For those who missed out on this deal from BigW, OO has The First Years steam steriliser for $20 + delivery (free via VISA checkout). They list previous price at $29.95 but stores seem to sell it for about $40 plus delivery. RRP is $69.95.
The First Years Babypro Steam Steriliser $20 Delivered (VISA Checkout) @OO.com.au
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you probably also grew up without internet, tablets, smartphones and gasp ozbargain…
It's likely your parents just sterilised things like bottles in big pots of boiling water. That still works today, but for $20 this is likely a much more convenient (and safer with the set and forget and not having to worry about a big pot of boiling water) option
We use/d a microwave steriliser for ours and if we didn't already have one for our upcoming arrival, this is a pretty low cost option that can just sit in the cornerThough I will agree on the water and baby monitor :)
"the human body itself hasn't changed much in the past couple thousand years :)"
no, but our life expectancy has :)
baby water? like drinking water for a baby?
Yes, babies can now drink Evian La Petite, available in miniature 100ml bottles so they easily hold.
Evian backwards = naive
Boil water, fill sauce pan along with baby utensils, put lid on, wait.
I use a microwave steriliser from Big W.
This one takes about 7-8mins.. the microwave ones (Avent) takes 4mins.
Just don't sterilise, soapy waters fine.
Yeah wouldn't mind someone explaining why you need to sterilise baby stuff? We wash our adult dishes/utensils without sterilisation right? Is it because baby poo gets on everything? Or is it because of breast milk? Someone pls educate me.
Their immune system is weaker.
Makes sense
Yea, their body doesn't really know how to fight germs yet. When they're born they don't even have bacteria in their gut to digest stuff.
And that's why soapy water is good to use. Many hospitals do this only…. geriatrics have much weaker immune systems and you don't see them steam sterilising everything.
Also give them a few weeks and the gut flora is there as well, no thanks to steaming the hell out of everything mind you.
I don't think we were designed to be raised in a sterile environment. Doesn't make any sense to be honest. The immune system has to learn how the new environment looks like - so yes, soapy water will do just fine.
@ocoolio: The immune system has to learn how the new environment looks like - so yes, soapy water will do just fine.
survival of the fittest hey?
sterilising comes into it more when storing formula or breast milk for use later.
If I am going to sterilise the bottles and containers I use for making beer, I'm pretty sure doing it for a baby is probably warranted :)Well, I'll leave it up to you to decide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesisAlso, your beer bottles have no immune systems, so that's why cleaning them properly makes sense. For the record, you are disinfecting it, not sterilising it. Also, it's impossible to sterilise anything properly at home as airborne bacteria will land on the surface almost instantly anyway. You can, and should, reduce the number of bacteria in the bottles to reduce the risk some of them overgrowing and destroying your work :)
I'm still amazed how much garbage people buy in the name of "The Baby Needs It." Interestingly, I grew up without digital steriliser, baby water, video baby monitor, and baby scale that is accurate to the milligrams…
Just because we have these things, the human body itself hasn't changed much in the past couple thousand years :)