Thursday, July 18, 2013

Storing the b. milk and pump cleaning

I have found what I think to be the least complicated.
I was previously pumping into bottles then using that bottle for the next feeding, lots of washing and rotating.

Now, I spent one day pumping and filling a large container with the milk I didn't need for feedings. (a 64oz juice bottle)
Then I used the bottle to fill ten four ounce size bottles with two ounces of milk each, and with any left over milk I filled six ounce freezer bags for storing..

Now whenever I need a bottle, I grab one of the ten ready made ones, and whenever I pump I add it to the jug.
Once a day I repeat the process of cleaning all ten bottles, filling them, freezing the extra, and starting fresh. As the tem bottles are plenty for the day, and the jug fills enough for the next day.

Some people frown upon using a large container because it can harvest more bacteria and you are mixing old and new milks. However it is only used for a 24hr or less collection before it is used or frozen so I don't have to worry about any of it going bad.

During the day instead of washing my pump parts after each use, I put them in a ziplock bag in the fridge and wash them once a day when I make my bottles. In theory because breastmilk stays fresh in the fridge, the ones on your pump parts will stay fresh also. This saves some time on cleaning....
Baby wakes I grab my bottle and my pump parts, pump while feeding. Return pump parts to the fridge and put my fresh milk in the container and head back to bed. You can rinse the pump parts first before returning them to the fridge to avoid getting milk drips anywhere when you reuse them.

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