It is important to use a baby steriliser until your baby’s immune system is fully developed and is able to afford sufficient protection against any harmful microorganisms.  During breastfeeding, antibodies are passed from the mother to child to provide protection against a broad variety of infections.  For babies who are bottle fed with formula ensuring that feeding equipment is adequately sterilised is therefore even more important.  Once you baby is mature enough to provide his or her own protection against infection then it is possible to stop using your baby steriliser and just clean off dummies and feeding equipment via washing in the dishwasher.  Your baby will generally be ready for this when he is about one year old.

One of the most common questions is why is it necessary to use a baby steriliser bearing in mind all the other junk that babies put into their mouth over the course of the day.  Well, the answer to this is two fold.  Firstly, for what is just a little inconvenience, why take the risk?  Secondly, when feeding babies could potentially ingest a lot more microorganisms that when just sucking or chewing on things.

If you are finding that sterilising your baby feeding equipment is a hassle then it could be that the baby steriliser that you have selected is not the right choice for you.  Have a look a the various options available to you summarised on our home page.  Generally speaking we find that the electric steam steriliser is the option for most parents are they are so flexible and so easy to use.