Philips AVENT products are interchangeable,
so you can express, store and feed with the
same container, preserving valuable nutrients
that can get lost if breast milk is transferred.
After expressing milk into an AVENT Breast Milk
Container, insert a sealing disc into the screw ring
and twist onto the container.To feed, just replace
the sealing disc with an AVENT Airflex Teat.
Guidelines for storing expressed breast milk
Breast milk can be stored in the fridge or freezer
in either sterile AVENT Breast Milk Containers
(125ml/4oz or 260ml/9oz fitted with sealing discs)
or in pre-sterilised VIA Cups.
Do not overfill the milk container and be sure to
keep it upright.
Expressed milk should be refrigerated immediately.
Only milk collected with a sterile pump should be stored to be fed to your baby.
Expressed breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours (not in
the door) or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
If you are storing freshly expressed milk in the fridge to add to during the day, only
add milk which has been expressed into a sterile container. Milk can only be kept
like this for a maximum of 48 hours from first expression, after which it must be used
immediately or frozen for future use.
Frozen breast milk can be defrosted overnight in the refrigerator, heated gradually in
warm water or heated on the lowest setting of the Philips AVENT Bottle and Baby
Food Warmer. Never heat milk in a microwave as this may destroy valuable nutrients
and antibodies and uneven heating could cause hot spots.
NB: NEVER refreeze breast milk. DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already frozen milk.
ALWAYS discard any milk that is left over at the end of a feed.
CAUTION: NEVER IMMERSE A FROZEN MILK CONTAINER OR VIA CUP IN BOILING WATER
AS THIS MAY CAUSE IT TO CRACK/SPLIT.
Need Help? Contact Customer Services (see back page for details)
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