Expressed milk handling???

[ahayden1230]

Two questions... If baby doesn't finish bottle of thawed Breast milk can you keep remainder for another feed?

If baby doesn't finish bottle of freshly expressed Breast milk can you keep left over for another feed? @amyg

[vvvvvfee]

you can- for freshly pumped milk i'd use it within the same day you first offered it. with frozen milk i'd probably offer it for the next feeding (i.e., within a couple of hours) and then dump it if it doesn't get used. when it doubt, give it a sniff- it smells sour or weird, toss it.

more info: kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/reusing-expressedmilk/

[melody330]

Eh, I would probably give it a sniff and taste the thawed milk before I offered it again. My kid is picky and wouldn't take it if I offered the same bottle, but we also heated the crap out of it.

Freshly expressed milk I would offer again, no doubt.

Are you heating the milk before offering?

[casey]

Agree with PPs.

[jesster88]

Ditto pp's. I will add that I like to use a new nipple in the bottle when we reuse the milk. I read that the bacteria grows in the nipple so I feel better with a clean one.

[audrey1787]

For fresh we were able to put the rest in the fridge and use it the next feeding but frozen was a little off sometimes. I just requested that if someone was using milk from a previous feeding that they not mix it with new milk.

[Sparkly]

Fresh or frozen, I would reuse/reoffer (even if left out at room temp) within a few hours. I would probably even put fresh back in the fridge and reuse it the next day. Frozen gets tossed regardless of use 24-48 hours after being defrosted. Most sites say 24, but I'm a little more lax. As PPs have said, I will give a sniff or taste if any question, but I prefer not to waste liquid gold whenever possible!