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Same here - we just drop the ice cubes in the drop in liner and then put the bottle in a container of hot, not boiling, water.

Now that DD takes more ice cubes at a feed than we can fit into a bottle (in their frozen state), we use a jar that has been sterilised for defrosting the milk and then pour it into the drop in. Works brilliantly.

For refrigerated milk, I just pour it into the liner, put the cap on the bottle, and then warm it up in a bowl of hot water.

For frozen milk, it depends...sometimes I let it defrost in the fridge overnight and then it's usually ready to go by morning and I'll pour into the liner to heat up. If I need frozen milk right away, I put the bag directly into a bowl of hot water, gently swirl it, and it usually defrosts in a couple minutes. Then I pour into a liner and make sure to give to LO right away instead of putting it back in the fridge.

I warmed the milk in the medela bottle or lansinoh freezer bag then poured it into the drop-in. This was disastrous once when Wagon Sr. forgot to put the drop-in into the bottle and poured an entire 8 oz all over the bathroom counter in the middle of the night.. hehe.