Can be used to hold breast milk at least for 6 hours?
1050431
As others said, it would depend on (a) whether or not the breast milk started frozen (needs to start that way) and the outside temperature. In 90 degrees everything not starting frozen is probably close to 90 after 3ish hours.
1050432
It will depend on the temperature of the air around it. My younger son takes one to school for lunch. They have to leave their lunches outside. His food is warm by 2:30 when he gets out. My older son takes frozen drinks for after school sports. They are still frozen at 4 when he starts practice. His PackIt stays inside all day.
1050433
Not sure it would keep milk that long. Personally I wouldn't trust it for more than a few hours for milk for babies.
1050434
yes I think so. I've noticed that it is not as cool at around 7 -8 hours so I wouldn't push it much past 6 hours, especially with breast milk.
1050435
I have used it to bring breastmilk from work to home and even forgotten it over night and the breastmilk was still not completely thawed by the time I remembered. This thing is Great for that!
505687
I don't really know about ready to feed. I would think no. Doesn't seem like you could just leave warm formula sitting around all day. I know a made powder formula bottle is only good for an hour.
1663257
The bottle says to "refrigerate after opening" which I have always done. I use the drops in quarts and half-gallons of milk, Bleu cheese dressing, etc. The drops are meant to be used in the milk 24 hours before hand although they acknowledge that you can drink the milk immediately after putting the drops in. When I am out and about and want to drink milk I use those "Fast Acting Lactase" chewable pills that Costco sells. I carry those in my purse. I am sure there are other brands available as well. They seem to work. This lactase thing came on suddenly as is common in "older" people! Susan The bottle says to "refrigerate after opening" which I have always done. I use the drops in quarts and half-gallons of milk, Bleu cheese dressing, etc. The drops are meant to be used in the milk 24 hours before hand although they acknowledge that you can drink the milk immediately after putting the drops in. When I am out and about and want to drink milk I use those "Fast Acting Lactase" chewable pills that Costco sells. I carry those in my purse. I am sure there are other brands available as well. They seem to work. This lactase thing came on suddenly as is common in... » Read More The bottle says to "refrigerate after opening" which I have always done. I use the drops in quarts and half-gallons of milk, Bleu cheese dressing, etc. The drops are meant to be used in the milk 24 hours before hand although they acknowledge that you can drink the milk immediately after putting the drops in. When I am out and about and want to drink milk I use those "Fast Acting Lactase" chewable pills that Costco sells. I carry those in my purse. I am sure there are other brands available as well. They seem to work. This lactase thing came on suddenly as is common in "older" people! Susan « Show Less
1610917
If you are wqilling to put a little ice in it. perhaps......if the milk is cold when you put it in it will not be hot at the six hour mark
2058828
If you pump and bring cold breast milk places, this is good to heat bottles of breast milk. If your using bottles it's good basically. You can heat jars of food later too. I love it.
2001078
I use mine to store pumped breast milk, which is warm when I put it in, so I use a small ice pack too. I imagine it would do a good job if the dairy was already cold. It will also depend on the temp outside the unit... if it's really warm, I think you'll need an ice pack, too.
283717
I don't see why you can't. The great thing is that you would know exactly how much breast milk you have since it's 1 oz increments. The only downside I can think of is that the trays are really big, meant to store a lot so if you aren't pumping a lot, it's a waste of a lot of space. I guess you could take the lid off at each pumping and pour in the new milk and put it back in the freezer and empty it at the end of the day.
283722
Though I never used it for breast milk storage...so I'm not sure. Each cube is 1oz (my little one drinks 6 ozs bottles, so wouldn't be worth storing it that way). If you were using it to store breast milk to mix with cereal or something...then it would work good. Just not sure why else you would store breast milk in this size.
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.
150721
Yes, you can use bottle warmer, I use it and I have no problem at all with the temperature and drop ins. But just to be careful if is breast milk, you could warm the breast milk in the bag before and then put it in the drop in. That's what I do.
2175213
The pump comes with 5-6 (6 oz) plastic bottles to pump into. You can then empty the milk into whatever bottles or containers you want for storage or feeding.
2253263
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.
2254545
No more than four hours . I wouldn't recommend using much after that. I'm sure it would last up to six hours I just don't no it's effectiveness
1663258
you can carry it in your purse it does not need to be in the fridge this stuff really works. I have to let my milk set for 3 days before I can use it. It does not work instantly.
1602248
Maggie...you can't, because you can't add your warm breast milk to cold breast milk (so I've read). What I do if I have a bag I want to fill more is I pump into a bottle, then put that in the fridge to cool and then when they are the same temperature in the fridge, dump the contents of the bottle into the bag.
1861426
You can put one bottle and it remains cool or hot thats it. You should try this. This is best.Medela Breastmilk Cooler Set
377389
We actually fed our baby from a bottle with expressed milk after a week. I started pumping and we did not give him a bottle frequently...mostly in the evening when my husband would feed him before bed. He had no problems continuing to breastfeed until he was a year. The other option would be to mix it with a little water and feed it to your baby in a bottle before or during a breastfeeding session.