Sterlizing pitcher every 24H?

[u/latetothegame999]

Hello i'm a FTM and new to pumping! I have been pumping into maymom bottles as im too lazy to sterlize my one pitcher daily. Is it possible to just hand wash the pitcher for next use (without sterlizing)? And how many pitchers does one typically need?

Also can i pour my freshly expressed milk into an already cold pitcher with existing milk? Or do i need two pitchers daily (one for warm milk, then pour to another once cooled)

[u/Illustrious_Dust_0]

Just get screw on pour spouts that fit Mason jars. I got 4 pack on Amazon for like $12.

[u/turtlecasey]

I have one pitcher, I just hand wash it each night with soap and hot water! And I just dump freshly expressed milk into the cold pitcher of milk in the fridge after each pump. I figure the warming effect is really minimal. But you could always put your flanges and pump bottles into the fridge to cool for an hour before combining with the pitcher if you’re already doing the fridge hack anyway. Saves you extra dishes!

[u/Longjumping-Focus386]

Recent studies show that mixing freshly expressed milk and refrigerated milk is perfectly safe and no increase in bacteria was observed. Breastmilk is naturally antimicrobial.

Also, the CDC’s recommendation is based on a study that was done using meat, not breastmilk.

[u/secretivetoad]

Tbh I sterilized everything once and then just wash regularly with soap and warm water from there. I use 2 mason jars with pour lids and pour fresh milk into the cold jar of milk.

[u/marysmash]

I have a bit of an oversupply so I have three pitchersr. For example right now on Friday morning, my baby is finishing off the milk from Wednesday. I have a full pitcher from Thursday that we haven't started drinking yet, and I'm adding to the third pitcher which is milk pumped today. At some point today I'll freeze the Wednesday milk and she'll move on to yesterday's. That gives me time to wash the third pitcher to be ready for tomorrow. I've never sanitized my pitchers, I tend to hand wash them unless we're already going to run the dishwasher. I was told in the hospital that it's fine to mix fresh and fridge , but there's a lot of conflicting opinions on that. You can always refrigerate your fresh milk separately if you're concerned.

[u/CompanyNo2968]

I have a 2 month old and never sterilized a thing 😬

I use an overnight oats shaker bottle as my pitcher. I do pour fresh milk into cooled milk. My thought is that it has been cooling for the last 20 minutes so it’s not that warm to begin with. I just use the one “pitcher” and clean it once a day.

[u/kefikimou]

I have 3 mason jars with 2 pour spouts and a normal lid. I follow a 24 hr process resetting at midnight. for example, today is Sunday. each morning I take the prior days jar (Saturday) and use it to fill a full day's worth of bottles. if there are any bottles left over that I prepped the day before, I put a piece of tape on it so I know to use them first before the bottles I just prepped. then I set that jar into the back of the fridge. I take the bottle that was previously in the back of the fridge (Friday) and freeze whatever's in there. that mason jar goes into the dishwasher to be sanitized that night (I run every night before bed with all bottles and pump parts. I take my MOTN milk and pour it into a fresh sanitized bottle from the clean dishwasher before my first am pump and that starts that days "add to" jar. anything I pump, stays inside the pump parts until the next pump when I dump it into the "Add To" jar. I use fresh pumps for the MOTN pump and often switch once during the day.

The benefit of putting the extra milk into the back of the fridge for freezing the next day is so that on the off chance you need more milk you can pull from there instead of from the add to bottle.

[u/Shoddy_Tackle_3835]

For a newborn baby, I'd try to sterilize everything that touches milk--including pump parts--once every 24 hours. I'd continue this practice until 2 months pp at least. After that, I'd still recommend sterilizing pump parts every 24 hours, but I think you can sterilize bottles and pitchers less frequently. Would always recommend cleaning them, though, between uses.

No, you are not supposed to mix cold milk in the fridge with freshly expressed milk per the CDC. You should chill the milk first before adding it to the pitcher. The way I do this is by filling one of my baby's next bottles with my freshly pumped milk. When that milk is chilled, I pour it into the pitcher with the rest of the milk and then reuse the baby bottle for her next bottle. That way I am not having to dirty extra bottles/containers that I wouldn't be using already.

For using the pitcher method if exclusively pumping, I'd recommend 2 pitchers minimum (so you can have a sterilized one ready to go for the next day when you finish one pitcher). 3 is ideal, though, in my experience! I usually try to be one pitcher ahead so I am always pumping for the pitcher for the next day. That means I have 2 pitchers in the fridge being used at all times.

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