Traveling on cows milk?

Kilts_Kimonos · October 2009

How do you manage long travels with cows milk? Do you bring a cooler? Buy at the airport? Hope the plane has milk on board? Use formula again? We have a couple trips to take coming up and dd still drinks every 2-3 hours. Thanks!

DG1 · October 2009

You can't bring regular cow's milk through security (unless you luck out and get a very generous TSA agent who's willing to look the other way - not something I'd count on).

So you'll either need to buy at the airport or switch back to formula for the trip part. I wouldn't assume there is milk on board the plane.

ETA: Maybe bring a small cooler and an ice pack to keep the purchased milk cold during the flight.

Alexandra*sMom · October 2009

Not sure if you are flying. I know when we flew about 2 years ago it was nearly impossible to find milk in the airport. DD had to drink water or juice.

We drive now and just take milk that we will need for the trip in the cooler. We have a big one in the back (cooler and milk jug) and a small cooler with sippies in the front near us.

GRKaters · October 2009

Don't count on the plane having it. Buy some at a coffee shop before you board and ask for ice if you won't use it right away. Once DS was on whole milk, he dropped his intake significantly so it wasn't a big deal to travel. He'd have milk we we could give it to him, but I didn't stress about it.

bridetobe101505 · October 2009

Take organic milk--it doesn't need to be refrigerated! And I just flew with my 1 year old and you can take AS MUCH liquid in sippy cups, bottles, etc... it just needs to be tested in security. ?There is a whole line dedicated for families traveling with small children, so the TSA people should be more than accomodating. ?Good luck!

lorik0428 · October 2009

We fly quite a bit with Sarah and bring her milk in the Fogo sippy thermos which keeps it cold for up to 10 hours. We have never had an issue with security at any airport (including European airports - we brought 2 of them on this trip). Maybe it's because they see it's in a baby's sippy cup?

Do not count on finding milk on domestic airplanes - we've yet to find any. The only flight we found it on was Aer Lingus from Chicago to Dublin (and back).

ElizC · October 2009

This is my plane, we are flying around Christmas. DS for the most part drinks only whole milk. I have given him next step formula when we are out and about. So I hope he will still take it when we go on our trips. Another idea I had was just buying it in the airport, you may need to get creative to do so. I am doubtful the random magazine shop will have it. However I have never been to a coffee shop that didn't have milk. Starbucks even sells it in their cooler case. I have never been to an airport that didn't have atleast one coffee shop.

true_norskie · October 2009

When we flew with DD1 a couple years ago she was still on whole milk. We filled a sippy or two and said it was milk for DD. One TSA agent helped "coach" me on what to say. I eventually said it was "special milk" for her diet--which isn't exactly a lie because you're not going to find whole milk past security. He told me that I should say that if I was asked again.

I had no problems--I took a small soft-sided cooler and plastic bags to fill with ice that I got from a coffee shop once inside security.

Rubygirl · October 2009

I brought cow's milk through security, no problem. And water, for that matter. As long as it's "for the baby" they don't care.

I brought an ice pack too, so that's how I kept it cold. Once you're at your destination, I'd just buy it there. Only travel with what you need for travel time.

The airlines I flew (Delta and NW) did not have milk.

carolinaem · October 2009

Horizon milk. They sell it at Target and starbucks - like in a juice box container. No need to refridgerate (though it's always in the refridgerated section).

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