Milk Storage
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How Did You Store Your Homemade Baby Food?
Asked by K.T. from Portland
on August 30, 2008
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Hi all,
I'm beginning the process of looking into making my own baby food. My daughter is 5 months old and in the next month to month and a half I want to introduce s...
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- I haven't read the other responses, so sorry for any repeated info. First, I highly recommend the Super Baby Food book! As for storing... I bought cheap ice cube tr...
- I used the Glad Mini Round containers. I think they hold 4 oz.
- Hi K., I just poured it in ice cube trays and then when it was frozen cracked it into a freezer ziploc marked with the kind of food and date. I know a lot of peo...
Breast Milk
Asked by M.H. from Chicago
on October 22, 2007
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I left my Friday's pumped milk in my refrigerator in the office over the weekend. How long does it last? Should I throw it out? Or is it still good?
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- Pumped Milk is only ok in the frig for 8 days at 32-39 F, at least that is what Lansinoh recommends.
- M.: As you have heard you milk is fine!... milk that goes bad - smells bad! P., RLC, IBCLC, Pres. Lactation Support Group, Inc www.lactationsupportgroup...
- It can stay in the fridge for 7 days....the freezer for 6 months...
Breast Milk
Asked by T.I. from Detroit
on November 22, 2008
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am haveing trouble keeping up with my son eating, he wants to eat way more milk than I can make, and when am working am not getting much out while pmping, just want to...
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- There are all sorts of supplements that you can purchase... If you go to whole foods, in the nursing/vitamins area... there are different teas, pills, and drops you ca...
- Hi T., Hi my name is M.. The hard part about pumping is that you only get about 40% of your milk supply because pumping doesn't express your milk ducts like breastfee...
- The lactation consultant recommended Blessed Thistle and Fenugreek, 3 pills each a day. You will smell like maple syrup like another respondant said. That didn't work ...
Baby Denying Frozen Breastmilk
Asked by A.D. from Atlanta
on September 9, 2012
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I was just wondering if any other moms have experienced their babies not drinking their breastmilk after if has been frozen. It doesn't seem to matter if it was frozen...
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- My baby wont take a bottle no matter whats in it.
- Could be how you are reheating it. I always freeze mine flat in bags and then put them in a cup of warm water to defrost. I never heat them so that they are warm jus...
- I do know that some breast milk goes bad even when frozen. Doesn't matter if it is a day or a month, it spoils . Something about the amount of lipase. This may be y...
Is the Thawed Breastmilk Bad?
Asked by H.K. from St. Cloud
on August 8, 2009
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My son won't drink my thawed breastmilk. He will drink fresh milk from a bottle though. I have read information about the lipase enzyme and am wondering if that is t...
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- It does taste different.... He will just have to adjust though. Freshly exspressed breastmilk is sweet and once it has been frozen and warmed, it looses that sweetness...
- I know my second son was VERY sensitive to the temperature of the thawed breast milk. Is the fresh milk given to him right after you pump? If it is he's used to that...
- We'd mix half frozen with some fresh and that worked o.k. For us, I basically got a day ahead in milk and would just pump and put it in the fridge for the next day....
Warming up Breastmilk and Re-refrigerating
Asked by N.S. from New York
on January 24, 2008
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Does anyone have any thoughts on heating up pumped breast milk that has been stored in the refrigerator? Does it do anything bad to the breastmilk if it gets really h...
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- I breast fed both of my boys and worked full time. I was told and read that you should warm up the breast milk under hot water from the faucet; however, I know the "gr...
- N., Here's some info I found on the web about storing breast milk - the answer to your direct question is last in the list..Good luck and congrats to you and your fam...
- I used to heat up my daughter's breast milk in a bottle warmer or in warm water up to room temperature, there is really no need to give a baby warm milk but we all fee...
Breastmilk Storage
Asked by R.A. from Los Angeles
on July 4, 2008
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Any suggestions on what products to use to store breast milk. I have read that glass or plastic containers work best for freezing, but using storage bags is also an op...
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- Any lansinoh products are the best. I tried several breast milk bags and lansinoh are the best. They totally cater to the breastfeeding mother.
- I used the Lansinoh storage bags for the freezer. They worked pretty well.
- You should be able to find the freezer bags for breast milk where ever the breast pump is sold. My daughter had them when she breastfed her first son. The bags are m...
Proper Breastmilk Storage and Serving...
Asked by S.C. from Denver
on July 3, 2008
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My 5mo old son is exclusively breastfed. I try to use a bottle of breastmilk to feed him every so often so that he will be comfortable with it if I should ever need t...
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- Yes that is how it is. It is like cow milk in that way because the ceream separates to the top. Just shake it the best you can to mix it back together. C. B
- Le Leche League International, which is pretty much the world's authority of breastfeeding, has recently published updated information about storing human milk. You co...
- Yes, mine always left grit also. It's weird, but the babies didn't mind.
Suggestions for an Infant Formula That Tastes like Breastmilk
Asked by L.S. from New York
on August 27, 2009
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Hi Everyone!
I have a 6 mo old daughter, and I will be going back to work soon. I will be pumping at work, but I want to supplement her with some formula during the...
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- LOL, I am responding to your "what happened": I too breast fed both of mine as long as my body could with working (just over 5 months with my second) and had some f...
- Hi L., I had the same problem. It is a harmless excess of the enzyme lipase. Here is the link that should address the issues. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/li...
- Your breast milk is not going bad. It can last for quite a while 3-5 days in the fridge and 3-6 months in the freezer. My son was a preemie and never breastfed - he ...
Refuses Anything Thats Not My Breastmilk
Asked by T.R. from Detroit
on January 28, 2010
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My son is 6.5 months now and I have wanted to introduce solids for quite sometime now, but he refuses. He will gag himself until he pukes. He won't even take a bottl...
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- I have the honor of working with Dr. Bill and Jim (the ABC show, The Doctors) Sears, pediatricians. I recoommend exploring their website, www.askDrSears.com. I do be...
- I feel for you. I breastfed also...a year for each of my boys and had the same choices as yourself. I believe that it's up to the mother to control this. Babies are ...
- T., it might be smart for you to talk to a feeding specialist about his gagging and throwing up. If there is a teaching hospital in your area, that would be a good pl...
