I believe it was on Lactnet that I first heard that the non-freezer designed plastic bags are not air tight. (Was this shared by our coach, Linda Smith?) I think Margery Wilson's suggestions about trying different storage containers is a wise one. Gold Standard. Another subject that was in process when I joined Lactnet was using gold ribbons to advertise breastmilk as the gold standard. I went out and bought some gold ribbon & gold edged ivory ribbon, and played with the idea, but couldn't figure out how to make the ribbons get the message out. Jan Barger's message "Go for the Gold!" initiated an idea. What if we had the gold ribbons with a message button attached that said "Human milk: the nutritional gold standard for human infants!" This reminds me of a slogan a friend came up with for a button at a LLL Area Conference a couple years ago: "Mom, thanks for the mammaries!" Kathe Catone, IBCLC, LLLL [log in to unmask] S. Calif PS Those of you waiting for me to send you things, don't give up! I haven't hit the copy store yet!