Bottle washer or sanitizer?

I keep having friends tell me to buy a bottle washer, but they're so expensive. Im planning to primarily breast feed and just pump once a day. I'm thinking of throwing the pump pieces and bottles in the dishwasher and just buying a cheap sterilizer. Should I splurge on the expensive bottle washer instead? I was only planning on bottle feeding once a day at night so I can get some sleep. What do you all think? Feel free to leave comments.

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I wouldn’t put bottles or pump parts in a dishwasher. Most usually say not to do this as it can melt the plastics and ruin them etc.

Just hand wash them (pain I know) and sterilise separately x

A bottle washer? Genuinely never heard of this? No you don’t need it. Just a bottle brush to hand wash and then sterilise.

For me,I boil a water I soaked those bottles with soap and wait for 6minute B4 wash them and rinse it then sterilizing it again with hot water

We have the mom cozy one that washes, sterilizes, and dries. I think it’s absolutely worth it. Honestly the dry feature alone is worth it some nights lol

we use the dishwasher and can put it on sanitizer setting

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