Comments on: Breast Milk Storage

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:50:01 +0000

This is brilliant! We just bought an upright freezer to keep all the milk in and the shelves are exactly the right height for a gift bag full of milk. Thanks for posting!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:54:47 +0000

I recently discovered that Keurig k-cup 24 count boxes are the perfect size to store frozen breast milk bags upright. I tear off the top of the box (easy because its perforated) and freeze the bags flat and once they’re frozen they fit perfectly. I just add the newest bags to the back so the oldest are always in front, and I can read the tags easily. One box fits 18-20 bags.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:08:03 +0000

This is genius! Thank you for sharing.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:28:02 +0000

My gift bag was just slightly too big, and the milk bags wanted to slide over to the side. I just stuffed two grocery bags along the inside and now the milk stays in place! Thanks for sharing this idea! I saw it just after I finished breastfeeding my daughter, but sent it along to a friend who had just had a baby. I now have a 3 month old son and just today made my own! My husband thought it was genius. Just wish I could take credit for the idea!

By: roni

roni — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:06:11 +0000

Good question! I’m not sure I never filled one to the top but I’ve gotten at least 20 in there.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:01:45 +0000

How many storage bags can you fit in a bag?

By: weng

weng — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:49:47 +0000

alright :) thanks alot!

By: roni

roni — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:28:49 +0000

Weng – I never had a problem with the milk not being frozen equally but I guess it depends on the temp of your freezer.

By: weng

weng — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:39:05 +0000

I have one question though . will this technique freeze the milk equally? if you stock it this way?

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:25:16 +0000

Awesome!! I’m been searching the web trying to find a better way to store my milk. I’m so glad I came across this. I had been storing my milk in the tall narrow ice buckets. It works ok, but the bags are just a little too wide so I have them angled and can’t fit a whole lot in them. I can’t wait to try this out tomorrow!! Thanks so much!

By: Rusti

Rusti — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:19:33 +0000

PURE.BRILLIANCE. I’m still trying to figure out how I will get it to work for me (our freezer is a drawer in the bottom portion of the fridge, as well as a deep chests freezer, so the dispenser might not work as well as a standing freezer) but I’m SO excited to find this. what a great idea!! :)

By: roni

roni — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:51:20 +0000

Hi Ramz! I only nursed for 7-8 months. Not sure where you are getting 2 years. I can’t really advise past that point. Both my boys transitioned to solids and forumla around 8 months and then to whole milk at 1 year.

Sorry. :(

By: ramz

ramz — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:01:06 +0000

Hi roni,
i loved ur video about storing the milk.. but my question is how did u manage to get so much milk for 2 (?!) years.. amazing.. pls guide me.. im a mother of 6 months baby boy and running low on supply.. ;( ;(.. pls help! Thanksin advance

By: Tori

Tori — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:30:39 +0000

Just wanted to say this idea is genius! It’s a great way to use all those baby gift bags and a much better way to store frozen milk. I was trying to put mine sideways in a shoe box and it wasn’t working out. Thanks for sharing.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:30:25 +0000

Hi –

This is a great idea, but please do not put unfrozen milk on top of frozen milk until it too is frozen. It will melt the milk that is under it a bit, which will then refreeze. In the same way, don’t put freshly expressed milk into a container with already cold milk. Please double check this with La Leche League.

By: roni

roni — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:21:41 +0000

Babs – Sorry you are having trouble. All my bags of milk were anywhere from 3-6oz. So they do bulge a little but freeze flat enough to do this. I’ve gotten the bags at dollar stores and target. I’m not sure where you are but in my area they seem to be the most common size and cheapest bags.

I hope that helps. Good luck!

By: Babs

Babs — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:58:05 +0000

Hey, so I have a question! I have a baby with a severe feeding difficulty who requires supplements multiple times a day with a special needs feeder, so I have to pump constantly and my freezer is just PILED with bags so I was super excited to see this! However, upon trying it, it failed miserably. :(
First of all: my bags are filled with 3oz or more at a time, and so they don’t lay completely flat like yours do (do you have 2oz or less in yours?). Second, I searched EVERYWHERE and can’t find the gift bags as small as the one you use in the video. The smallest ones I could find are about half again as large, so there’s room lengthwise and widthwise around the bags… which means when I put them in they sort of flop all over the place in a big pile. They absolutely won’t stay in a nice neat line. :( I was so disappointed. The only way I could get this to work was to put them all upright (After freezing flat) with the hole and sort of pull them out from the bottom… but the problem with that is that unless I’m constantly refilling it from the opposite end they all tilt in one direction and fall. Anyway, this is awesome but I’m not sure how to get it to work for me. :(

By: S

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:47:02 +0000

Great idea for first-in-first-out storage solution for milk! You should try it with the Honeysuckle milk bags too- they are biodegradeable and just as strong and easy as the lansinoh ones.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:31:05 +0000

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You have no idea how much this has simplified my life! What a great, simple, efficient method for storing milk!!!

By: Bridgette

Bridgette — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:36:30 +0000

Great Idea! When I was (nursing and) pumping, my freezer was SO full of milk that we couldn’t have any frozen food in it. Great plan & if I have occasion to pump again, I will use it.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:24:10 +0000

I want to thank you for your fantastic idea! I’m a new breastfeeding (pumping) mom of twins and have an ABUNDANCE of milk. We have quickly run out of space in our fridge/freezer. My husband’s solution to our over abundant supply of milk was to dump. I’m just too emotionally invested to do that plus since my babies are only 2 months old, I want more than needed just in case I “dry up”, have an emergency where I am away from the girls or have some unforseen event happen that would prevent me from pumping for a few days.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :)

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:38:40 +0000

Wow! Awesome idea! Just yesterday I was trying to figure out how to arrange my frozen milk so that the oldest would be used first. I cannot wait to make my own gift bag dispenser. Thanks for your creativity, Roni!

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:44:50 +0000

I just forwarded a link to a friend…I had told her about this idea when she first came back to work, but now she can see/read it for herself instead of trying to understand my description. I was never able to pump enough to freeze (twins) but I love the idea.

By: Amy @ Experience Imagination

Amy @ Experience Imagination — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:05:17 +0000

Brilliant idea! I wish I’d ever been able to pump enough to freeze. I had low supply with both my little ones and pumped to try to boost it up. I tried just about every brand on the market and I highly recommend the Medela electric pumps. They retail for about $300, so I definitely had to save up, but I found they got the most milk out.

By: Dagmar ~ Dagmar's momsense

Dagmar ~ Dagmar's momsense — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:34:30 +0000

Great idea! My son never liked my pumped breast milk, he prefers straight from the tap, but this is a super idea for other moms.

Dagmar