- birth to two months: 2-5 ounces per feeding
- two to four months: 4-6 ounces per feeding
- four to six months: 5-7 ounces per feeding
If you plan to use the milk within 8 days, don't freeze it. If you do plan to freeze it, do so within 24-48 hours of expressing it. The sooner you freeze it, the better.
You can pump directly into refrigerated milk as long as you add the milk within 24 hours of when the original milk was expressed. If milk has been stored at room temperature, you can pump directly into it as long as you do it within eight-ten hours. You then need to use the milk as soon as possible.
Because human milk is a living substance, its antibacterial properties help it stay fresh longer than formula.
How long you can store it depends on the temperature.. - Freshly expressed milk can be stored at room temperature for up to ten hours. Colostrum or milk expressed within one week of delivery can be stored for twelve hours at room temperature. However, whenever possible, milk should be placed in the refrigerator soon after expressing.
- Fresh milk can be stored in a cooler with icepacks for up to 24 hours.
- Fresh milk can be placed in a freezer compartment inside a fridge for up to 2 weeks. (These are usually only found in older type refrigerators).
- Fresh milk can be kept in a self-contained freezer compartment for 3-6 months, depending on how often the door is opened. Store it toward the back.
- Fresh milk can be stored in a separate chest type deep freeze for 6-12 months.
- Milk that has been frozen and thawed can be kept in the fridge for 24 hours. Thawed milk should not be refrozen.
the fridge as soon as possible after expressing it.
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