Do you have to use an ice pack if using it for breastmilk?
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Hi Glenda, There is no mention on the package or their website the need for an icepack so I'm assuming no. I haven't used it with an icepack. I put a small (50mL) glass Pigeon bottle containing water in the fridge for a few hours and when it was cool enough, I placed it inside the insulator bag and made sure it wasn't opened for an hour. After 1 hour, I checked on the bottle and it was still cold. 3 hours from when I first took out the bottle from the fridge, it was cool but not as cold as when I first put it in the insulator. What I am using is the medela cooler - I find it very handy. The cooler that it comes with is made in such a way that it contours the bottles which makes them stay in place during travel and separates the bottles from one another which is perfect for glass bottles. The only negative to it is that it takes up more space than the Tomme Tippee Insulated Bottle but as far as I'm concerned, if the breast milk is cold for as long as I need it, it can take as much space as it wants. Hope this reply reached you in time.
626474
I can't speak to hot, but with an ice pack or two, they'll definitely keep them cold. (I flew recently and store-bought ice packs are allowed with formula or breastmilk)
772027
I've only used it for pureed food so far. I wouldn't use it for breastmilk since the lid doesn't close air tight and some frost will get into the container.
1602246
I do not recommend it. You don't want to mix different temperature breastmilk into the same container. For instance if you pumped 1 ounce put it in the fridge and then you pump again an hour or so later, you have to refrigerate the newly pumped milk and then you could mix it together once they have both been in the fridge. I would use a new bag for each time you pump.
656116
Definitely! I've only used it for breast milk, but another baby at daycare only uses it for formula. One thing our provider mentioned though, is when warming a bottle of breast milk in water, these bottles tent to leak. Personally, I've never had that problem at home, but we don't take these to daycare anymore - just in case.
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I do not mix the milk and keep it in the refrigerator. If you want it cold when you use is, use some ice cubes instead of just water for the same amount of volume. Contact the Meyenberg Company for more information : www.meyenberg.com or 1 800 343 1185
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Both the Milkies Milk Tray and the Milkies Food Tray provide you with 1 oz segmented storage for your ease in defrosting milk or food when needed. For women that used the Milkies Milk Trays to store breast milk, they can easily transition to using the tray for food storage. For the moms that didn't store extra breast milk, they can purchase the Milkies Food Tray (comes with helpful tips for making baby food!) for baby food prep.
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The pumping is the important thing because she can always make more when she gets home. ;) I would not count on these to keep the milk truly cold. HOWEVER, breast milk does not spoil fast like cow's milk or formula.
697209
I agree with the other 2 ladies' answers. I don't use any ice packs or such with this. Love love love this!!!
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Yes. I've used it to freeze breast milk (short term) as well as fruit, veggie, and meat purées (long term). They are exactly 1 oz cubes so you know what baby is getting. Only downside is that the cubes don't fit into most bottle openings if you plan to defrost them in the bottle. In that case, I'd put what I needed in mason jars and defrost it that way and then put it in baby's bottle.
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No! I just put cold water in it from the frig and it stays cold without ice for a long time!ni LOVE IT!!!!!
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The design is more for keeping milk, etc from spoiling. I am sure that if you do not put the pack in the fridge and put something warm in it, it may keep the temperature up a bit longer than if it were left out. good luck
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If you store the milk in bags, instead of bottles, the bags are best warmed in a bowl of warm water; this goes especially quick, if you store the bags lying flat. I breastfed, and hardly gave bottles, I used my warmer a couple of times, but found it to be unnecessary. Personal preference, I suppose. I had a number of different bottles that I tried, all of them fit in the warmer. Later, I used this a few times to heat up frozen food, it worked well, but I didn't stick with it.
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Mine did not come with an ice pack. Mine came in the middle of winter though...
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As long as the ice pack is in there, the milk stays freezing cold. I used to take it to work for 15+ hour days and my milk would be freezing when I got home.
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I only use for dry food, but it does come with two ice packs, which is to say two rigid plastic packs with screw-on lids for filling with water and freezing.
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Not a bag of ice but a freezer pack is OK.(you know, the hard shelled kind that have gel in them.)I freeze bottles of water and they cool it down quicker in the beginning. NEVER EVER let ice melt in it. It will ruin the motor.