What should I pay attention to when storing breast milk?

Step 1: Prepare an adjustment time in advance. 1-2 before going to work, mom began to give her baby a psychological "vaccination". According to the mother's schedule after work, adjust and arrange the baby's breastfeeding time to give the baby an adaptation process. If the workplace is close to home, you can feed yourself before going to work, go home to feed once during lunch break, feed after work, and feed several times at night, which can basically meet the baby's needs; If you are far away from home, you can squeeze out breast milk in advance to store it. Ask your family to feed 1-2 times, and then feed at home at night. The accumulated breast milk can be squeezed out 1-2 weeks in advance for storage, and the squeezed breast milk can be frozen or refrigerated in a container.

Step 2: Practical operation

1 Prepare utensils Prepare breast pump and milk storage utensils-it is best to use plastic products suitable for freezing and well sealed, such as breast milk fresh-keeping bags, followed by glass products, and it is best not to use metal products. Active factors in breast milk will attach to glass or metal, reducing the nutritional components of breast milk.

2. The breast pump can squeeze out the breast milk for storage one day before going to work or before going to work, and paste the date and time of milking on the outside of the container, so as to clearly know the storage period of breast milk and avoid breeding bacteria and digestive tract diseases due to uncleanness and expiration. No matter how busy a mother is, she should make sure to suck milk every three hours, which can effectively prevent breast swelling and reduce milk production, so that breastfeeding can continue better. Sucked milk can also be stored, so that the baby does not have to worry about not eating breast milk. If the unit does not have refrigeration equipment, the mother can prepare a mini refrigerator for temporary storage, and let the baby eat it as soon as possible after returning home or send it to the refrigerator for refrigeration.

3. Leave a gap on the container to store breast milk. Don't fill it too full, and don't cover it too tightly to prevent the container from bursting due to freezing. It is best to divide breast milk into small portions (60- 120 ml) and freeze or refrigerate it, so that family members or nannies can feed according to the baby's food intake, which will not be wasted, and make labels and dates.

4. When thawing frozen breast milk, rinse the sealed bag with cold water first, and gradually add hot water until the breast milk is completely thawed and raised to a temperature suitable for feeding, or put it in the cold room to thaw and deice slowly. Do not directly heat breast milk with fire or microwave oven, which will destroy the nutrients in breast milk. After thawing, pour it directly into the bottle and feed it to the baby. Thawed breast milk must be eaten within 24 hours and cannot be frozen again. It's best not to feed the baby leftover milk. How long to keep it depends on the specific situation. In summer, it will deteriorate in 2 hours at room temperature. It is best not to put milk in the refrigerator, which will destroy the composition of milk in the future heating process. The heating method of storing breast milk, whether it is refrigerated breast milk or frozen breast milk, will encounter the problems of storage and heating. Parenting experts suggest that breast milk should be stored in special containers, such as breast milk storage bags or cups. Every bag (bottle) of breast milk should be marked with the sucking time, at least accurate to "morning" or "afternoon", so that you can "suck first, eat first" when reheating your baby. Pay attention to the heating of breast milk, if the method is wrong, it will destroy the nutrients inside. Breast milk is best not to be heated by microwave. The first heating is not easy to be uniform, and the baby is easy to eat "yin and yang milk"; Second, at present, experts from all sides have different opinions on whether microwaves will destroy vitamins. Fire is also not suitable for heating breast milk, because the temperature is too high, which will destroy nutrition.

There are three better ways to heat and refrigerate breast milk:

1. Waterproof scalding method If the breast milk is refrigerated, the breast milk container can be soaked in warm water like yellow wine in winter, so that the milk can absorb the heat in the water to warm up. When soaking, shake the container from time to time to make the breast milk heated evenly. If it is frozen breast milk, it should be thawed with cold water first, and then scalded like frozen breast milk.

2, heating the milk warmer Set the temperature of the milk warmer at 40 C, and heat the breast milk with water, so that the temperature is easier to master.

3. Constant temperature milk regulator uses a constant temperature milk regulator, and the temperature is set at 40 C to heat breast milk. If it is frozen breast milk, stratification may occur, which is normal. Just shake it gently before feeding and stir it evenly. Precautions for breast milk storage advocate a small amount of breast milk freezing method, weighing about 60 ~ 120g (there are special breast milk storage bags and bottles in the market, and standard weighing scales are convenient), so that it will not be wasted, and it is also convenient to choose food according to the baby's hunger and daily feeding. Before freezing breast milk, mark the time such as year, month and day on the container. Through the correct milking method, the breast milk is directly squeezed into the milk storage cup, and the milk storage amount is the amount of milk fed to the baby once (now it is more convenient because of the breast pump and breast milk storage bag). After each cup of milk is squeezed, cover it immediately, soak it in cold water for 1 ~ 2 minutes, then put it in the refrigerator and take it within 24 hours. Heat it in water before feeding, and the baby can feed at a suitable temperature. Precautions: advocate the method of freezing a small amount of breast milk, and keep the weight at about 60 ~ 120g (there are special breast milk storage bags and bottles in the market, which are convenient for standard weighing scales) to avoid waste, and at the same time, it is convenient to choose to eat according to the baby's hunger and daily feeding. It should be heated in water before feeding, and the baby can be fed at a suitable temperature.