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!
Great post Claire, and really helpful as usual-especially the bit about unscrewing the shower head!
Anne x
PS love your dress
Genius! A few beers, and you can still do sums.
Simples, he he that was funny but very helpful.
We used the cold water tablets too and they were really easy.
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! 🙂
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)
As you say – simples !
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!
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