How often should the pacifier be cleaned? What are the methods for cleaning the pacifier?

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How often should you clean your pacifier?

Cleaning the pacifier is actually similar to cleaning the bottle. Before the baby is 6 months old, it is recommended to disinfect it at high temperature at least once a day. The rest of the time, just rinse it with boiling water before each use. After the baby is 6 months old, the baby's immunity is strengthened and the chance of infection is reduced. At this time, you only need to rinse it with boiling water each time and then drain it for later use.

How to clean a pacifier?

When cleaning the pacifier, turn it over first and brush it carefully with a pacifier brush. If there are solidified milk stains on the pacifier, soak it in hot water for a while, and then use a pacifier brush to brush it off after the milk stains soften. The area near the pacifier hole is relatively thin, so be gentle when cleaning it and be careful not to let it crack. After washing the pacifier and bottle, rinse them repeatedly with running water and turn them upside down in a ventilated place to dry. In addition to cleaning them after each use, they also need to be disinfected regularly, preferably once a day. You can boil them in an ordinary pot with boiling water, steam them in a steamer, or use a microwave oven, usually 8-10 minutes. The disinfection equipment should be dedicated, or you can use a dedicated disinfection pot. Prepare a special sterilized pot, put the baby bottles in (glass baby bottles are recommended at this time, plastic baby bottles should be put into the pot after the water boils for 5-10 minutes), add appropriate amount of clean water (enough to completely submerge all baby utensils), boil over high heat, put in pacifiers, bottle caps and other plastic products after 5-10 minutes, cover and boil for another 3-5 minutes, then turn off the heat. When the water cools down a little, use a sterilized bottle clip to take out the pacifiers and bottle caps, dry them and put them on the round baby bottles for later use.

How to sterilize a pacifier?

1. Before sterilizing the bottles and nipples, you should first brush the bottles clean, especially the rotating threads on the edge of the bottle and nipple ring, the nipple head, and the seams between the nipple and the nipple ring, which are often easily overlooked.

2. Use a sterilizer or any clean pot, add water and boil it, then throw the pacifier into the pot to sterilize it.

3. After the cold water in the pot boils, continue to boil for another 10 minutes, then take out the bottle and place it with the bottle mouth facing down to dry in the shade.

4. After each feeding, the bottle and nipple need to be cleaned and disinfected to prevent pests and diseases from entering.

How often should pacifiers be sterilized?

In winter, it is sufficient to disinfect the nipples and bottles used by babies once a day. In summer, the temperature is very high and bacteria grow quickly, so the disinfection frequency of the baby's bottles and nipples should be increased accordingly, and can be disinfected twice a day. In the process of using bottles and nipples, in order to avoid the growth of bacteria, the bottles and nipples should be rinsed immediately after the baby drinks milk. When disinfecting, you can use steam disinfection, or soak them in boiling water for disinfection. Do not put them in the microwave during disinfection, which may easily cause some toxic substances in the bottles to be emitted, and will also affect the deformation of the nipples and bottles.