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• The Easy Start bottle with the expressed milk can be sealed either with the
bottle screw ring, teat and cap, or with the bottle screw ring and sealing disc.
• Breast milk can be stored in the fridge in the Easy Start bottle or Storage
Solution for up to 72 hours.
• Breast milk can be kept in the Storage Solution in the freezer for 3 months.
Please note: the Easy Start bottle is not suitable for storing expressed milk
in the freezer or freezer compartment.
• Do not store breast milk in the door of the refrigerator. Instead, choose the
coldest part of your refrigerator (this is at the back of the glass shelf above the
vegetable compartment).
• If you have a 3-star freezer in your fridge, do not store milk for longer than 2
weeks.
• It is recommended that breast milk is frozen in small portions of 50-120ml /
1.5-4.0 UK fluid ounces. Fill the Storage Solution only up to the 120ml level mark
for freezing. Never overfill.
• Use milk that has been stored the longest first.
• When transporting breast milk, it is important that the cooling chain is not
interrupted.
4.2. Milk warming
• Defrost frozen milk in the fridge overnight, carefully in a water bath or with a
bottle warmer that offers a defrost setting, such as the MAM Electric Steriliser &
Express Bottle Warmer.
• Do not put the milk in a microwave to heat: if you do, micronutrients and
important immuno-logical properties will be lost.
• To warm the milk, place in a bath of hot water or a bottle warmer. To warm to
body temperature, running water can also be used. Start with cold running water
and gradually increase the temperature until the milk is warm.
• Remove the screw ring and sealing disc of the Easy Start before placing the
bottle in the water bath or bottle warmer for warming. Be sure to remove teat
and lid before heating.
• Breast milk should never be refrozen. Pour warmed unused milk away.
• Never mix newly expressed breast milk with frozen milk.
• Always check the temperature of the milk before feeding.
• Once your baby has drunk from a bottle of breast milk, it should be used within
the hour and anything left over should be thrown away.
5. Feeding
MAM recommends the MAM Easy Start™ Anti -Colic Bottle for feeding breast
milk.
5.1. Easy Start™ Anti -Colic Bottle
Before first use:
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Before first use, separate all bottle parts.
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When first used and sometimes during use, the ventilation slit (in the
raised bubble on the underside of the teat base) can stick together. This
will prevent air from entering the bottle during feeding and as a result,
cause the teat to collapse. Slowly brush over the bubble (ventilation) a
few times with your thumb or fingers to re-open the slit.
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Clean all parts. Wash in warm soapy water, rinse well. (See chapter