Bah. Too much lipase in milk. Didn't have this problem last time

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How annoying is that. I expressed now and again for ds1 and never had a problem with it.

I had an ounce of milk that had been in the fridge for about 5 days that I had expressed for ds2 but we hadn't had to use it so I thought I would give it to ds1 for novelty factor (he is still nursing but has been asking for ages if I would pump some milk for him)

He took one sniff and declared it was horrible. When the worlds biggest milk addict says yuk then there is definitely something up!!

So I had a sniff and a taste and omg it was vile. Not like it was off, but with the soapy taste that people have described when there is too much lipase in the milk.

I know about scalding before storing, but what a PITA.

Has this happened to any of you before where milk has been ok for one baby, but not another?

Ah. I have been doing a bit of googling and there seems to be a link between calcium and lipase.

Have been taking extra calcium as don't eat huge amounts of it in my diet and I reckoned it probably wasn't enough as I was trying to repair three broken ankle bones and feed two children.

I will cut out the supplement and see how it goes.

Has anyone else had this prob?

This happened to me with my first child - now i have a 11wk old and just assumed it would be the same. Interesting about the calcium - im a cheese fiend so maybe that caused it last time.

Not sure i can be arsed to dig out the pump though, but good to know it may be ok this time round.

did you scald your milk last time pooter?