Sawyer has been refusing to bottle since about 8 weeks old. I tried again the other day, and he refused again, lots of gagging and just wouldn't take it.
My milk has always smelled fine, but I finally tried tasting it. It was gross, tasted like soap. No wonder he wouldn't drink it. I am going to that and taste my milk to see if my whole several hundred ounce stash is gone.
I am going to re-try giving him a formula bottle, because I need to get a break now and again.
nectarine / 2886 posts
Ugh, so sorry to hear. I also have excess lipase but my lo will drink it anyway. I read if you scald your breasilk right after expressed that will help w the enzyme issue
grapefruit / 4056 posts
@betsyboop: I have heard that, but I so rarely pump and bottle feed that I don't mind the odd formula bottle, so I can get out and get my hair done or whatnot. I am just sad about all the wasted time and effort.
nectarine / 2886 posts
I too had stored a bunch of milk and then read about the lipase issue and freaked just thinking about all the milk that might have gone to waste.
eggplant / 11287 posts
@MsMini: I don't know what it is either! So it tastes okay straight from your breast but not when it is in a bottle?
nectarine / 2039 posts
Oh! yikes. Maybe that's what happened to my bottle refuser? HE only started refusing the bottle when I went to freezer milk. Hmmmmm
Next bottle attempt I'm going to try non-freezer.
squash / 13199 posts
Yes it happens wit frozen milk. I did a test run in the beginning after hearing about this. I froze a couple of bags in the beginning and then defrosted them a week later and offered it to my LO and she was fine with it. so then I knew it was ok to build up my stash without scalding the milk first
nectarine / 2886 posts
@aMohror: it's when breastmilk has too much of an enzyme that breaks down the milk quicker than normal, resulting in soapy smelling/tasting milk. It's still safe for lo to consume but some babies wont drink it. I think it affects frozen milk but also refrigerated milk? Not 100% sure but that's the gist of it...
grapefruit / 4056 posts
@Mrsdaredevil: Yep, if you store it it starts to go "off" how quickly depends on how much excess lipase there is (some peoples milk goes off within minutes, some is just after freezing/thawing). It is still "safe" but some babies won't drink it.
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