Esther - Would it work to print out labels for the moms that are storing milk for babies, keep the labels by wherever you're dishing up the amount needed (presumably by the fridge), and slap a label on the bottle you're filling? Using a label that was distinct in color or size from the one on the original container - well, original bottle, I guess, as the "original container" doesn't hold labels too well and they're apt to come off in the shower, hee-hee - so you don't mix them up. Or pre-label a supply of bottles for each mom/baby, guesstimating how many will be needed per day or per stay or whatever makes sense? Seems to me that carrying around an unlabeled bottle of milk is a prescription for confusion - like what if the nurse gets derailed between the refrigerator and the intended room, and sets it down somewhere, or someone else picks it up & takes it to a different baby, or whatever? As a nurse, I have to say that this sort of things has happened many times to me, though with something either totally insignificant like an extra flower vase or verifiable like a narcotic med. And if I were the mother, I'd feel more confident with milk that was labelled - of course, we know a label can be wrong, but you figure the odds are in your favour if it at least *says* it's yours. CAthy Bargar RN IBCLC Ithaca NY *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html