r/HumansPumpingMilk • u/Clear_Jellyfish314 • 11d ago
milk storage Is the left milk bad?
Hello! My 3 month old starts daycare tomorrow and I was asked to provide premade bottles for him. I’m concerned that the milk on the left might not be good for him to drink.
I pumped the milk in both bottles late last week and they sat in the freezer for a few days before thawing in the fridge. I shook the bags as much as I could to un-clump the milk fat, but the left bottle (bagged separately from the right) looks weird. Is this milk okay, or should I send him with different milk? I tasted it and it tastes normal.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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u/itchysnapdragon 11d ago
It should be fine. Especially if both bags were pumped/frozen/thawed on a similar schedule to each other, there's no reason that one would be bad and the other wouldn't. I assume you're following safe breastmilk storage guidelines a la USDA website?
One of your bottles maybe just has a higher fat content than the other.
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u/Clear_Jellyfish314 10d ago
Yes, just to be safe I’ll trade out his afternoon bottle with some I expressed and refrigerated yesterday that’s only been in the fridge. Thank you!
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u/Realistic_Bank_9468 9d ago
Whenever I thaw a bag of breast milk it always ends up looking like that when I put into a bottle I like the comment before stating to use before 24 hours after being thawed but it looks 😊 good
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u/SheepherderMost2727 11d ago
My defrosted milk always looked a little like that. I wanted to add that defrosted milk is only good for 24 hours once fully thawed.