Ditto Norma. I usually tell my moms that as long as the milk was just brought to room temperature that it is probably safe to keep it closed on the counter for the next feed. I am not sure about re-refrigerating it, and serving again? What are the references for this.... Debbie Albert In a message dated 8/31/00 7:17:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << > ls nice to know is that if the baby receives EBM, she can drink some of the bottle and the carer can put the half-finished, sucked bottle back in the fridge, then warm it up and feed it to the baby any time in the next two days. If the baby is receiving formula in mom's absence, this is not possible, since the left-overs have to be discarded within an hour because of bacterial contamination. Pamela - this is a question I get all the time - can you re-use a partly used bottle of EBM ? Please share your references for this. Norma Ritter, IBCLC private practice in Big Flats, NY [log in to unmask] >> *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html