EBM Storage..

[AimeeJ]

This morning I defrosted some milk, but the baby didn't take it (still new to the bottle and not keen). I was going to try again tonight, but can I keep it in the fridge until then, or do I have to chuck it and do some more because it was warm when I gave it to him??

Thanks for your help in advance!

It must be used within 2 hours of being warmed up or else it should be thrown.

kellymom's advice...

If my baby doesn't finish a bottle of pumped breast milk can I save it for later? by Jan Barger, R.N., M.A., IBCLC

"...Based on this study, which admittedly needs to be done on a larger scale, it would seem to me that expressed breast milk, fed to the baby, partially consumed, and then refrigerated, could be used for one more feeding no more than four hours later. That's probably fairly conservative. One of the best tests of whether the milk is spoiled is to do what you do with cow's milk: Smell it and taste it!"