Milton Cold Water Steriliser confusion

Tap water is fine

I saw a debate about this on a parenting group on facebook and apparently it’s just tap water! The debate was about how it even works because isn’t the whole point that using tap water to clean your bottles isn’t sterile to begin with and then we’re rinsing them with the same tap water right after using a milton tab? 🤭😂
Who knows why it works different after a milton tablet. I’m sure somebody does lol

We use boiled water, but I did read that tap water is fine in the UK. Not sure how that works with colostrum collection though, as I collected straight into the sterile syringes. I've only used Milton for bottles

Thank you all so much, it’s so confusing now that the guidelines have changed!

Tap water!!!

You're meant to rinse things thats been in the cold water steriliser? Cause I've not been doing. Just using baby bottles straight out

There have been several packet changes recently. Due to the NHS advising babies under 6 months are to be given cooled boiled water if they have any drinking water at all, Milton are aligning with this now to avoid confusion. But drinking water is not unsafe for your baby to come into contact with.

Your boobs aren't sterile, breastmilk isn't sterile, your baby doesn't need to be fed sterile milk.

The sterilising process is there to remove any milk residue that could have grown bacteria over time, or in the case of colostrum collecting, to remove any pathogens from the manufacturing process.

Tap water or cooled boiled are both fine for rinsing after Milton.