> Date:    Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:22:05 -0500
> From:    "J. Rachael Hamlet" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: (Fwd) Sour Milk (again)

> ...I saw no suggestions on how to improve the flavor
> of already frozen milk that has developed this bad taste.  The mom I
> am trying to help has a considerable supply frozen, and has
> discovered that all samples of her milk that she has tried to thaw
> and feed to baby have this bad odor and taste.  Her baby has a
> discriminating palate and rejects the bad smelling milk.
>
> She is going back to work for three 12-hour shifts per week when
> the baby is about six months old, in a little more than a month.  Due
> to lack of space at her office, it is unlikely that she will be able find a
> private place to pump a complete replacement supply.  She had
> hoped to use the supply she has already laid in, and was hoping to
> add to, to supply most of the baby's needs while they are apart.
>
> Any suggestions?  Do I have to tell this mother to discard her
> already-pumped milk?

No ideas as to what exact process causes this, but I've heard it plenty of times before and experienced the same situation with my own children.  Neither of them care for frozen milk.  My solution was to start out offering a mixture of 1/4 frozen with 3/4 fresh milk, then when they'd accept that, increase the amount of frozen until gradually over time they accept it 100%.  Even if they never accept 100% frozen milk, using any amount of
it mixed with fresh will allow your client to utilize her stored milk and need less fresh pumped milk.  It'd be a shame to throw that out.

Catharine Decker, MD, FAAFP
Long-time lactnet lurker
First-time poster
Tandem nursing mama to Charlotte (04-11-97) & Clarissa (07-28-99)
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