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Need help - Daycare fridge freezes my milk

redjetta22redjetta22 member
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I do not send frozen milk to daycare.  I pump daily and send fresh milk from the day(s) just prior.  When I picked up left over milk last week I realized some of the milk was frozen.  When I looked today at what was in their fridge, the bottles in the front of the fridge were liquid but the bottles pushed toward the back were again  frozen.  I asked the worker in the class about it and she said the fridge is kept at the temperature required by the state. 

 So here's my question... if my milk is frozen at some point and then thawed, does the "use within 24 hours" rule then apply?  Or can it be used more than 24 hours later as long as the milk is only days old (no more than a week old)?  In other words, if I pumped milk on Sunday, it gets frozen in the back of the fridge on Monday and then thaws Tuesday, can they use it on Friday?  For fresh milk, the answer would be yes, since it's not that old.  Does freezing and then thawing cause recent fresh milk to spoil quicker somehow?  Or as long as it's used within a week, frozen or not, I would guess it would be fine.  Thoughts?  Thanks!

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Re: Need help - Daycare fridge freezes my milk

  • redjetta22redjetta22 member
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    Freezing milk damages enough of the live antibodies within the milk that it can't keep itself fresh for a week like it would if it were just fresh milk.

    I would ask them to please triple check the temperature of the fridge at the front and the back of the fridge, cause they shouldn't be freezing your milk or formula or anything.

     

    =/ That does make sense. thank you!

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  • redjetta22redjetta22 member
    imagetheresat858:

    Can you just send the milk that you need in one day and not extra? (except maybe a frozen bag to keep in the freezer for extra-hunger days?).  Or take all of the leftover milk home at the end of each day, and make sure to send that milk in bottles labeled to use first the next day, in case it was frozen in their fridge?

    Or maybe just ask that your milk is kept in a cooler bag instead of their fridge?

    Yeah I work on-site, thankfully, so I breastfeed a couple of times and they only feed one or two bottles a day, so taking it home and labeling the frozen milk to use next day is probably the answer. Although some days he doesn't take any bottles so I may just end up throwing out some milk occasionally. It's just not as convenient as storing it there. oh well. Thank you!

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