July 07, 2013

2.7 Storing the milk

You can store the breast milk in the refrigerator for 48 hours. Before giving the milk to the baby, the bottle can be warmed by keeping it in a bowl of hot water. Once warmed it should not be put back in the refrigerator. When a food item is warmed (not heated to boiling point) bacteria starts growing in it and they continue growing until the food is very cold. As cooling can take few hours, by that time, enough disease producing bacteria have grown and, if this food item is eaten or drunk these bacteria can cause stomach infection.

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