Pumping bottles

[DollChina]

After pumping, can you just store the half full bottles in the fridge then use them again on your next pumping scession within the same day?

[houseofgirls]

If you mean can you add to that milk, then yes.  If you mean can you feed the baby that milk after they have consumed half the milk, then I would say no.  

[DollChina]

Yes, I meant pumping directly to the bottles I have pumped into earlier.  I didn't know if you can mix fresh milk with cold milk and freeze all together.

[houseofgirls]

Well, you can add to it, but if it is the fridge, I believe you have to cool the new milk first before adding it.

[tiredbuthappy]

houseofgirls is right- you can add the fresh milk only after it has been cooled. technically, milk should only be warmed once, and adding warm, body-temp milk to cold milk will warm it up a bit.

if you choose to combine pumping sessions and freeze it, try to make it from the same day, just to ensure you freeze the freshest milk possible.

[azqtpies]

Dr. Sears website who is a peditrician says you can  use the breast milk leftover from a feeding for the next one.