Pam, I don't have an idea where you read that info, but I can back it up by some 
personal experience with silicone and yeast in another situation. I am using a 
silicone menstrual cup and boiling it certainly doesn't get rid of the yeast and 
leads to reinfection every time. Searching for info on how to get rid of the 
yeast without buying a new one I got the same info - that boiling doesn't kill 
yeast spores and the potential for reinfection exists further. The solution for 
me was using a simple and weak hydrogen peroxid solution (1 tbsp of normal 
hydrogen peroxide 2% solution in 1 cup water) to soak without boiling. That 
helped immediately. The rationale for using peroxide was that vaginal 
lactobacilli release the same substance to kill off pathogenic bacteria and 
fungi too.
So I wonder if that would help with bottle teats and dummies too? 

Christina Yaneva
BF Peer Counsellor
Bulgaria


----- Original Message ----
From: Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tue, September 21, 2010 12:49:28 AM
Subject: Help :-) Thrush

Somewhere in my reading I came across info that thrush items (nipples, shields 
etc) should not be boiled as that encapsulates the fungus and lets it come out 
again .  Does anyone in the world know where I got this idea/info?? Thanks, Pat 
in SNJ

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