How do you clean your baby bottles?

[DaddyGlaceon]

I normally clean my Baby girl's bottle with my mechanical toothbrush. Also how long does milk when you put it in a bottle last when it's out of a fridge before it starts to cruddle? It normal takes from 2-4 hours I would say depending on temperature.

 

[ORBaby]

I use Playtex drop-ins so don't have to worry about cleaning. For a regular bottle I would suggest using a bottle brush.

 

[ArchtopK]

Should be able to find a bottle brush in the baby isle of most grocery stores.

 

[PrettyLilPrincess]

I personally don't use bottle brushes for my specific bottle (from dotty diaper company).
Here's my method:
1. Empty bottle after use, and add a drop of dish liquid to the inside of both nipple and jar. Set aside jar.
2. Using my fingers, wash all around the nipple. Rinse. set aside nipple.
3. Fill the jar about halfway. Push the opening against my flat palm, forming a seal. Turn sideways. Give it a good shake side to side. Rinse.
4. Set out to dry.
Then I'm all done!

 

[DaddyGlaceon]

I personally don't use bottle brushes for my specific bottle (from dotty diaper company).
Here's my method:
1. Empty bottle after use, and add a drop of dish liquid to the inside of both nipple and jar. Set aside jar.
2. Using my fingers, wash all around the nipple. Rinse. set aside nipple.
3. Fill the jar about halfway. Push the opening against my flat palm, forming a seal. Turn sideways. Give it a good shake side to side. Rinse.
4. Set out to dry.
Then I'm all done!

I do around the same but. My Baby drinks milk that can become solid over some time so how do you deal with that?

 

[PrettyLilPrincess]

I do around the same but. My Baby drinks milk that can become solid over some time so how do you deal with that?

I guess my best advice is to not let it happen in the first place. I typically clean my bottle as soon as it is empty.
If it’s a plastic bottle and there’s congealed milk, it’s gonna be a lot harder to clean than if it were, say, glass.
If it does get to that point, then I guess just clean it as best you can, and if there’s still a milk smell, I remember reading something online about soaking the parts in vinegar. Maybe look into that for the correct method?

 

[dogboy]

I just run some hot water and dish detergent into my bottle and let it sit all night. Then in the morning I rinse it out. Every once in a while I'll shove a paper towel (or two) into the bottle to clean out any soap and mineral residue one gets from water. I noticed that the dishwasher wasn't getting the bottom of the bottle as clean as I wanted.

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

I start off with cramming the nipple into the bottle point-down, a warm-water fill, drop in 2 denture tablets (for my 26-ounce bottle...use 1 tablet if 12 ounce bottle or less) and let sit for several minutes...then dump, rinse, gently scrub, re-rinse...and dry. Works great! 🥰🍼🍼🍼🍼

And denture tablets are cheap! 🥳