Originally Posted by
gunnarsmama77
What she said. Our dishwasher has a sanitary rinse cycle and I just hit that when I'm washing bottles (I WOH). When warming them up, we just set the thawed milk (in bottle) in a bowl of warm water. Easy peasy. Particularly if you're not having DH feed the baby all that much, I would certainly not spend the money on it.
If I recall correctly, the whole necessity of sanitizing bottles was a.) for formula and b.) for immuno-compromised kiddos.
If you're feeding breastmilk to a healthy baby, I wouldn't think sanitizing was necessary unless you guys had thrush or something. So I wouldn't think a sanitizer (or even boiling nipples) is immediately necessary, if at all (but certainly ask your pediatrician! I'm not a Dr.)
If you don't have a dishwasher you might want to spring for the Medela Steam and Sterilize bags. They are good for like 20 uses, and you get a pack of 5 (so 100 sterilizations total) for like 5 bucks at Target. You just throw the nipples (or whatever) in this bag with a couple of tablespoons of water and it sterilizes them. Much less expensive than a sterilizer, and takes up less room.
HTH! Congrats on your new baby