How are you sterilising bottles abroad?

We’re going away next month but unsure how I’m going to sterilise bottles. I have a tommee tippee steam steriliser, do I take that or do I buy a Milton cold water bucket and do them like that? I’m all inclusive so won’t have a microwave in the room.

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We used the Milton tablets, I didn’t like them as much as a steam steriliser but they took up far less room in our luggage!

I was thinking about the room in our luggage. I’m worried about the smell though as Milton tablets are quite strong aren’t they. Are the bottles ok using them? x

I would try them out and home and see how you and baby get on with them

Milton cold water allll the way. We use it as our everyday sterilising and love it. It does smell quite strong but bottles are ready to use straight away with no need to rinse (other brands than Milton you do have to rinse). The bucket does take up a lot of room but we just crammed it full of bits that would fit in x

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