Dear Friends and Family,
I obsess about being able to provide for P. And, my latest thought obsession is whether or not to cycle through the frozen milk. It's an insurance policy, but one, that in all theory, I shouldn't let go to waste. Ideally, in a perfect world, P drinks all of it before we wean her. Therefore, even if in the short term it makes sense to continue to feed her fresh, in the long term it makes sense to feed her some frozen even if it means freezing some fresh.
Fortunately, this also coincides with her peak milk consumption so we were going to have to defrost some milk sometime in the near future anyway.
Here's my initial thoughts. We'll defrost one 2.5 ounce vial every weeknight starting 11/1. Then, we'll freeze one fresh vial every even numbered night starting 11/1. That means we'll be consuming 5 vials a week and freezing 3-4 vials a week for a net consumption of 1-2 vials a week. If we need more milk, we'll defrost to maintain the steady freezing of a vial every other day. Overage, we freeze extra, although I don't see that happening. We'll see how November goes and reassess plans for December.
I guess, theoretically, we should cycle through all of the milk. Then, the stuff in the freezer should be good to go until we need it. If, for some unknown reason it's still available, we can cycle one more time when she hits nine months old.
Cheers!
mouse
I obsess about being able to provide for P. And, my latest thought obsession is whether or not to cycle through the frozen milk. It's an insurance policy, but one, that in all theory, I shouldn't let go to waste. Ideally, in a perfect world, P drinks all of it before we wean her. Therefore, even if in the short term it makes sense to continue to feed her fresh, in the long term it makes sense to feed her some frozen even if it means freezing some fresh.
Fortunately, this also coincides with her peak milk consumption so we were going to have to defrost some milk sometime in the near future anyway.
Here's my initial thoughts. We'll defrost one 2.5 ounce vial every weeknight starting 11/1. Then, we'll freeze one fresh vial every even numbered night starting 11/1. That means we'll be consuming 5 vials a week and freezing 3-4 vials a week for a net consumption of 1-2 vials a week. If we need more milk, we'll defrost to maintain the steady freezing of a vial every other day. Overage, we freeze extra, although I don't see that happening. We'll see how November goes and reassess plans for December.
I guess, theoretically, we should cycle through all of the milk. Then, the stuff in the freezer should be good to go until we need it. If, for some unknown reason it's still available, we can cycle one more time when she hits nine months old.
Cheers!
mouse
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