How long do you go between washing them?
How long do you go between washing them?
honeydew / 7463 posts
My doula/lactation consultant said 24 hours. So I'd refrigerate for 24 hours and wash every night.
persimmon / 1431 posts
I wash them every 24-48 hours depending on what time allowed. Breast milk can be in the fridge for 8 days, so I assumed 48 hours with the pump parts should be fine.
apricot / 409 posts
I only reuse refrigerated parts once. I'll use clean parts for a morning pump, refrigerate it, then use it for the afternoon pump. Then come home and wash it. Once in a while I would use it overnight (i.e. pump before bed, refrigerate, reuse parts in the morning). I think it's possible to go longer or keep reusing refrigerated parts, but I felt paranoid about food safety and the multiple temperature changes.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Once a day but I sometimes would stretch that.
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
Every other day when I was pumping lots...now I go 2 days inbetween because I only pump once a day.
honeydew / 7283 posts
Once a day. I figure they come out many times and get warmed up throughout the day, so it's not really the same as a bottle of milk in the fridge, which stays cold the whole time.
honeydew / 7811 posts
I would refrigerate during the work day and wash at night (or after an especially long day they'd get washed the next morning).
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I didn't pump that often- only once a day occasionally to build a small stash. So I would pump in the morning, put in fridge, pump the next morning around the same time and wash then. So t would be almost exactly 24 hours but wouldn't be in and out of the fridge.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Guess I'm the gross one of the group... I have a set that gets used once a day. I rinse after using and refrigerate and only wash them once a week. The set I use multiple times a day gets washed twice a week.
grapefruit / 4663 posts
@Adira: yep me too.
I brought my pump parts home every weekend to wash (I WOH 4 days a week). The reasoning that I heard and made sense to me was that breastmilk is good in the fridge for 3-8 days so why would refrigerated parts be any different. I had no issues and pumped until my son was a year, I'll be doing the same with little miss
honeydew / 7303 posts
@jetsa: omg. That would be a lifesaver. I absolutely hate washing my pump parts!
grapefruit / 4663 posts
@yellowbird: it was! I can't imagine washing every day! Our ped was fine with it.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@jetsa: Yay! Glad I'm not the only one! And that reasoning on how long breast milk stays good is also the reason I don't wash my pump parts every day.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
I washed them every evening and just refrigerated between uses at work.
I didn't think about the 3-8 day thing. I'm remembering that for next time!! Washing parts and bottles is a major PITA!!!
blogger / clementine / 750 posts
I only pump once a day (at night), so I let them go for two rounds in the fridge before washing (so I wash them every other day).
apricot / 288 posts
When I pumped once or twice a day, I would use the same set for 3 or 4 days.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I do it during the work day after 1st pump at 10am and last use is 4pm. I think they're as good as how long milk can stay in the fridge for!
pomegranate / 3272 posts
I also used to pump at work every day, keep the parts in the fridge, and bring them home to wash on the weekends with the same thought process as @jetsa. I did use the wipes to wipe them once a day so that helped too. This also helped reduce the amount of time I would forget to bring my parts with me!
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
I'm in the "gross" club too, lol--I don't keep milk in the fridge longer than 4 days, and wash the part about every 4 days as well as long as they're staying in the fridge continuously (ie, when I'm only wah; if I pump on campus, and have to carry parts to and from, I wash them, even if I'm keeping them in the cooler bag with my milk). LO is 12.5 months and has never had an issue.
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