Can still taste it now....

[UKMummy]

I have been trying baby Carmen on a bit of rice this week. Me and expressing don't get along too well so with my previous two babies I mixed the rice with Aptamil. However with Carmen I decided that this time the breast pump was not going to defeat me so all this week I have been fighting the fight with it so I could mix her rice with my milk as opposed to formula. I feel a total idiot expressing and my let-down reflex goes into hiding whenever I get the flipping pump out (any other time it goes into overdrive).

Anyhow, this evening I made up a little bit of rice and I got out the very precious expressed milk from the fridge. I was a bit concerned that one of the containers had milk in it that was 48 hours old so I thought I'd take a sip to ensure it was still ok. MY G*D, it was vile. It was totally sour. I was mortified. I got rid of it straightaway and had to clean my teeth about 4 times to get rid of the taste. Totally grim

 

[Mervs Mum]

Sour milk....not good

 

[Neecee]

Was it stored at the back of the fridge where it's coldest? It shoulldn't be sour if it was kept there.

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Have a look here sweetie - maybe will be of some help to you:
https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/lipase-expressedmilk.html

Gives a possible explanation for it, and what you can do to prevent it.

x

 

[milkmachine]

oh no nightmare! try hand expressing in the morning, i do it into the bowl im going to use for her breaky

 

[UKMummy]

Annabanana9, that was a very interesting article as I could not phathom why it tasted so bad. It had been stored properly. Thanks for the link

 

[AnnaBanana9]

You're welcome UKMummy - hope it helps!