The pumping/storing/thawing to feed process???

Re: The pumping/storing/thawing to feed process???

• kwitt22 member

  November 2014

  When I am not at work the milk goes right in the freezer. At work I store them in a cooler bag in the fridge with my pump parts. Then they go in the freezer when I get home. We either take a bag out and set it on the counter to thaw or thaw under warm running water. Sometimes in a bowl of warm water as well.  We have a bottle warmer we use to heat up the bottle, and it works really well. 

  
  

  Freshly pumped milk:

  4 hours at room temp

  5-7 days in fridge

  6 months in freezer

  12 months in a deep freeze 

  Thawed milk: use within 24 hours

  

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• Kfran84 member

  November 2014

  I guess I'm a little different from the others. My preference is to store milk in the fridge, unless I knew it was not going to be used for more than 4 days, then I would put it in the freezer for long term storage. I rarely needed to dip into my freezer stash and did end up throwing a lot of it away because it was really stinky by 6 months in the freezer. 

  
  

  Freezing and thawing sounds like a PITA when you can just have fresh milk in the fridge. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• blue_elle member

  November 2014

  Just to add to what others have said, always give your milk a sniff before freezing and after thawing. I found that my milk stays fresh 2 days in the fridge. At three days the odor starts to change. I don't know that it's "bad", but I know it's not as fresh. Knowing this, I use oldest first for daytime bottles and freeze any remaining the second day.

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