The sterilizing in a hotel challenge
OK so first time abroad with kids and off we went to Egypt with Lil H 35 months and Baby G 5 months old. There were lots of things I was unsure about but my number one point of anxiety was sterilizing Baby G’s stuff. She’s a bottle fed girlie these days and I microwave/steam sterilize her bottles at home but this isn’t an option in a hotel room over 2,500 miles away from home!
I asked lots of people “how did you do it” and they just said its dead easy, a lot of people were self catering and used Disposable Sterilising Bags which didn’t help me. It was something I wanted some reassurance about and I was fretting a bit about but the reality was a doddle – it really, really was and I think that’s why there’s no information but as a mum doing it for the first time I was anxious about it.
So this post is for me one month ago because I’d have really appreciated it! So if someone out there is feeling like I did about going abroad and takling sterilizing without the home comforts of a microwave here for your delight is me in my hotel bathroom in Egypt!
A quick disclaimer – I had had a couple of beers in the sun – simples!
Category: Personal & Family | Tags: advice for mums, sterilizing abroad, sterilizing in a hotel, travelling with babies, Vlog 8 comments »
April 27th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Great post Claire, and really helpful as usual-especially the bit about unscrewing the shower head!
Anne x
PS love your dress
April 27th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Genius! A few beers, and you can still do sums.
April 28th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Simples, he he that was funny but very helpful.
We used the cold water tablets too and they were really easy.
April 29th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Oh wow! You’re really good! I never did any sterilising, more so because K is prone to allergies/eczema/asthma, and the sterilising tablets can worsen asthma (or so a midwife told me!), but love your vlog and think it’s great you shared something that was stressing you out!
May 5th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Brilliant! Lovely to hear you speak, and lots of bright ideas.
Do cold sterilising tablets not leave a bleachy smell, or do you re-wash the bottles afterwards?
We went to Rome when Evie was 7 months, so old enough to not need such scrupulous sterilising as Grace, plus she was mix-fed, but we got by with a combination of disposable bottles and the hotel kindly boiling the teats etc for us.
WTF is a vesicle by the way? (apart from something I can’t remember from Biology GCSE)
May 12th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
As you say – simples !
August 9th, 2010 at 10:10 am
I have been trawling the net for days and then I found you – a godsend! I’ve been so worried about sterilising and couldn’t find any advice on wether or not you can use the tapwater to sterilise the bottles. A very big thankyou – you’re an angel!
August 9th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Your comment it exactly why I posted this – have a great holiday – sterilizing abroad is nerve wracking to think about but easy to do! Have a great trip. Claire x