Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Part 2: AL’s Breastmilk conquering the freezers …

Mummy’s main preference for BM storage would be container especially glass. However due to space constraints, using bag storage was the only solution.
At first Mummy used ‘ice-cream’ long plastic bag which Aunty Sue helped Mummy to get. However, Mummy managed to use not even the whole packet because Mummy’s milk was increasing. The best amount to store in the long plastic bag would be not more than 3oz to avoid the plastic bag from tearing when freezing and also to avoid having problem thawing the frozen BM if the long plastic was too long. So Mummy’s was busy finishing up the long plastic bag BM. Our apartment’s freezer was filling up. Initially AL’s BM only using the top tray of the freezer but then soon it was filling up to full. Mummy put a Tupperware in between all the piles of BM to keep BM upright until the BM got frozen.Then Sam Yee and Sam Yee Cheong were nice to loan us the space in their freezer. Initially it was only top tray and all the bag storages were placed in Tupperware. After that, it started to go out of space than Mummy changed from Tupperware containers to ziplock bags. Their freezer would only be available till CNY09 then Mummy needed to get alternative because Sam Yee Cheong’s parents would be coming and they would need the freezer space. So, maybe need to SOS Aunty Wai Leng who stayed nearby.

Now, guess what, our freezer top tray had filled up and …..Can you all guess what happen next? Check out on the next post….
Hmmmmm…. Some of you must be wondering how Mummy organized the BM and which to defroze first etc…? The freezer is very messy right? Also check on the next post….





Why JL not drinking the BM?

Initially JL was willing to drink but then he didn't like the taste. Mummy even tried to hide in his milk but JL could still detect the BM even as little as 1 oz. He would say, " Mummy, I think you put AL's milk inside my milk. Yuck...I don't like it". JL already big boy and it would be hard to 'curi' give him the BM. So, Mummy just gave up on giving the BM to JL.
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22 comments:

mama23beas said...

Go and get the freezer la...the small one will do. Best Mid Valley, ok?

Anonymous said...

when i stored too much breastmilk in freezer last time, i threw the oldest one away. didnt use it anyway and nobody wanted it, so no choice, gotta throw. i used a big air tight tupperware to store the bm in the freezer. i didnt leave it out in the freezer like that cause that time i had some meat in the freezer as well.

chanelwong said...

mama23beas
still thinking on where to put hi hi...

wen
all the meat in the freezer is store in the tupperware..

initially i put in tupperware then no space move to ziplock bags...

agnes said...

use tupperware to store? i bought a lot of storage bottles to store & still find bottles is easier than storage bag too..
dont think the BM is suitable for Jeriel anymore cause we produce different milk at different stage just to suit our lil one but not the elder siblings and moreover, ur current milk may rich in fat with less energy & protein to Jeriel adi..
hmm, invest in a small freezer may be a good idea and just sell it away after u have stopped loh ;)
anyway, ur stock is really A LOT!! hahahaa

chanelwong said...

agnes, I store using Playtex Storage Bags because no space for bottles. Initially I put all the storage bags into tupperware then run out of space, now storage bags are put into ziplock bags.

The best to store in bottles especially glass but no space to spare...

LHS said...

i stored my bm in ice-cream plastic bag too, but actually i hardly let Eli drank them, as i always fed directly so ended up i just threw them away..now think back, sigh, so waste la...

Anonymous said...

wow...salute you have so much milk!! :P

michelle@mybabybay said...

Maybe you should get a separate freezer just for her milk! Way to go moo moo mum!

Anggie's Journal said...

Wah .............. alot .... very good, keep up... yayay... get a small freezer la ... useful for u .

i still keep my Playtex Storage bag too ....

LittleLamb said...

That's a lot of BM.
I have additional fridge if u want. But I stay in Subang Jaya.

Vivianz said...

wahhhhh..... super moo mum lar u!

slavemom said...

U're too productive! :)

jazzmint said...

wow...this is so keng LOL. did you count how many oz u have hahaha...

if u need space, i got 1 freezer here lemme know

Anonymous said...

wow, that's a lot of EBM. I don't have so many bottles so i use storage bags and put in a tupperware to avoid contamination.

Anonymous said...

wah, wah, wah... you are so "productive"! Envy ^^

Babysmooches said...

That's a lot of BM you have there.. Keep it up! Ariel is so lucky.

A Mom's Diary said...

My freezer is waiting for you :-)

Sabrina said...

My milk storage are decreasing. Maybe it's because Keith is taking it twice a day and Charlotte is drinking more. So sad whenever see the milk storage gets lower. So far, Keith haven't found out about the breastmilk he's been drinking yet.Hehe...

Anonymous said...

wow! you truly have lots of bm. i'm just trying to sustain to feed lyan fung. sigh...

Janelle said...

Wow u so lucky got so much breastmilk ah. what's the secret?

Anonymous said...

oh my god...can't believe u produced so much...can consider 'selling' edi...new bis, haha

Kristie said...

wow God blessed u with so much bm... be thankful ya...