bonnie & jason

Review: Avent Via Breast Milk Storage

We bought these thinking they would be more economical than disposable bags in the long run.  For the most part, they work ok.  They stack on top of each other and they have attachments so you can pump/feed directly into/from them (we haven’t used this feature.)  I do have a couple complaints though.

1. You need to screw the tops on really tight to make sure they don’t leak in case the fall over.  And they do fall over fairly easily if you stack them three or even two high.

2. Milk fat kinda sticks to the sides/top once refrigerated so you need to swish the milk around for a couple minutes to make sure you get all the good stuff.  (However, if you heat the milk inside this container before emptying into the bottle, it works fine.)

3. It’s really hard to read either the oz or cc markings on the side of the container.  They’re practically useless.

4. They recommend you only use the bottoms a few times before throwing away.  I find this to be fairly self serving as we’ve used them probably hundreds of times now with no problems.  (Except once… a bottle nested into a container and deformed it while going through a microwave sterilizer session.)

So, would we buy them again?  Probably.  Can they be significantly improved?  Definitely.