Pacifier Cleaner

Updated on March 28, 2011
S.M. asks from Zanesville, OH
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Does anyone have a recipe for homemade pacifier wash? I need something I can clean my daughter's pacifiers off at home & around town. She's gotten thrush twice, so I clean & sterilize the pacifiers every night, but I need a quick clean throughout the day too. A nurse friend recommended watered-down vinegar, but I think that would taste bad. I was thinking maybe mouthwash in a spray bottle, but I don't know if that's safe. Is there a safe children's mouthwash I could use? She's 4 months old. Thanks!

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

Are you nursing/breastfeeding her?
IF so, and she has gotten Thrush... YOU need to get treated too. Your nipples. If not, the Thrush will not go away.
And it will continue to go back and forth between you and her.

WAS your daughter, actually treated for Thrush? Per the Pediatrician?
If not, it will recur.

Or, just put it in a bowl of rubbing alcohol for a bit.
Then completely rinse it off, well. Thoroughly.

If she drinks from bottles, you need to sterilize those too.

Thrush, is an oral yeast infection.
How is her bottoms? Does she have any yeast infections there?
If so, then you need to treat that too.
Either per a prescription ointment from the Ped., or over the counter yeast creams that have "Clotrimazole" in it. That is per our Pediatrician.

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E.M.

answers from Johnstown on

Just put it in boiling water for a few seconds. That sterilizes just as good as anything.

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K.N.

answers from Cleveland on

they make binky wipes, for out and about, but i prefer good ol' boiling water.

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V.L.

answers from Seattle on

Please stay away from any products that use Chemicals for sterlization. And mouth wash has alcohol. There are a lot of great products out there that are all natural and will sanatize. Just with my personal experience with what Chemicals were doing to my son I stay away from anything whith chemicals in it.

T.L.

answers from St. Louis on

How about just throwing them into a bowl of water and then into the microwave for a few min? This was recommended to me for a quick sterilizer.

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M.F.

answers from Youngstown on

I use pacifier wipes for my son. He doesn't take a pacifier anymore but when he throughs his toys or sippy I clean them with them.

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