Customer Reviews

Medela Breastmilk Freezing & Storage (*BPA Free) 12 Pack of 80ml Bottles in Retail Packaging #87061

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These containers are great BECAUSE OF the size. First of all, they are perfectly sized for newborns. And, once your baby gets a little older, and requires more milk, these 2.5 oz. containers are the perfect supplement to combine with a 5oz storage bag when thawing to make a bottle. Other reviewers claim these containers are "awkward," but I would suggest not pumping directly into them. If you own a Medela pump, or the like, simply pump into the 5oz container that comes with the pump and transfer into the smaller storage container(s) for freezing.
I always make sure my mother in law/nanny has 12 frozen Medela (2.5 oz) containers of milk at her place (in deep freeze) in case my baby needs a "snack" if I am running late to pick him up after work.
Oh, and they are BPA-free. Bonus.
I highly recommend these.

When this package arrived, I was very disappointed to see "not for use with Single Deluxe or Freestyle breast pumps" written in very small print on the front of the package. I assumed that because the product was made by Medela and claimed to be "compatible with ALL Medela breast pumps," it would be compatible with my Medela Freestyle Breast pump.

I agree with other reviewers that it would be MUCH better if these bottles were bigger. If I'm puming after a feeding or something they're fine, but if I'm pumping in place of a feeding, I generally pump about 6 oz which is just enough that the bottles won't hold it all, but also enough that if I try to switch bottles I wind up with two bottles that only have a quarter z or so each in them. It's annoying. And maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't seem like you can buy the larger collection bottles separately - you either have to get them with a kit, or with a feeding and storage set, either way you're paying for additional parts you don't need. The plusses though are these things come pre-sterilized and the small size has some advantages - topping off a newborn who only needs an ounce or two, or pre-measuring a couple of ounces of breastmilk to mix with cereal, for example.

I agree with the other moms that these are a little small, but if your newborn doesn't drink a whole four ounces at a time, it is great to be able to thaw only two ounces at a time. The good thing about these is that you can pump directly into them and freeze them. There is no need to transfer to a storage baggie thing and there is little or no chance that they will leak. When I was considering what to get, I kept reading about moms who pumped milk and then kept it in storage bags only to have it leak when thawed. Given the amount of time it takes to pump milk, to loose it to leaking bags is terrible. I only bought 12 of these and that was plenty - I am not a full-time working mom, so it was only to use sometimes when I was at school or working a few days in a row. If you work full time, you may want to buy two sets or even bigger ones. It is annoying to have to switch bottles several times while pumping.

They may not be the most space conscious item - but they are made with the proper non-leaching plastic to keep milk safe. They also are reusable for the eco-minded.

I loved these containers because they weren't just bags. The lids fit tightly, even when the containers tipped over, which was good. And I liked that they had the mL on the side to keep track of how much was in each one. And as a bonus they came sterilized, so I didn't even have to wash them first. After using, a bottle brush worked great to clean them. Great buy!

I've used this set since I started pumping when my baby was 2 months old and it's had several different uses every day since.

When I was still on maternity leave I would pump in between or after feedings and these were the perfect size (they hold about 2.5 oz). I would pump and then put them in the refrigerator to freeze later in my Playtex drop in liners. After I began to ramp up with pumping and when I went back to work I bought some cheap gerber bottles (5 and 10 oz sizes) and used the lids that came with these interchangeably. My baby is nearly 6 months and I still use these almost every day when pumping at work. Even thought I have the Playtex nurser kit, I prefer to pump 6 oz into a gerber bottle using these lids. The smaller containers work for holding food and dry rice cereal.

If you used a "regular" nipple (I use Playtex dropins) you could just screw it directly onto these containers. I never froze directly in them, but they were still invaluable to my freezing process.

The lids screw on tight so traveling with them is very easy and no spills.
I use a medela pump so of course there were no compatibility issues.

I highly recommend these!

These things work great. I take them to work, fill them up and bring them home. They also work great with the playtex bottle system. I can just screw my playtex bottle nipple on to these medela containers (actually, this works with any of the medela containers). I don't have to pour anything back and forth. For day care, I just send them a nipple and a couple of defrosted medela containers, and that's it! No fuss! No need to "make" the bottles.

I agree with the other reviews that these are very convenient bottles for storage, sterile and ready-to-use straight out of the box -- only drawback is the size, which is half the standard 150ml. I fill two of these from each side, which means in any given pumping session I'm switching bottles 4 times, which is awkward.

I like these bottles for pumping at work, they are more convenient than the regular 150ml (5ounce) bottles. First of all, I almost never can (and never have time) to pump a full 5-ounce bottle from each breast. These bottles come in 2.5-ounce and are perfect for pumping just the right amount in 5-10 minutes. And besides, my 4-month old almost never takes more than 2.5 ounces at each feeding, so 5-ounce bottles just don't make sense. I wish the storage bags could come in 2.5 ounce size, too.