Pumped milk, now what?

Question

I’m wondering what will I ever do with the milk I have pumped stored in the freezer? If I’m always nursing my baby, he doesn’t need the stored milk. I like knowing it’s there for if I have to be away from the baby but I’m never really away from him and on the rare occasions I am, I am not gone long enough that he needs to be given a bottle. 
It’s good to have in case of an emergency. With My last baby, I had to be gone in the hospital for a surgery and I know I didn’t have enough stored then. 
I’m just pumping and was thinking where am I going to go with this milk if it doesn’t get used because I’m always here to nurse him when he’s hungry?

Answer

You can use it if he gets a rash, ear infection, I’ve even heard of some moms using it to clear up their babies eyes if they get gunky. You can give him a milk bath, freeze it and give it to them like a popsicle when teething, etc.

Answer

I had the same issue with my first. I pumped for relief as I had a slight oversupply, and the frozen milk started overtaking my freezer rather quickly.
I ended up hitting up my local mommy group on facebook and asked if anybody was interested. The admins of that group got weirded out but a mom immediately messaged me and she continued to take my extra until her son was reliably eating solids. She had a low supply and needed to supplement, but preferred breastmilk for that too, so it was really great!
I was planning to mix her solids with it, but my daughter was only interested in it if it came in the original packaging 😂

Answer

I plan on giving it to my baby instead of cow milk. I use it for milk baths, you can put it in oatmeal when baby is 6 months, donate it. 
If you have enough, you could probably stop pumping.

Pumped milk, now what?

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