Thanks for all your help❤️ I have been told that if I am unsure if my breast milk have gone bad, I can try offer it to my baby, because baby won’t take the milk if it has gone bad. Is this true? Can baby taste it if there’s bacteria there, and spit it out?🤔 (The same person also said I could smell it if the milk has gone bad, but now I know that’s not a great advice!😅) Thanks again❤
No, you can’t always tell if milk has gone bad. You definitely can’t smell bacteria growing in the early stages. Just be sure that your hands and area are clean when storing your milk. Breastmilk naturally fights against bacteria growth. Have you heard of high Lipase? That can make your milk smell and taste like soap, tin or sour. Most babies don’t mind the taste but some babies don’t like it. High Lipase won’t hurt baby at all. Lipase helps your milk to be absorbed by baby. If it’s high, it develops the taste and smell. Some moms milk develops this in just 10 minutes after pumping and sometimes it takes weeks of being frozen. Does your milk smell Band?
@@marycahillclc No, I had never heard of high lipase, but now I have watched your video about it! I think my milk smells a bit sour after about 4 days in the refrigerator. At least more sour than my freshly pumped milk. But when I offer it to baby, he drinks it. So then, there shouldn’t be a problem with the slightly sour smell? (You thought be that milk should last in the refrigerator for 5 days, so that has been my storing limit😊)
@@stinetangen91 most babies don’t mind the taste and it doesn’t affect your milk’s nutritional value at all. If you know, that you’ll be freezing your milk, freeze it right away. But if you think you’ll use it this week, keep it in the fridge. It has to be used within 24 hours if it’s froze and thawed. 🥰
Excellent video, how does the properties of your milk change as the baby ages? My daughter is now 5 months and will soon be introduced to solids. Appreciate you in advance
Thank you! Your breast milk has 4 different stages. In the first 3 to 5 days it's called Colostrum. Then you have transitional milk until about 2 weeks postpartum. next, your milk is called Mature milk until solids are added. This last stage is called involutional milk. During colostrum stage, your milk has slightly higher protein because baby's tummy is so small. As the next 2 stages change, your milk gains more fat, vitamins, calories and lactose. The last stage when solids are added, some of these nutrients go down slightly but not until those solids start being regular. Solids should start after baby is showing all readiness signs and it should just be "tastes" in the beginning. It's a very gradual change between the stages. Your milk changes slightly though the day and slightly through each individual feeding. Some moms wonder if breastfeeding is really beneficial after solids are added but it is very rich in nutrients and antibodies. The longer that mom and baby want to continue, the better but any amount of breastfeeding will benefit baby for the rest of their life both for emotional and nutritional benefits. Do you have a plan of how long you'd like to breastfeed?
If am keeping milk in refrigerator after freezing for thawing,after thawing in that container have 5 oz. But my baby need only 3 ozn for one feeding so can i transfer only 3 and warm it & give to baby..? And the other 2 Oz when baby needs within 24 hr is ok?
Thanks it was very helpful
Thanks for all your help❤️ I have been told that if I am unsure if my breast milk have gone bad, I can try offer it to my baby, because baby won’t take the milk if it has gone bad. Is this true? Can baby taste it if there’s bacteria there, and spit it out?🤔
(The same person also said I could smell it if the milk has gone bad, but now I know that’s not a great advice!😅) Thanks again❤
No, you can’t always tell if milk has gone bad. You definitely can’t smell bacteria growing in the early stages. Just be sure that your hands and area are clean when storing your milk. Breastmilk naturally fights against bacteria growth.
Have you heard of high Lipase? That can make your milk smell and taste like soap, tin or sour. Most babies don’t mind the taste but some babies don’t like it. High Lipase won’t hurt baby at all. Lipase helps your milk to be absorbed by baby. If it’s high, it develops the taste and smell.
Some moms milk develops this in just 10 minutes after pumping and sometimes it takes weeks of being frozen.
Does your milk smell Band?
Here’s my video on High lipase th-cam.com/video/ZHKQu1Bxr6I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pQl_cEnsJxVZDMfP
@@marycahillclc No, I had never heard of high lipase, but now I have watched your video about it!
I think my milk smells a bit sour after about 4 days in the refrigerator. At least more sour than my freshly pumped milk. But when I offer it to baby, he drinks it. So then, there shouldn’t be a problem with the slightly sour smell?
(You thought be that milk should last in the refrigerator for 5 days, so that has been my storing limit😊)
@@stinetangen91 most babies don’t mind the taste and it doesn’t affect your milk’s nutritional value at all.
If you know, that you’ll be freezing your milk, freeze it right away. But if you think you’ll use it this week, keep it in the fridge. It has to be used within 24 hours if it’s froze and thawed. 🥰
@@marycahillclc Thanks again! I really appreciate your answers!🙏🏼💕
Excellent video, how does the properties of your milk change as the baby ages? My daughter is now 5 months and will soon be introduced to solids. Appreciate you in advance
Thank you! Your breast milk has 4 different stages. In the first 3 to 5 days it's called Colostrum. Then you have transitional milk until about 2 weeks postpartum. next, your milk is called Mature milk until solids are added. This last stage is called involutional milk.
During colostrum stage, your milk has slightly higher protein because baby's tummy is so small. As the next 2 stages change, your milk gains more fat, vitamins, calories and lactose. The last stage when solids are added, some of these nutrients go down slightly but not until those solids start being regular. Solids should start after baby is showing all readiness signs and it should just be "tastes" in the beginning. It's a very gradual change between the stages. Your milk changes slightly though the day and slightly through each individual feeding.
Some moms wonder if breastfeeding is really beneficial after solids are added but it is very rich in nutrients and antibodies. The longer that mom and baby want to continue, the better but any amount of breastfeeding will benefit baby for the rest of their life both for emotional and nutritional benefits.
Do you have a plan of how long you'd like to breastfeed?
If am keeping milk in refrigerator after freezing for thawing,after thawing in that container have 5 oz. But my baby need only 3 ozn for one feeding so can i transfer only 3 and warm it & give to baby..? And the other 2 Oz when baby needs within 24 hr is ok?
Yes. That’s perfect! Just transfer what baby needs for now. ❤️
Thanks a lot❤️