Storing breastmilk in Playtex Drop In's (RePost Nov '11)

J8Cash

We BF and I've started to pump and give DS a bottle like ever 3 or so days. I only pump once or twice a day and I usually keep 4 oz in the fridge in storage bags then freeze whatever else I get from pumping that day. But I think that using BM storage bags to keep milk in the fridge is a waste of the bags and money. 

Could I store the pumped milk in the bottle (Playtex Drop In's) with a lid on them and keep it in the fridge?

I would think it's like the same thing as keeping it in bags... but I'm just wondering.

TIA! 

mlroadifer

I EP and store milk in bottles in the fridge.  I keep about 28 oz bottled in the fridge and freeze anything over in Lansinoh bags.

ShandaLea

I store into bottles in the fridge and then bags to the freezer.  Those darn bags are too expensive for me to waste by dumping from a bottle into a bag and back into a bottle if its not going to be frozen!

cottonlily84

I use the playtex storage kit (bought 3, wish I had more!) Grace mentioned.  I only store in the fridge in these.  You can freeze in them but that's a ring and lid gone from circulation.  I use the bags to freeze but it seems a waste to me too and milk keeps a week in the fridge.  I hardly ever freeze anymore.  So you can freeze in the drop ins but you'll need more of the bottle making parts so you can store in the fridge and give the baby. 

vanessa11411

I don't pump very often but when I do I put it in a bottle and store it in the fridge. I put my BM in the bags if I know I will be freezing it.

jiffy-pop

After pumping, I put a lids on the bags (about three oz in each bag) and put in the freezer for the babysitter the next day. The next morning, I take the lid off and slide the other part down and off of the frozen drop in so I can use it to pump with that day. I then take the frozen BM (no lids) and put into a sandwich baggy and either put back in the freezer, or put in the diaper bag for the sitter. When I get to the sitter's house, she takes the frozen BM out and lets it sit out so it can thaw to use that day.

To answer your question, yes I think it would be the same to just store in the bottle as long as you have the bottle lid on top of the nipple to prevent contamination.