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I was born in the 50s, l don't know how my mum cleaned my bottles, l remember my young brother born in 1957, my mum used to put rice with a little bit of water in the bottle and shake it like a mad woman!! Then wash them in boiling water. Its amazing we all survived!! lol Anne

Lynda, I remember the banana shaped ones, they had a teat at one end and something similar to a teat at the other. yes some people did boil them too. June xx

Thank goodness you remember that as well Kel, or I thought I may have been dreaming it:)) I too remember the glass bottles and seem to remember some that curved, almost bananna shaped, anyone else remember that? June and Donald My children were born in the 70's and I also used Milton things, and nappisan for the nappies in a bucket. We have my grandaughter of 9 months living here with her Mum and Dad for a while, and now they use a steamer to sterlise and when doing a bottle the kettle must only boil once, if someone boils it again by mistake, it HAS to be thrown away and started again! How did my 2 grow up fit and healthy:)) Thanks for your answers. Lynda

Hi Lynda Yes your memory serves you right. I can recall my mum in the early 60's sterilizing bottles for my baby sister. She had glass feeding bottles, these were put into a big pan on the stove and boiled for about half an hour. The teats were washed in hot water , rubbed with salt and then rinsed in clean hot water. Kel

Lynda, I dont know about the 50s but my daughter was born in 1961, I had a plastic sort of box that had a lid and the water was changed every day and Milton Sterilising fluid put in it. The bottles and teats were washed and then put in this Milton Box to sterilise them. June xx

I am writing about my family, and write little things in the book how life was, as far as I can make out, and how it compares to now. While writing a bit about the 50's, about babies, it made me wonder how they sterilised the feeding bottles, if in fact they did, I have a very vague memory of being told that teats were cleaned by rubbing salt in the teat and, then rinsing it out, does anyone else know what they did then? I expect sterilising bottles didn't happen in the early 1900's, my Nan had 13 children, and I cannot imagine if they were bottle fed they had there bottles or teats sterilised. Lynda

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