Safe Handling of WCM

Toni79 · October 2013

This is a new territory for me ... I never had to worry about this stuff while BFing. And because WCM is pasterized I don't feel like I need to be as uber conservative as I was with BM in bottles (I'd always toss unused milk, etc).

1. Do you use the same sippy cup throughout the day and just refill it as needed? I'm still BFing (before and after work and at bedtime). But I've been offering her sippys when we're together too, and she gets them at the sitters. Whatever she doesn't finish I've been putting back in the fridge and refilling as needed. Its never left out very long. So I don't think its a big deal. And I dump whatever is left over at the end of the day.

2. When you're out running errands and you think you might be out of the house when your LO would get thier milk ... are you taking sippys with you? Do you put them in a cooler bag?

TIA

rp-chicago-mom · October 2013

I offer it at meals and don't bring it out of the house. He gets a milk cup for 24 hours that I start at breakfast. I don't know if that's strictly allowed but it seems fine. Most WCM is ultra pasteurized so I take that into account.

If we're at a restaurant, I usually ask for milk and if they don't have it, I just give water. I'm too likely to forget about it and I don't want to find a yucky milk cup the next day.

BluepointToasted · October 2013

I keep a sippy going all day, just sticking it back in the fridge and refilling as needed. When we go out for a while I usually bring one, and toss it when we get home. And yes, I often find a nasty milk cup in my purse in the morning

NeneCakies · October 2013

I'm not an expert on this but we do refill one milk sippy throughout the day as long as it gets refrigerated in between use. Milk will bubble out of the straw if it gets close to room temp so I use that to gauge if it has been out too long. Going out I will bring milk with a cold pack in the insulated pocket of the diaper bag. If it still feels cold, we'll use it, if not then we dump it.

rp-chicago-mom · October 2013

CourtandNate said:
We just do milk at meals and don't try and travel with it. However our ped told us any milk in excess of 24 oz is a large cause of anemia.. Anyone else hear that>?

Too much calcium blocks iron absorption. It happens if you take too many Tums too.

zbeesma86 · October 2013

DD only gets milk with meals- water the rest of the day, at the park, and on the run.

She seems to like water more than milk.

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · October 2013

Yea we only do milk with breakfast and at bedtime. Or else he would fill up on it and not eat his meals. We use water the rest of the time.

Toni79 · October 2013

Thanks ladies! I thought it was ok to refrigerate the sippy between meals.

Right now she's BFs in the morning before work. She had breakfast at the DCPs. Then gets a sippy (takes about 4 oz) before first nap. Gets a sippy with lunch (takes about 4 oz). Then a bottle before her afternoon nap (again about 4 oz). We're going to switch out that bottle for a sippy next week (I hope!). Then I BF before dinner (usually not too interested in BFing at this time tough) and at bedtime.

It might sound like alot, but I'm pretty sure I'm still under the 20 oz. She just takes it frequently. All in all she takes about 12 oz at the DCP. I feel like she BFs well in the am and at bedtime, but its hit or miss other times.

When I was home the past 2.5 weeks (furloughed), I BF on demand and she still took about 8 oz from a cup throughout the day. Sine I stopped pumping at work I felt like my supply really went down, so I offered the cup when we were together just to be safe!

Megispreg · October 2013

We use one milk cup and one water cup for the day. The milk is refrigerated between meals. If we're taking a short trip, I just bring water. For longer trips I pack milk, water, and snacks in a lunch box with an ice pack.

brandyleighxx · October 2013

We usually use 2 cups through out the day because the first usually ends up under the kitchen table and I forget about it. When we're going to be out of the house for several hours, I bring a sippy cup of milk in a cooler bag.

JulieMarie21 · October 2013

I seem to be alone. We use a new cup for each milk, 3 or 4, unless she didn't finish the milk and then I just put it back in the fridge for later. Hmmm...I need to reevaluate this one.

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