As is our way, we overdid it. Our awesome nanny makes baby food for FDR in big batches (Annabel Karmel is a great resource) and freezes it.
We had* a styrofoam cooler and super duper freezer ice that we used to transport frozen breast milk back from the States when we brought FDR home. We figured we'd fill it with enough food for 10 days and we wouldn't have to feed him store bought baby food.
Well, it sort of worked. The super duper freezer ice is supposed to keep things frozen for three days. By the time we got to Turks & Caicos, it was right around 72 hours after we packed and sealed the cooler. Also, the super duper freezer ice can maybe be reused once.
The little pouches tear and then leak. So his food made it, still cold but slightly thawed.
We probably would have been fine with store bought food. But we had all his homemade frozen stuff, and groceries on the island are insanely expensive. Not that FDR is drinking beer yet, but to give you a frame reference, a 6 pack of Corona at the grocery store cost $19.
Milk-wise, he's still on formula and has graduated to "night time" milk which has a little cereal in it so is heavier, which supposedly helps him fall/stay asleep.
*Had the cooler because we threw it - and the super duper freezer ice - away as soon as we got to our rented house.
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