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@JenGirl: Gotcha, yeah in that case I would put the pump parts in a Ziploc. There will be some drips but as long as the bag is cold they won't dry up and get sticky, they'll remain liquid.
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@PawPrints: @mrs.shinerbock: @LulaBee: OK yes, I guess I'm really wondering about this - adding warm milk into chilled milk. There seems to be a mix of opinions!
I have a dedicated pumping room at my office with a couple of other pumping mamas and we share a fridge in the pumping room. I noticed they stored their items differently.
What I used to do:
Pump 1: pump into bottles, combine milk into 1 bottle, cap it, wash flanges and other bottle, store in fridge
Pump 2: Same, now I have two bottles of milk - 1 from the first session, 1 from the second.
Pump 3: Last pump, combine new warm milk into the other two bottles.... therefore, mixing the warm into the cold.The other mamas said to save time, they just pumped into the same two bottles all day for their three pumps which made total sense to me - so now that's what I'm doing. I just keeping everything together in the fridge all day (saving a lot of time washing) and I rinse at the end of the last session - then give a good clean at home....
The milk seems to be fine, and it's always drunk the next day.
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I'd wipe the flanges and put them in a ziploc bag and store them in the fridge. I'd then put caps on the bottles and store them in the fridge as well. I'd fill new bottles the next time but reuse the flanges.
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@hellobeeboston: It's probably not a big deal and I've done it a few times when I ran out of clean bottles, but correct storage guidelines say not to do it.
From Mayo clinic:
Can I add freshly expressed breast milk to already stored milk?You can add freshly expressed breast milk to refrigerated or frozen milk you expressed earlier in the same day. However, thoroughly cool the freshly expressed breast milk in the refrigerator or a cooler with ice packs before adding it to previously chilled or frozen milk.
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@PawPrints: ahh, thanks... OK - i'm going back to my old way of pumping/storing then!
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