Travel with Kids Product Review: Similac® Insulated Bottle Carrier

This bottle carrier was the perfect size to fit in
our diaper bag.  

Of all the baby gear we have used in our travels, the Similac® Insulated Bottle Carrier receives top honors. It proved to be invaluable many times over.

My son was a hungry baby.  And he did not believe in schedules.  This made it very difficult to do much of anything without sustenance of some sort immediately available.  So, we began carting his filled bottles around so we were ready at any time.

We soon learned that not just any carrier would do.  We started with our insulated diaper bag, but found that the bottles would tip over and leak - leaving very little for our hungry boy - and resulting in some ugly episodes in public.  (There is nothing worse than a new mommy crying over spilt breast milk!)  

In my sleep-deprived stupor, I had completely forgotten about the free bottle carrier we received at the hospital as part of the Welcome Addition program from Similac® (now called Strong Moms).   It came with its own freezer pack and was the perfect size to hold two bottles and fit into the diaper bag securely enough that it wouldn't tip over and spill.  It continued to be work great even when my son moved on to sippy cups and regular milk so we toted our carrier around the globe for several years.

The carrier came with two ice-packs that fit in a
separate pocket from the bottles.  

I have seen the Similac® Insulated Bottle Carrier on Ebay for about $8 and also in thrift stores, but it isn't widely available.  JL Childress makes a similar Tall TwoCool 2 Bottle Cooler.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I rate the Similac® Insulated Bottle Carrier as a 10++.  Of course free is always wonderful, but the carrier was perfectly sized, easy to transport and came with two freezer packs so one could be left in the hotel to freeze while we were out for the day using the other.  The carrier let us travel with confidence knowing that no matter how far we were from our house or hotel room, we had something at hand to feed our starving boy!