Sugarbean, i hear the word ORGANIC, i wanan run away le...at first my hubby not v anal about it...but after hearing my dad go on and on about the chemicals in our daily lives, he v anal abt all these things le...which can get rather irritating cos i wanna buy new shampoo also not allowed!! must use the shampoo they buy for me!
if u like organic fruits, you should order on regular basis, you can get v cheap prices (almost like normal fruits at market). my parents order vege and fruits from the organic grocer. price wise only more exp by S$10-20 per week (for family of 6 pple).
baby milk and aquarius, you sterilise for so long?? come back from CC I can understand...cos my nephew go half-day CC I also will wash and sterilise his bottles on alternate days, cos dunno what soap they use to wash la...paranoid tt they nvr wash his bottle properly...urgh...
anyway, the books I read, they say sterilise until 3 mths. And i did tt for all my nephews lei...and my mum say she onli sterilise me and my siblings bottles for the first month...all of us still grow up healthy
my niece now 6 mths, we already stopped sterilising her bottles for almost 2.5 mths le...just use the baby bottle cleaner (different from normal dish soap), rinse with hot water and air dry. So far she had nvr fallen sick before lei. She was fed BM for 2 weeks onli, then she was feed formula already. sometimes their maid can even forget to change the water in her water bottle and give her the same water for 2 days, still ok la. won't die
kids grow up too clean will fall sick easily
I flipped thru my notes from my studies, they mentioned tt sterilisation should only be done for newborn-2 mths. Any extension is onli for kids with immune problems.
btw, i just spoke to another experienced mummy, she say tt bottles have a 'shelf-life' in which how many times they can be sterilised. She say on average we should change bottles every 2-3 months. New bottles must be sterilised at least 2 times before starting to use.