Elisa:
I think cleaning/sterilization issues can be very touchy....I use
manufacterers recommendations and tell parents that that is what is in my
printed material...I leave the door open (wide) for them to do what they are
confortable with...
Remember the primip who sterilizes everying, even he husband...I do have
one mom who is sill ( baby is 3 months old) having trouble letting dad hold
for fear he will drop....then there is the multip who long since stopped
worring about sterilization and walks over the dirt....
I think that guidelines also need flexibility...the care needed if the
infant is in the hospital is different that a thriving healy full term....
I hope that I have not further muddied the water.
patricia