MAM bottles

I use MAM bottles for my babe, when self sterilising in the microwave do I need to let air dry? I’m getting conflicting information and I’m confused. I thought the whole point of the dissembling process is that you don’t touch any of the inside parts of the bottle and you can close and store them straight away after cooling with the open microwave door for up to 48 hours?

Can someone shed light on this please.

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I’m not sure what the actual rules are but the way I read the instructions was to let cool down in the microwave before reassembly but it never said anything about drying so I’ve just been putting them together after 10 mins 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ he’s now over 5 months old and still alive and well lolll so it must be okay x

I spent so long worrying about this so I feel your pain! I use Tommee Tippee self sterilising bottles, I put mine in as per the instructions and when I’m ready to use one (assuming I’ve sterilised multiple bottles) I’ll just assemble the rest of them so the lids are on and sealed, they’ll stay sterile for 24 hours. I asked Tommee Tippee customer service and they confirmed this and they said you don’t need to air dry as any moisture in there is sterile. Hope that clarifies!

I put our mam in microwave steriliser just found it easier and they cool faster taking the lid off the microwave steriliser rather than waiting for the bottle to cool before disassembling etc. I got them because I thought it would be easier but I find it more faffy than just doing 4 at a time in the steriliser.
I’ve never fully air dried mine and she’s been ok so far … 8 weeks old. There isn’t time in the day to wait for them to be fully air dried and my logic is that the very minimal water on them is sterile anyway…

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