that's a great point about finding out what the child care facility's 
guidelines are. I was lucky enough that I could send a ziplock baggie or 
food storage container of cubes, usually with a note on the bag that each 
cube ~1/2 oz and specifying to not ever heat the cubes in the baggie or 
tupperware I sent them in--only in breastmilk storage or feeding bottles, 
and let the provider use tongs to take out as much or little as needed, with 
no or minimal waste. they didn't have to be in the bottles ready to feed.
     but one day the caregiver in the infant room had thrown out some of my 
breastmilk, citing some food storage guideline about "if not used within 
24hrs of defrosting" or "if not consumed by the end of the day" or... 
something.... (I don't remember, it was a couple of years ago and my 
pregnant brain isn't functioning right now), but whatever it was, was 
absolutely not applicable and I was very unhappy my liquid gold was poured 
down the drain. so I asked the director of the school for written policies 
re: breastmilk storage and updated and clarified what needed to be updated 
and clarified! I also asked for a change of wording from "formula" to 
"breastmilk or breastmilk substitutes" where feeding policies implied that 
the  normal contents of a baby's bottle would be formula (didn't mention 
EBM). it got changed to "breastmilk or formula", that's a start!
    Vicki Hayes RN IBCLC, Lake Stevens WA (finally the rain has ended! I've 
seen the sun for TWO days!)
 

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