Lansinoh Bags - How to label? - Cloth Diapers & Parenting Community

jbaladouni · 09-09-2009, 10:27 PM

Hey mamas! I just started pumping and have a question about Lansinoh bags. The instructions say to label with ballpoint pen or pencil and not a felt tip. I find the ball point and pencil extremely difficult. Does the felt tip include Sharpies? I would think they would work well and be easy. What do you use that works? I just want to make sure I'm going to use something that is fool proof. I'm pumping for a mom/baby I found on milkshare and I don't want to loose/mislabel any milk! Thanks!

Goinatural · 09-09-2009, 11:42 PM

I didn't know they said that, I usually use a sharpie.

sh0rtchica · 09-10-2009, 06:54 AM

i've always used a permanent marker, and i think i label them upside-down!

Kriket · 09-10-2009, 11:12 AM

I always get sharpie all over myself, and DH won't use milk if it leaks into the bowl because it "touched the fridge air" I'm going to start freezing in ice cubes and putting them in a bottle to thaw

emerel · 09-10-2009, 01:27 PM

I use a thin tipped Sharpie on these bags and so far have had no problems with smearing. would put a piece of scotch tape over my writing before I froze or refridgerated the bag if I were really concerned about the writing smearing.

MomToMyMonkeys · 09-11-2009, 09:30 PM

If you label before you fill it with milk then it shouldn't matter what pen/marker you use. I always put the same amount in each bag (8oz) so I label them first with a sharpie and then fill all the bags after the ink has dried. I've never had any smear, and I've donated 500 oz and have more than 1500 oz in the freezer!

jbaladouni · 09-12-2009, 08:37 PM

Thanks Mamas, I used the sharpie tonight. Made labeling painless.

MomE2MathU · 09-13-2009, 04:53 PM

I've tried using a ball point and it never works for me. Now I use a fine point Sharpie. I write on the bag before I fill it and have never had it smear. I don't allow time for it to dry, it seems pretty instant for me.

looking8186 · 09-13-2009, 09:38 PM

Ahhh!!! Thank you so much mamas... I've always used a ball point pen and it worked well until I got the "new thicker bags". They drive me nuts... I spend 3+ minutes per bag trying to label them

I pump to donate though and was terrified of contaminating the milk with a sharpie

Thanks mamas

musicalisa · 09-13-2009, 09:51 PM

Wait... why is it a problem to label after the bag is filled? The flap with the label is flat. I always waited until after I'd pumped so I could write the number of ounces.

09-09-2009, 10:27 PM	#1
jbaladouni Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Falls Church, Virginia Posts: 45 Ratings: 11 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Lansinoh Bags - How to label? Hey mamas! I just started pumping and have a question about Lansinoh bags. The instructions say to label with ballpoint pen or pencil and not a felt tip. I find the ball point and pencil extremely difficult. Does the felt tip include Sharpies? I would think they would work well and be easy. What do you use that works? I just want to make sure I'm going to use something that is fool proof. I'm pumping for a mom/baby I found on milkshare and I don't want to loose/mislabel any milk! Thanks! Advertisement Last edited by jbaladouni; 09-09-2009 at 11:06 PM.

09-09-2009, 11:42 PM	#2
Goinatural Registered Users Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,171 Ratings: 206 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? I didn't know they said that, I usually use a sharpie. __________________ I monogram: Burp cloths, paci clips, etc [url] http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1177136 Mommy to Lily and Miles .

09-10-2009, 06:54 AM	#3
sh0rtchica Registered Users Join Date: May 2009 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 4,769 Ratings: 49 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? i've always used a permanent marker, and i think i label them upside-down! __________________ Lisa, mama to Adrian (3/5/09) and Carmen (5/12/11) Finally living my WAHM dream! My Business \| Earn Amazon gift cards! \| Be my swag friend?

09-10-2009, 11:12 AM	#4
Kriket Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,148 Ratings: 32 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? I always get sharpie all over myself, and DH won't use milk if it leaks into the bowl because it "touched the fridge air" I'm going to start freezing in ice cubes and putting them in a bottle to thaw __________________ I make milkshakes in my yard.

09-10-2009, 01:27 PM	#5
emerel Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 742 Ratings: 2 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? I use a thin tipped Sharpie on these bags and so far have had no problems with smearing. would put a piece of scotch tape over my writing before I froze or refridgerated the bag if I were really concerned about the writing smearing. __________________ Laura Mom to Em, Er, El and the twins Ai and No !

09-11-2009, 09:30 PM	#6
MomToMyMonkeys Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: League City, Texas Posts: 2,268 Ratings: 102 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? If you label before you fill it with milk then it shouldn't matter what pen/marker you use. I always put the same amount in each bag (8oz) so I label them first with a sharpie and then fill all the bags after the ink has dried. I've never had any smear, and I've donated 500 oz and have more than 1500 oz in the freezer! __________________ Amy- full time WOHM mama to 6 monkeys (D-15.5, C-10, R-8.75, E-4.5, A-2.5m) K-13m) MY ISO/IHA : http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/...7#post17166707

09-12-2009, 08:37 PM	#7
jbaladouni Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Falls Church, Virginia Posts: 45 Ratings: 11 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? Thanks Mamas, I used the sharpie tonight. Made labeling painless.

09-13-2009, 04:53 PM	#8
MomE2MathU Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 674 Ratings: 53 Feedback: 100%	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? I've tried using a ball point and it never works for me. Now I use a fine point Sharpie. I write on the bag before I fill it and have never had it smear. I don't allow time for it to dry, it seems pretty instant for me. __________________ Allyssa wife to G since August 2003 Mommy to boys: MMarch 2006 and CMay 2009 FT WOHM-Paramedic

09-13-2009, 09:38 PM	#9
looking8186 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,829 Ratings: 40 Feedback: 100%	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? Ahhh!!! Thank you so much mamas... I've always used a ball point pen and it worked well until I got the "new thicker bags". They drive me nuts... I spend 3+ minutes per bag trying to label them I pump to donate though and was terrified of contaminating the milk with a sharpie Thanks mamas __________________ Happy to be mama to my sweet little home birthed, breastfed, extended rear facing, co-sleeping, cloth diapered, snuggled and loved baby girl Havana Desai 5-18-09 Blessed to be mama to my little Angel Teya Mackenzie born into heaven on 3-27-08

09-13-2009, 09:51 PM	#10
musicalisa Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 3,168 Ratings: 41 Feedback: 100%	Re: Lansinoh Bags - How to label? Wait... why is it a problem to label after the bag is filled? The flap with the label is flat. I always waited until after I'd pumped so I could write the number of ounces.

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