Frozen Milk

Since the last week, little Ashley has not been drinking much milk, even with the breast milk. We feed her the formula once every other day. She still doesn't like the taste much and always pushes out the nipple after a couple sucks. But I guess she's hungry in the morning and would still drink about 4 oz only and stops.

Same goes with the breast milk, every feed she takes about 4 or 3 oz and stops. It seems like she has a buffer in her tummy that automatically stops the intake once it reaches 4 oz. Sometime during the day, it's even worse, she drinks 2 or 1.5 oz and stops. She must be a fairy who doesn't need to eat, but still can sleep for 10 hours over night! When she was little, she could drink down 5 to 6 oz and one time she sucked down 6.75 oz within a few minutes. Mommy misses those days!

Anyway, so Mommy, Daddy and the Nanny all are worried about her recent drinking patterns and have tried various ways to feed her. We even use syringe and spoon to feed her the milk, she still won't take much. Yesterday, the Nanny mentioned that Ashley seems to LOVE frozen milk, so why don't we give her frozen milk?

For those of you who don't know, after breast milk is frozen and then thawed , it has very unpleasant smell due to lipase, the enzyme that digests fats, stays active when milk is frozen. The frozen milk not only smells but also tastes soapy when thawed. It tastes worse than the formula, pretty gross. I tasted it once and would never try it again. Daddy tried it once, and almost threw up. But for some unexplained reason, Ashely loves it! Every time we give her the frozen milk, she sucks it right down and empties the bottle. And guess what? Yesterday when the nanny gave her the frozen milk, she finished all and was able to drink even more before her nap!

It really puzzles us why Ashley loves the frozen milk more than the formula, or even the fresh milk. It's going to remain a all time mystery.