Breastfeeding
preggersINschool25
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How do you label your bottles?
preggersINschool25
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Right now I only pump about 2 ounces a day (just one session on one breast). I put the bottles in the fridge in sequence and use them as needed throughout the week. I usually freeze whatever I have left on Sunday.
Well lately, I feel uncomfortable freezing my entire fridge worth on Sunday incase I need to do go somewhere without him on Monday. I think part of this is because I have never defrosted a bag of milk and it is intimidating.
Anyways, how do you label your bottles? I was thinking of a color coding system, but I might be overthinking this.
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Re: How do you label your bottles?
Defrosting a bag of milk is totally not awful at all - put in a bowl of warm water, just like you'd warm a bottle, and you're set!
I'm also quite partial to masking tape and a sharpie for labeling. Very simple, very easy, very cheap.
March 6, 2012*
6lbs 15oz - 19.5"*
what are your plans for the frozen milk. It is only good for about 3 months in a regular freezer, so you might want to start cycling through the stash soon.
Honestly, I don't label the bottles in the fridge. I typically only pump when I am work, so there is usually not too much milk in the fridge at any one time. we sometimes use different shelves to if we have milk from different days.
I use post-it flags. I got them at Target.
M/C January 2008
DS February 16th, 2009
TTC #2 July 2010
Diagnosed MFI
IUI#1 w/ bravelle 5/12/11 -- 0% morph on day of IUI, but somehow BFP:
Beta #1 38 at 12dpiui, Beta #2 85 at 14dpiui Beta #3 1100 at 19dpiui
DD born December 28, 2011 at 34w6d
I use scotch tape and a sharpie on fresh bottles - easy and cheap
When I freeze (which is not as often as I'd like...) I generally use the Medela freezer bags and fill them (they hold max of 5 oz). They have a strip at the top to label on.