How long can you store breast milk in a bottle?

Many women have a lot of breast milk after giving birth, especially when the baby eats from one breast, a lot of breast milk from the other breast will flow out. In order to avoid waste, some women put the milk in a bottle or store it in the refrigerator. So how long can milk be kept in a glass bottle?

Generally speaking, if you put it in a glass bottle at room temperature, it can be kept for 24 hours. If you drink it on the same day, it cannot be kept overnight. If you put it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for 72 hours. But if you can store it in a freezer, it can be kept for a longer time, about a month.

If the milk supply is enough, you can store some milk in a small amount and freeze it in the refrigerator. You can feed it to your baby when you are unable to breastfeed. You don't need to store more every month, just a few packs will be enough. If you store too much, the baby will have leftovers. The storage method is different in different places.

When feeding the baby with milk in the bottle, put the bottle in boiling water to warm it up. When the temperature reaches about 40 degrees Celsius, you can give it to the baby to drink. Don't use high temperature heating. If you use high temperature heating, the nutrients in the milk will be destroyed. If the baby often eats such milk, it will also affect the health of the body.

How to buy glass baby bottles

Material is also one of the factors to consider when choosing a glass bottle, because if the baby's taste is not right, he may refuse to accept the glass bottle. Before purchasing, mothers can first understand the material and softness of the bottle nipple. At present, there are mainly three types of rubber on the market: silicone rubber, vulcanized rubber and natural latex. Vulcanized rubber baby bottle nipples are made of natural rubber, which will produce a small amount of odor, are easy to brittle, and have poor heat resistance; natural latex baby bottle nipples have better elasticity and are relatively soft, but are also more easy to brittle, have a strong odor, and are not heat-resistant; compared with vulcanized rubber and natural latex, silicone rubber is non-toxic and odorless, and is heat-resistant and not easy to brittle, making it safer and more secure to use.

High-quality glass bottles are strong and not easily deformed by hand. Glass baby bottles that are too soft may deform during high-temperature sterilization or when boiling water is added, and may also leak toxic substances. After opening, inferior glass bottles will smell a pungent odor, while high-quality glass bottles that meet the standards have no odor at all. Currently, the more common glass baby bottles on the market have capacities of 125ml, 150ml, 200ml and 250ml. The data from different manufacturers may vary slightly. There are also small bottles less than 100ml or extra-large glass bottles over 300ml. Parents can choose according to the baby's appetite and main purpose.