Hi Lady! Today, Let's break down a new deep dive from ParentData founder + Harvard-trained economist + best-selling author Emily Oster on why the CDC's recommendations for breastmilk storage are overly cautious.

Specifically:

-how long is it safe to keep freshly pumped milk on the counter and in the fridge?

-What about milk that was previously frozen and then thawed?

-Can you add freshly pumped milk to a bag/bottle/pitcher of cold milk from the fridge?

-And just how long do you have to use up that bottle baby started but didn't finish in one feeding?

For more reading: Emily's original article at ParentData (behind a paywall but viewable with free 7-day trial) https://parentdata.org/babies/breast-milk-storage/. My writeup (no paywall!) about it for Live Action. https://www.liveaction.org/news/parenting-expert-breast-milk-research-easier-parents

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