Organizing freezer stash?

klibby707 · September 2011

I just got frustrated, took all my milk out of the freezer, and with my husband's help, put it back in a bit more organized.

Two questions...anyone know a good way to organize the milk? (I have SO much of it, and it's in a regular freezer)

Also, I had the freezer door opened for awhile while doing this and the milk in and out. I noticed toward the end that some of it was starting to thaw on top just a tad. No big deal, right? I'm all paranoid!

saraboston · September 2011

The milk is fine. I like the gift bag system for organization--works beautifully

diamondcks · September 2011

I like the gift bag system too, I saw a youtube video once. I use the Lansinoh bags and freeze them flat. I then take gift bags that are the same size as the bags and cut a slit at the bottom on the short side. I put the older bags in first then can pull them out of the bottom. I can fit about 25 3oz bags in each gift bag.

katie4253 · September 2011

I use plastic shoe boxes. 15 six ounce lansinoh bags fit in each. They stack neatly in our freezer. I also have a freezer door with 4 shelves that milk gets lined up on. Door gets used first, as it empties I move milk up on the shelves and empty a shoebox onto the shelf (1 box = one shelf).

juliedooley · September 2011

I never heard of the gift bag system, but wish I had known about it! I have a shoebox on the bottom shelf where i keep the oldest stuff and always pull from that first. I just set it up arbitrarily where the right side of the top shelf is the next oldest, and the left side is the newest. I rotate through every couple weeks and shift frozen bags at that point.

edited to add that the semi-thawed milk should be perfectly fine!

nycdueinmay · September 2011

I am also using our regular freezer and use the shoebox storage method: freeze flat, put old in the front and new in the back. Think of it like a vending machine. It works for us to make things as easy as possible for DH (who has to feed her while I am in classes). I freeze in 3-4oz increments depending, and one box holds about 40oz.

I just watched the giftbag method on youtube from this thread and it also seems brilliant. I'm not sure I have room in my freezer for it, though... maybe with a bit of reorganizing. I need to receive a gift first!

klibby707 · September 2011

Thanks for the suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

katxattack · September 2011

I keep needing to buy more gift bags... my freezer is out of control!

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