Hotel: bottle feeding/pumping??

Will be spending 4 nights in a hotel with my husband, MIL and 8 week old baby. My MIL will be caring for the baby while we attend a wedding by giving him bottles from frozen breast milk- I will need to pump too. Currently overwhelmed by the logistics!

Any suggestions for cleaning bottles and pump parts in a hotel? Should i pack a scrub brush and dish soap? Not sure how we could sanitize…Hoping the fridge/freezer is reliable and that sink water will be enough to warm the bottle. Help?

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I would bring a brush and dish soap, as well as a container only used for pump and bottle parts. You can also bring sterilizing bags and just sterilize parts in the microwave. Hope that helps!

I did this recently! I brought a basin/bowl to wash the parts in, baby dish soap, a roll of paper towels, and a cooler backpack with ice packs. I hand washed in the hotel sink.

It worked out fine. I just didn’t sanitize for those few days.

I also brought some ready to use formula as a back up plan in case there were any issues with the refrigerator

I use pump wipes when I’m on the go, I work as a home health nurse so I have to pump in my car! I have a bag with an insulated bottom that I’ll put my breast milk in after I pump and have ice packs in there.

For heating water use the coffee maker or microwave to heat water then soak the bottle in the cup.

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