I have a client that after 5 months started to have her baby refuse her milk in a bottle only and she smells it and it smells bad and "taste" rancid. Like, she has to drink something else just to get the taste out of her mouth. She has been pumping all along and breastfeeding. She had stored up alot of milk in the freezer early on and at 3 months would have no problems smelling or baby refusing the milk for when she was away. Now at 5 months... only some of the milk smells stronger and appears to go rancid. She changed from the plastic collection bottles and bags as only some of them would be bad smelling and tasting to new glass bottles. She had a short period of all is well and smell and rancid taste were gone. Now, the baby just refused a bottle yesterday of pump breastmilk from a glass bottle and mom noticed that the smell and rancid taste was back. Question: can too much lipase be so wishy washy with some milk collected be ok while other times, goes rancid? She just mentioned that she pumped after she breastfed and immediately that milk smelled strong and tasted rancid as well. Any thoughts? Her diet has just about been the same daily. She said she eats the same things every day. She is healthy in her diet. She does take a fish oil but has been taken it all along. In her area, there is a problem with to much hard water. But again, nothing new from the beginning. Just thoughts to throw out there. Her question is, is this something that she has to worry about for next baby and just start boiling ALL milk after expressing it so none of it will ever taste or smell bad? Thanks! *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome