How long can we keep the unfinished breastmilk

Hello mummies! My baby is drinking 100ml nowadays but doesn’t always finish all the milk and sometimes left quite a lot. How long can we keep the leftover in room temperature? Can we put back in the warmer until the next feed? If let’s say i put 100ml in the warmer at 12am and she only wakes up about 1am to drink. Drinks about 30ml. Can i put back to the warmer and feed her on her next feeding? Sometimes she wakes up like 3-4am. Is it ok?

Monalisa Ng

Mommy of 1 sweet princess

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Preferably warm up only when it's time to feed. Can keep the leftover back in the fridge. It's ok to rewarm once for the next feed. But do a taste/smell check. What about reducing the amount so that baby can finish at one feed? Then slowly increase again

Monalisa Ng

Mommy of 1 sweet princess

5y ago

I see, thank you Mrs.Loh, will put it back to the fridge. She normally drinks 100ml but sometimes midnight she too sleepy perhaps. Drink like 40ml sometimes.

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if haven't been drink can put for 2-4 hours, but if already drink half, I only put up to 1 hour as it's already contaminated. maybe u split into smaller amount if u think he/she won't be able to finish it all

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Taste test b4 feed.

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