New generation parents have wide range of choices in baby appliances which help them to take care of their just born. The baby appliances which are used to feed your baby should be hygienic and harmless. Each and everything should be sterilized and used such as bottles, their utensils etc; every kid's immunity varies and you never know which of the kid is allergic to certain things. Most importantly to sterilize baby bottles; it's the most vital thing in baby care.

You must be thinking how much time one should sterilize a baby bottle, is it okay once in a day? No it's not at all hygienic to do that especially where you are dealing with a baby. You must sterilize a baby bottle after every use as they come with bacteria and lot more similar things which is not good for your baby's health.

Sterilizing Tips:-

One should never keep sterilized bottle open for longer time. While buying a sterilizer make sure that it works in a microwave. After sterilizing is done remember to dry the bottles, baby utensils thoroughly as in we know that bacteria are more active in the wet state. Throw away the bottle, nipples if they are found to be torn, cracked or damaged in some other way. Always remember sterilizing baby things is hygienic for your kid's health.

There are few methods stated on how to sterilize baby bottles.

To Steam baby bottle: Using steam to sterilize baby bottles is an ancient method mostly used in hospitals, nursing homes. Though steaming process takes little time for sterilizing. There's a special steamer for of bottle sterilization; putting all the parts of the bottle into it and make sure that the baby bottle is sterilized for minimum ten to twelve minutes. This process of sterilizing is easy and handy. After removing the bottle parts from the steamer make sure that any kind of odor is not coming. Through this process the baby bottles remains safe till next three to four hours.

Sterilizing baby bottle with boiling method:

This method is very easy and can be performed at home. For this you required a wide opened vessel in which you can put all the separated parts of a bottle, fill the vessel to its brim with water and turn on your gas. Let the water boil with the parts of the bottle for ten minutes. Remove the parts with a pair of tongs and then dry them thoroughly.

Sterilizing with Microwave: Make sure that the baby bottle you are using are made for the microwavable. Made up of good material. Before sterilizing the parts make sure that your microwave is cleaned inside out; otherwise the cooked smell will remain inside the bottle. The timing and temperature varies from one to another. When the sterilizing process end let it cool down for 3-4 minutes before using.

Sterilizing the bottles with Tablets: For sterilization of a baby bottle there's a special kind of tablets are available in the market these days. According to the instruction written on it dilute that many tablets in cold water; this waster fights against bacteria and place all the bottle parts into this water. This could take little time but this one is reliable method for sterilization. Make sure that you make this solution fresh everyday.