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My daughter is 11 weeks old and I return to work next week. I have a lot of milk in the freezer but it's mainly from the first two weeks of her life. I had mastitis and lots of engorgement issues then. The milk is in a freezer (the fridge freezer kind) so that means it has a storage life of 3-4 months right? So I'm thinking that any milk that isn't used in the next few weeks basically needs thrown out. Is this correct? That's a lot of milk I'll throw away. :cry
Is it a freezer that is inside the fridge or does it have a separate door? If it has a separate door, I would personally keep it for the 6 months. As long as you aren't holding the door open a lot, it really isn't much different than a deep freeze, IMO. My freezer is as cold as my deep freeze.
It's got a separate door. It's one of those side by side deals. Is the time recommendation because the milk loses it's good qualities or because the milk actually spoils after that long?
I think it loses some more of the immune properties. It is always best to use the oldest milk first for this reason, even if it isn't that old.
I have used milk past the expiration, and it's fine.
If you don't want to feed it, bake with it and freeze the results.