A life saver this week!

This week has been a NIGHTMARE… yesterday our town experienced a derecho event… the first one in 6 years… trees are down everywhere, flooding, power outages etc…

Our power has been out since 3pm est yesterday and it’s looking like it will be out until atleast midday tomorrow more likely Friday……

If I wasn’t still breastfeeding I don’t think I’d be as concerned with the situation it is what it is and atleast it’s not super hot to make it unbearable without ac… but all my milk is frozen right now except when I nurse…

Thank god we were able to find a relatives house who has a deep freezer I was able to take my milk to. But along with no power we also have no water and no way for me to warm up milk very conveniently :confused: so I broke out my portable bottle warmer and it’s getting more use out of it then when we’re on the go. I’m so thankful I purchased it months ago because it’s the only way I can warm up milk without going to somebody else’s house or going to a restaurant and asking for boiling water….

so my tip for moms is if your thinking of buying something that may seem over the top or like it’s not worth it and wouldn’t be used much, just get it! I really struggled wanting to break down and buy the warmer, but now even my husband was like thank goodness you got that or we’d be giving our baby ice cold milk which she REFUSES to drink lol.

I’d like to throw out a prayer to any other moms/ families who were in the line of that storm yesterday because it was TERRIBLE. Stay safe out there yall :heart_hands:t2::heart_hands:t2::heart_hands:t2:

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Oh wow, I’m so sorry but also so cool that you have that. Stay safe.

Thank you we’re trying!

I’m so sorry you were affected, thankfully your milk is covered and thanks to your bottle warmer baby girl will have warm milk. I hope you have some power soon and things start to settle down.

I’m sorry you are going through a natural disaster like that. I’m glad it worked out and you were prepared. I’m all about being over prepared myself. You just never know!

Thank you hopefully soon :crossed_fingers:t3::crossed_fingers:t3:

Seriously! I was never one to prepare till having kids now I find myself over prepared all the time lol cause you never know!!

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Oh no, I am so sorry you guys are going through that! Outages like that are so stressful, especially with a baby and stored milk. So glad you found a deep freezer for your stash, and that the portable warmer saved the day! Stay safe! :growing_heart:

Omg this sounds like such a nightmare :sob::sob: I can only imagine how stressful it is worrying about your milk on top of everything else going on. Thank goodness you had somewhere to move your frozen milk AND had that portable warmer! It’s funny how the things you almost talk yourself out of buying end up being the things you need the most :joy: I’ve definitely had that happen where I’m like “I probably wont use this that much” and then end up using it all the time lol. Hoping your power and water are back on soon mama :heart:

I was so glad I had it during this!!!

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Luckily we got it back on this morning!! A lot sooner than expected!!!

Exactly! You just never know!

We get so many power outages here in the winter I’m so happy I have one of these too!

I’m sorry you experienced such a bad storm I’m glad you are safe