MAM bottles - sterilising and storage
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Bottles stay sterile for up to 2 hours in room temperature, you should assemble them and store them in fridge for up to 24 hours if you want to use them later. No need to dry them out, I just shake the excess of water off while putting them back together.
I usually leave them on the side as they come out of the microwave and untouched I then prepare them as I need them.
I use either microwave or Milton cold water steriliser and make the bottles for the day and put them in the fridge
MAM actually do a microwave steriliser, which I’ve used for both my kids. Personally love it, and you can just keep them all stored inside until you need to use one.
Mam bottles are self sterilising. Google their video on how to assemble the bottle for sterilising. Once sterilised, assemble as though you were adding milk and then they stay sterile inside. Doesn’t matter if the outside of the bottle is touched etc as that’s not what’s going inside the baby’s mouth/touching the milk. Just be careful not to touch the outside of the teat when assembling.
We self sterilize our MAM bottles in the microwave and leave them unasembled (though we do it a bit differently then the directions suggest, in the directions you attach the nipple to the lid then put that inside and balance the cap on top, we put the nipple inside on its own and attach the lid to the cap that way we can screw it together if we are going out, we then use clean hands and tongs to attach the nipple to the cap when we are ready to use) we only have enough bottles to go 24 hours so have never needed to go 48 but have never had any issues with it.
I’ve always read that once sterilised, to assemble the bottles as soon as you can
I've been told/read that bottles stay sterile for 24hours if stored properly. We have an electric steam steriliser though. Once they've been sterilised put the lids on/do them up tight and you're good for 24hours(?) or leave them inside the steriliser if using an electric one just take them as you need them but replacing the lid asap.
Assemble the bottle don’t dry them, you can do the outside. And then leave them on the side.