it really necessary to sterilize baby bottles? A: No, although you should sterilize thembeforeusing them for the first time (the same goes for pacifiers,sippycups, or other feeding gear). It's not a bad ideatosterilize your supply of bottles once in awhile,just to be on the safe side, and especially afteryourbaby's been sick.
Likewise, is it OK to use tap water for baby formula?
You can use any type of clean water—tap or bottled — to prepare liquid-concentrateorpowdered formula. If you use well wateroryou're concerned about the purity of your water supply,talkto your baby's doctor or the waterdepartment.Exposure to fluoride during infancy helps prevent toothdecayduring infancy.
At what age can you stop sterilizing bottles?
It's best to continue sterilising yourbaby'sbottles until she's at least a year old. Babiesarevulnerable to the germs that cause diarrhoea and vomiting.Thesegerms can develop very easily in milk. Bottlesandteats have nooks and crannies that milk cancollectin.