Glass Bottles

Hi N.
I hear baby food jars are great for freezing breast milk. The problem is getting them if you are breast feeding and not using jared food.

I had evenflo bottles and thought they were good. As to the freezing of milk I'd use tuperware freezer containers.

A great thing I heard once (although I never used it) was to put it into icecube trays until it freezes then you can trasfer it to something else. The "icecubes" are about one once each so you can take what you need and not waste any. Breast milk is gold! :)

I know that you can freeze pyrex glass. Just read what the labels say before you buy it. Remember to thaw glass in the frig, so that the change of quick temps don't cause breakage. This works well.

There is a good article that I just read about the different plastics. It said that on the bottom of every plastic item there is that recycle sign with a number in the middle of it. If the number is 4,5,1 or 2, it is "okay" for food, but not for hot or cold temp changes. These do not have PBA's in them, but of course the other chemicals will leach into food with temp changes.

If you want the full article, just send me a message.
Here is the article for those that are interested.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/2...

I used the Lansinoh® Breastmilk Storage Bags Here is the info from the website...
Specially designed with a convenient pour spout for transferring milk into a bottle, these bags can be stored flat in the freezer, taking up less space and making them easier to thaw.
Double zipper closure.
Write-On-Tab outside fill area eliminates potential puncture and ink contamination.
Tissue Pack Dispenser for easy access and storage.
Tamper evident safety seal.
Available in boxes of 25 or 50 bags.
Bags are made of 100% virgin plastic.
Bags are 100% Bisphenol-A (BPA) Free.

I found them the strongest as well as the easiest to pour from!

C.

hi there. Let me see if I can help. First of all not all bottles made from plastics are bad for your baby. Only the ones containing "polybicarbonate" are. In other words the bottles that are extremely hard and shiny. The plastic bottles that are a little cloudy are best for baby (not made out of carcinogens). Platex, and even Avent have the "not so shiny" bottles. If you are looking at this from a "green" perspective I believe Avent is putting out glass bottles. As for the bags for breast milk, the only thing I know of is the "breastmilk bags". I'm not sure if I helped or not but good luck in your search.

I don't have any suggestion about the glass bottles, but you can freeze in glass canning jars if you want to avoid plastic. They come in several sizes, although you may find a hard time finding a good selection this time of year. I'd suggest the really small jelly style, they hold about 4oz.

I work with someone who freezes in ice cube trays and says that they equal 1/2 oz per cube. I suppose it depends on the tray itself, but just some added information for you.

It is my understanding that the thing in plastic you want to avoid is BPA. Any hard clear plastic has it, but cloudy pastic does not. Gerber colors, or something like that don't have BPA, but most of the fancy brands use hard clear plastic and have it. Medela does not have BPA in its storage and collection bottles (cloudy plastic) ameda does. FOr freezing breastmilk I have a set of storage tubes from medela. They hold 2.5 oz, stand up in the freezer, and screw right on to the pump. However if it is just the harmful part of plastic you want to avoid bags also do not have BPA.

Medela puts out storage bottles that you can freeze milk up to 5 mo i think in the freezer. The bottles are plastic but they are with out PVC and a lower # plastic they are reusable. I found them at burlington coat's baby depot and target.

I've recently purchased the Evenflo glass bottles and am very satisfied with them - they came with the slow flow silicone nipples though so I just made the hole larger for my 8 month old. She has no problem holding them on her own and she has dropped them on our hardwood floor several times but they are thick glass and haven't broken (yet) :-)A friend of mine freezes her breastmilk right in the glass bottles!

Medela and Born Free, Green to Grow plastic bottle is safe... free of BPA, Phthtalate n etc. those are good. Even the glasses are better. Evenflo is good. my Friend use it. you can change the nipple if you dont like it.. i dont know if there are similar size for different brand. i plan buy born free glass (few of em) for my 2nd baby as if my fiance want to bottlefeed the baby once in a while.

as for freeze milk. i use medela plastic bag... those are safe. i always thaw milk in fridge or room temp.
Pryex glass bowl is perfect too.

Hello!

I don't know much about the glass bottles or the born free bottles, but Medela does have 80 ml (approx. 3.0 oz.) plastic containers that you can use for freezing breast milk, if you don't want to use the plastic bags. Those are pretty convenient and if you have the Medela breast pump, the containers fit right on.

Hi N.,

I started using the Evenflo glass bottles after hearing so much about the various chemicals leaching out of the plastic ones this past summer. I used to use Dr. Brown's and I loved those, so I didn't want to switch, but I thought it was more important to protect my daughter from whatever scary stuff is in the plastic. I also considered the Born Free, but balked at the price. I really like the Evenflo bottles. They're cheap too! And there are less parts to clean than the Dr. Brown's, so bottle washing isn't the big deal it was before. I didn't like the look of the orange rubber nipples that the bottles come with, so I purchased the Evenflo clear silicone nipples. Since we're talking about glass, I was worried about the bottles breaking, but that's never happened. They are heavier than plastic bottles, so Laura wasn't able to hold them by herself until she was about 10 months old. That wasn't a huge deal to me since I like to hold her close and snuggle with her when I give her a bottle anyway! So, overall, I highly recommend.

