storing breast milk? ice cube trays?

[rani]

i think its easier to freeze them in bags, and make 2oz bags for a newborn, 4oz and 6ozs for an older baby. Also, don't fill bags completely, leave room for the milk to expand.

 

[dtb]

We have tried out different brands of bags and found that both Lansinoh and The First Years are the best among all. One of the problems with other brands are those bags tend to leak easily after freeze.

 

[solidstars]

where to buy the Lansinoh breast milk storage bags??? i went to jusco today and they don't have them?

 

[carang]

i would try either eugene club or bumps to babes.

 

[solidstars]

thanks carang!!!

 

[AndreaY]

They also have it in Mothercare

 

[mocha]

i use the baby food glass jar.
i will steam sterilse it before i use.

i will never use ice cube trays, as i think the plastic material for ice cube trays is not ok to resist high temp..
i never use plastic.. except the pump.. i only trust glass for high temp sterilisation

 

[solidstars]

i got some advice from the LLL too and so now i'm using a high quality silicon rubber tray (heatable and dishwasher safe too) and ziplock bags

i was calculating and the breastmilk bags seem quite expensive way to go, but have also purchased the 'first years' pack just in case of travel, etc

thanks everyone! all your thoughts were really useful!

ps. i'm only pumping ~2 oz on one side, is that normal? how can you tell the difference between foremilk and hindmilk? how long do you usually pump for?

 

[dtb]

i got some advice from the LLL too and so now i'm using a high quality silicon rubber tray (heatable and dishwasher safe too) and ziplock bags

i was calculating and the breastmilk bags seem quite expensive way to go, but have also purchased the 'first years' pack just in case of travel, etc

thanks everyone! all your thoughts were really useful!

ps. i'm only pumping ~2 oz on one side, is that normal? how can you tell the difference between foremilk and hindmilk? how long do you usually pump for?

The colour of foremilk is more on the white side while the hindmilk are a lot more yellowish and greasy (like melted butter) :gl:

 

[solidstars]

thanks dtb, i guess i'm only pumping foremilk so far...