https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 23:34:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375939 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:38:01 +0000 LAGS 375939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I haven't yet but had read that was an option. If after troubleshooting this is in fact my issue, I think I might give it a shot. I'm too nervous not to have a freezer stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375933 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:32:31 +0000 MsMini 375933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAGS: Sawyer is not a huge fan of bottles. He took them when I had the stomach flu and got so dehydrated I (temporarily) stopped producing altogether. So when he is starving he will, but much prefers not to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375909 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:12:02 +0000 LAGS 375909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow thanks everyone! I'm really curious to test this out now.</p> <p>@MungBean: omg... 1000+oz??? You poor thing :(</p> <p>@MsMini: I didn't realize you had this happen! Thank goodness you could keep some of the milk! Is S taking bottles any better or is that another issue on its own?</p> <p>@T-Mom: My LO has always been really bad with taking a bottle. It takes her forever and a lot of times she just pushes the nipple around her mouth and doesn't really suck... so I'm wondering if it just tastes bad from a bottle to her now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375899 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:04:12 +0000 mrbee 375899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAGS: have you tried scalding before freezing?</p> <p><a href="http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/nursing/lipase.html" rel="nofollow">http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/nursing/lipase.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375884 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:51:41 +0000 T-Mom 375884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAGS: yeah do some tests... Mine really didn't smell. I never kept a stash older than 3-4 weeks max just in case it started turning. LO didn't like it. He didn't reject but he didn't like.<br /> @MungBean: @MsMini: Feel so bad that you guys had to dump so much. Wow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375768 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:04:20 +0000 MsMini 375768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was like this, smelled fine but tasted like soap. Sawyer wouldn't touch it, so I kept thawing and tasting it to find if it ever tasted ok. I poured out hundreds of ounces of milk, but eventually the excess lipase stopped, so I was able to keep about 1/2 of my freezer stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375760 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:56:54 +0000 pinkcupcake 375760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAGS: I have the excess lipase issue :( My milk doesn't taste sour, but metallic-y. It has a slight metallic-y odor, too. I ended up not using my enormous freezer stash (1,000+ oz) b/c I felt bad feeding it to L :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375733 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:47:51 +0000 LAGS 375733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sloaneandpuffy: I wondered this at first but tried the straight breast milk to be sure, it didn't smell but tasted way off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375730 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:46:50 +0000 LAGS 375730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Hmm this has me wondering? I might do a few test runs trying milk that's been in the fridge over a day and another frozen bag to see what happens. Did yours have an odor? Did your LO flat our reject your frozen bottles?</p> <p>The bag I tried was only 1.5 months old, so unless I truly goofed before freezing it, I don't think it went bad during the freezing process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375723 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:42:13 +0000 mamimami 375723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could it be the combination of pear and milk? I've heard papaya and milk go sour after a short time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375699 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:22:06 +0000 T-Mom 375699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long has it been frozen? Maybe you have a high lipase issue <a href="http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/lipase-expressedmilk/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/lipase-expressedmilk/</a></p> <p>I had his issue and my milk tastes like spit up (but not sour like yours?) after just a day in the fridge and I froze it. But if you leave it too long in the freezer it can go bad as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastmilk-doesnt-smell-bad-but-tastes-sour#post-375682 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:13:27 +0000 LAGS 375682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just thawed some breast milk to mix with my daughter's oatmeal. I mixed it and some pears in and had a quick taste to see if it'd be at all tasty and was surprised that it tasted awful - so sour!</p> <p>I immediately assumed it was the milk. I've never sampled my breast milk but figured now was the time to see if that was what made the cereal taste so bad and it definitely tasted sour. The weird thing is it had no odor.</p> <p>Does breast milk normally taste sour? I'm assuming not, I thought it was supposed to be sweet. Can it go bad without smelling bad? I'm really paranoid about my frozen supply now. I can't imagine that it could have gone bad before me freezing it?</p> <p>Really not looking forward to having to taste test all my frozen milk :( </p>