Also, I froze breast milk in the small (4-5oz) bottles that came with my Medela pump. I only work two days a week so I didn't have to freeze a lot of milk, so I don't have a lot of experience with that.

Best of luck in the months to come. Enjoy it! ~M.

Try freezing it in an ice cube tray(covered in a ziplock bag)...then pop the cubes out and use as needed!

I've been using the Evenflo glass bottles with absolutely no problems. She's now almost 10 months and still does fine with them. I was concerned that she would break them, but they're really to heavy for a baby to hoist themselves. And as long as you're always with your baby while they're eating/drinking its not an issue at all.

I was told to freeze breast milk in ice cube trays :)

I only used glass bottle that I bought at Baby r us and there were not that expensive. I had 3 large ones and 3 small ones and did with them.
I cannot remember the brand but you are better offer with glass than plastic.
Thanks, Sev

Hi N.,
I used the Medela pump storage bottles to freeze my breast milk- they are a bit small(80mL), but they are made of the safe FDA approved plastic (look for #5 on the bottle) that does not contain any harmful chemicals that can leak... they can be reused and they can go into the dishwasher to sterilize... if hou have a ton of frozen milk, these can be too bulky to keep in your freezer- but otherwise they are great.
I do now use the Born Free sippy cups for my daughter,but you are right, they are very pricey.
I do have friends that use the Evenflo glass, and seem to like them. Hope that this helps

Hi,

I don't know much about the glass bottles. As for freezing I don't know why you couldn't use a mason canning jar to freeze. Leave room for expantion wile it freezes. Jar lids are replaceable, glass is easy to clean and disinfect, and they are reuasable.

My son was in the NICU for three months. I use to take the formula bottles home and sanitize them. They are great for up to 4 ozs. If you call the local hospital they might let you have them if they don't give them to the moms there. I know for short term storage they are great but if you plan to stock up they do take up alot of run once you get a supply going. I would check first with a hospital that has a NICU unit just because alot of moms don't breastfeed or do for a limited time and most of the babies get formula so there is usually lots of bottles. If they know you wnat them they will save them to.

I used Evenflo bottles for just that reason and they were great.

Have you tried ice cube trays? If you don't like the plastic you can still find some in metal.

hi,
if you contact a breast feeding counselor they may be able to give you some more ideas on how to freeze breast milk..
i know they are on staff at wentworth douglas hospital.

Hi N.,

Regarding freezing breast milk, you can freeze the milk as you would to make ice cubes, that is in a ice cube "tray". When you need milk, just take out the number of milk cubes that you need and defrost in a bottle in warm water.

/V.

You can buy covered ice cube trays and freeze breastmilk in the tray. Or use the trays you have and put them in a Ziplock freezer bag. Then when they are frozen, just empty out into the bag and keep in the freezer. Each cube is about 1 oz. Then you can defrost a little or alot at a time

Have you considered the Adiri Natural Nurser? They are also pthalate free.

As for freezing milk- there are trays called Milk Trays or Milk Tubes? Tey freeze your milk into 1 or 2 oz tubes that you can drop into bottles to thaw. I personally froze them in ice cube trays, then transfered the "Boob cubes" into bags, then thawed them one or two at a time in the bottles.

In case anyone's interested on more about plastics, glass, BPA, etc..., this site is REALLY informative: http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2008/02/z-report-on-bpa-in-infa...

I use Born Free Bottles with my daughter. Born Free and Glass Bottles are the only bottles that don't contain bisphenol A a chemical that can be harmful and can leach into your child's milk if you heat the bottles. Born Free are plastic and do not contain harmful chemicals. Glass is also good - it's what we were raised on. I think that there are so many problems kids have today such as autism and behavioral problems that were not so common when we were kids - you have to start asking yourself what is different. In my opinion it is all of the chemicals that are in things, bottles, mattresses. Take a look at what is in children's matresses and flame retardant clothing (formaldehyde and tons of other chemicals). Just look at our kids toys - you will be hard pressed to find a toy that is not made in China - and may possibly contain lead. I guess, as a parent I try to just do the best I can and I try to buy the best products I can to give my child the best chance there is.

Hi N.,
I used to freeze medela plastic bottles w b.milk, straight from the pump with screw-on plastic tops. I think it is OK to do that.
AJ

Hi N.,

I used to freeze my breastmilk in Ice cube trays and than bag them. Each cube is 1 oz and they defrost very quickly. It worked really well for me.

U.

Evenflo glass bottles are wonderful...

I don't use glass, but have always used Medela products for breastmilk storage and serving. To my knowledge, Medela uses "virgin plastic" material for both their freezing bags, and for the bottles. This means that the plastic is phthalate-free. There was an article in Mothering magazine in the past year about phthalate-free products. I don't know what your main concern with plastic is...but the article is a good resource for fairly recent research on phthalates.

Best of luck,
Jay

You can freeze the breast milk in ice cube trays. After they are frozen just put into a freezer bag. I used to do this with breast milk as well as my home made baby food. That way you just pull out what you need