A method of collecting colostrum from a breast of a human and dispensing the colostrum to a newborn may involve: coupling a first end of an adapter with a syringe positioning a second end of the adapter in contact with or near the breast manually expressing colostrum from the breast into the second end of the adapter coupling the second end of the adapter with a breast pump shield expressing colostrum from the breast, using the breast pump shield and a breast pump system attached to the breast pump shield retracting a plunger of the syringe to cause the colostrum to move into the syringe from the adapter detaching the adapter from the first end of the syringe and dispensing the colostrum to the newborn from the syringe.
