I am returning to work in a week and will continue to pump. Do you provide daycare with frozen breastmilk or pumped breastmilk from the day before? I read that frozen breastmilk loses some of its nutrients so its always better to use fresh milk and to save the frozen for emergencies. But then I'm thinking it would be nice to get rid of the older milk first. What do other working mommas do?
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I froze my milk in small amounts (2-3 ounces per bag), and I would mix/match newer milk with older milk to get up to 5-6 ounces per bottle. That way I could use up all the old milk while still giving her the nutrients from a more current supply.
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Hard to explain, but actually my bottle washing/pump part washing schedule dictated that, and most days, that meant frozen milk. A couple of times a week (or whenever it made more sense), he would get fresh milk. I know the frozen stuff isn't as good nutritionally, but it wasn't so much of a big deal to me to go out of my way to make sure he had fresh stuff. He nursed a lot more than he took the bottle anyway-- he was a bigger fan of nursing, and made up for it at night when I was home from work.
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Monday is frozen milk, then tues he gets what I pump on Monday... Etc, then I freeze what I pump on Friday. I got that strategy from @Mrs. Wagon: She had a blog post about her strategy. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to link it from my phone.
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I didn't have to worry about that but I agree w pp that you should mix them....
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I always used frozen milk since I nursed her before and after work. I froze everything that was pumped.
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I do frozen Monday, fresh Tues-Fri, freeze what's left over at the end of the week.
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I do Friday's pump as Monday's meals. Frozen milk is for emergencies or sickness only.
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@ninja: we do this too. On Monday he gets the oldest frozen milk.
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Ahh Monday frozen, fresh for the rest of the week. Makes sense! Thanks!!!
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Great post! I'll try to remember this for the future!
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It depends on how big your freezer stash is and if your freezer stash is getting old. If you have a larger freezer stash, you're going to need to cycle through it, so one bottle of frozen a day will help cycle through your stash.
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I always send the frozen milk so that my stash doesn't get too old. I really only have about a 2 week reserve in the freezer so it's not too old
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